Wagner, of Nicks on Broadway , has been part of Providence's culinary elite longer than anyone else on the James Beard list.

Several local chefs and restaurants in our region have been named as finalists for the prestigious annual awards.

Soon, though, he soon landed Buck, with whom he had worked at Hen of the Wood, which has restaurants in Burlington and Waterbury and has been nominated for multiple James Beard prizes over the years.

The James Beard Awards announced the restaurants and ... which honors chefs in the New England states. Buck will compete against chefs from Westport, Connecticut; Cambridge, Massachusetts and ...

It's the first James Beard nomination for Oberlin co-owner Bethany ... There are three other finalists for Best Chef: Northeast, and they are Avery Buck of May Day in Burlington, Vermont; Brian ...