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Article: PUNTA GORDA'S PERFECT CAPER CHEF SEMIFINALIST FOR JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 9, 2008
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Charlotte County issued the following news release:
In what's considered to be the Academy Awards of the culinary industry, Jeanie Roland, Chef at Punta Gorda's The Perfect Caper, was nominated for a prestigious 2008 James Beard Foundation Award. Out of thousands of culinary professionals nominated, Roland was one of 20 semifinalists for the Best Chef in the South award.
"It's a tremendous honor to be recognized by the James Beard Foundation," says Roland, "I'm constantly in pursuit of perfection and aim to bring home the top honor in 2009."
A 1992 graduate from the Culinary Institute of America, Roland has been a professional chef for 16 years. She and her husband James have owned The ...