An evening benefiting the James Beard Foundation was held at Montage Laguna Beach. “As a young chef, I always looked up to James Beard, the father of American cooking,” noted executive chef James Boyce of the resort’s Studio restaurant. Participating chefs also included Brian Black and Matt Leonard (Montage Laguna Beach), William Bradley (Addison, The Grand Del Mar), John Cuevas and Richard Ruskell (Montage Beverly Hills), and Alessandro Stratta (Alex and Stratta, Wynn Las Vegas). Photography by Baldemar Fierro
