2012 Winners
- Outstanding Chef: Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park, New York City, NY
- Rising Star Chef of the Year: Christina Tosi, Momofuku Milk Bar, New York City, NY
- Restaurant: Boulevard (restaurant), San Francisco, CA
- New Restaurant: Next, Chicago, Illinois
- Restaurateur: Tom Douglas, Tom Douglas Restaurants, Seattle, WA
- Pastry Chef: Mindy Segal, Mindy's HotChocolate, Chicago, IL
- Wine Program: No. 9 Park, Boston, MA
- Wine and Spirits Professional: Paul Grieco, Terroir, New York City, NY
- Service: La Grenouille, New York City, NY
- Great Lakes Chef: Bruce Sherman, North Pond, Chicago, IL
- Mid-Atlantic Chef: Maricel Presilla, Chucharamama, Hoboken, NJ
- Midwest Chef: Tory Miller, L'Etoile, Madison, WI
- New York City Chef: Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern
- Northeast Chef: Tim Cushman, O Ya, Boston, MA
- Northwest Chef: Matt Dillon (chef), Sitka & Spruce, Seattle, WA
- Pacific Chef: Matt Molina, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles, CA
- TIE Southeast Chef: Hugh Acheson, Five and Ten (restaurant), Athens, GA and Linton Hopkins, Restaurant Eugene, Atlanta, GA
- Southwest Chef: Paul Qui, Uchiko, Austin, TX
- South Chef: Chris Hastings, Hot and Hot Fish Club, Birmingham, AL
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Wolfgang Puck
- Book Awards
- Book Awards: Baking and Dessert: Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer
- Book Awards: Cooking from a Professional Point of View: Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
- Book Awards: American Cooking: A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for your Kitchen by Hugh Acheson
- Book Awards: Beverage: Bitters: A Spirited History of Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes & Formulas by Brad Thomas Parsons
- Book Awards: General Cooking: Ruhlman's Twenty by Michael Ruhlman
- Book Awards: International: The Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert
- Book Awards: Cookbook Hall of Fame: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
- Book Awards: Cookbook of the Year: Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
- Book Awards: Photography: Notes from a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession by Jeff Scott
- Book Awards: Reference and Scholarship: Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920 by Andrew P. Haley
- Book Awards: Single Subject: All About Roasting by Molly Stevens
- Book Awards: Focus on Health: Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from my Natural Foods Kitchen by Heidi Swanson
- Book Awards: Writing and Literature: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
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