CHICAGO, May 5 ― Chef Dan Barber emerged the big winner at the 25th edition of the James Beard Foundation Awards ― also known as the Oscars of the US food world ― taking the awards for Outstanding Restaurant and best Writing and Literature.

This year’s win marks the second time Barber has snagged the equivalent of Oscar for best film.

In 2013, his New York restaurant Blue Hill was named the best in the US. At the gala event in Chicago yesterday, Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York’s Hudson Valley again took the crown for Outstanding Restaurant.

Likewise, his latest book The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food, took the award for best Writing and Literature.

Here’s a selection of the major winners in the categories of restaurants, chefs, books and journalism from the James Beard Foundation Awards:

Outstanding Restaurant: Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, NY

Outstanding Chef: Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern, NYC

Outstanding Pastry Chef: Christina Tosi, Momofuku, NYC

Best New Restaurant: Bâtard, NYC

Outstanding Service: The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN

Outstanding Wine Programme: A16, San Francisco

Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional: Rajat Parr, Mina Group, San Francisco

Rising Star Chef of the Year: Jessica Largey, Manresa, Los Gatos, CA

2015 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design Awards 75 Seats and Under: Brindille, Chicago 76 Seats and Over: Workshop Kitchen + Bar, Palm Springs, CA

2015 James Beard Foundation Book Awards

Writing and Literature: The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber

"The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food” by Dan Barber ― AFP-Relaxnews pic

Cookbook Hall of Fame: Barbara Kafka

Cookbook of the Year: Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition by David Sterling

Television Programme, in Studio or Fixed Location: "Martha Stewart’s Cooking School" Host: Martha Stewart

Television Programme, on Location: "The Mind of a Chef" Host: Anthony Bourdain

Outstanding Personality/Host Host: Ina Garten "Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics"

2015 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards

Dining and Travel: The India Issue, Saveur magazine, editors

Group Food Blog: Grub Street

Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication: GQ, editors

Individual Food Blog: Orangette, by Molly Wizenberg

Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award “Artisanal-Everything Roberta’s Defies the Stereotypes,” “Once an Icon, Per Se is Showing its Age,” “Six Reasons Why Cosme is One of NYC’s Most Relevant New Restaurants” by Ryan Sutton, Eater

MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award Life in Chains: Finding Home at Taco Bell, by John DeVore, Eater

Publication of the Year: Gravy ― AFP-Relaxnews