The James Beard Foundation has awarded Chef Tom Douglas Outstanding Restaurateur in the country. (tomdouglas.com)

Congratulations to Chef Tom Douglas for winning top honors
at the 2012 James Beard Foundation’s awards, Outstanding
Restaurateur in the country.

Douglas, who owns 13 restaurants in Seattle, has won two
James Beard awards in the past, one in 1994 for best
Northwest Chef and another in 2001 for his cookbook
“Seattle
Kitchen.”

Also, a big congrats to Chef Matt Dillon of Sitka & Spruce
in Seattle, who won this year’s Best Northwest Chef award.

You can hear Douglas on 97.3 KIRO FM’s Seattle Kitchen
show
co-hosted with Chef Thierry Rautureau every Saturday at
8am
and Sunday at 9am. You can hear Seattle Kitchen anytime at MyNorthwest.com.