Cindy Wolf and Spike Gjerde are James Beard Award semifinalists

The James Beard Foundation announced the list of restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2013 James Beard Foundation Awards. Cindy Wolf of Charleston and Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen are among the 20 semifinalists for Best Chef Mid Atlantic, one of 10 regional categories. Both chefs have made the semifinalists list before. Bryan Voltaggio, who has previously been among the Mid Atlantic semi-finalists, was not included this year.

By Richard Gorelick

February 19, 2013