Grilled: 2009 James Beard Awards

Dan Barber | Blue Hill

First restaurant job?
It was in a bread bakery in Los Angeles. I was fired because I ruined 5,000 pounds of rosemary dough. I forgot to add salt. I heard the owner say "I can't have this guy fucking up my business." And I was out.

Who's overdue for a Beard award?
Mark Ladner and Mark Lapico. The two Marks.