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The James Beard Foundation (JBF) honored of the accomplishments of women in the culinary industry at the 2013 Women in Whites Gala. Participants included Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn, San Francisco), JBF Award Winner Melissa Kelly (Primo, Rockland, ME), “Top Chef” winner Kristen Kish (Menton, Boston), JBF Award Winner Barbara Lynch (No. 9 Park, Boston), JBF Award Winner Sherry Yard (Helms Bakery, Los Angeles), JBF Award Winner Merry Edwards (Merry Edwards Winery, Sebastopol, CA), and Mixologist and Owner Audrey Saunders (Pegu Club, NYC).

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Sang Yoon and Sherry Yard

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Susan Ungaro

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Tyra Banks

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Soo Jee Lee and David Burke

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Martha Stewart

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Gail Simmons

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Sherry Yard, Melissa Kelly, Barbara Lynch, Susan Ungaro, Kristen Kish, and Dominique Crenn

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Jeffrey Choney, Tee Taggart, Jack Turner, and Pamela Choney

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Pecko Zantilaveevan and Julian Niccolini

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Melissa Kelly

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Leah Luchetti and Nancy Luchetti

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“Top Chef” winner Kristen Kish and Jackie Westbrook

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Gail Simmons, Tyra Banks, and Martha Stewart at the James Beard Foundation’s Women in Whites Gala