Corby Kummer

Date of Birth	25-July-1957
Place of Birth	Connecticut (New England, United States of America, Contiguous United States)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Corby Seth Kummer
Profession	Food writer, Journalist
Corby Kummer is a journalist who writes primarily about food. He is a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine, where he writes a monthly food column, restaurant critic for Boston magazine. He has been called "a dean among food writers in America" by The San Francisco Examiner. Julia Child once said of him, "I think he's a very good food writer. He really does his homework. As a reporter and a writer he takes his work very seriously." He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Awards by Corby Kummer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Corby Kummer.

2014

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Food and Culture	Can Starbucks Do for the Croissant What it Did for Coffee?

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Food-Related Feature	The Great Grocery Smackdown

2009

James Beard Award for Food-Related Columns

(for the article: A Papaya Grows in Holyoke, for the article: Beyond the McIntosh, for the article: Half a Loaf)

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Food-Related Columns	for the article: A Papaya Grows in Holyoke","for the article: Beyond the McIntosh","for the article: Half a Loaf

2008

James Beard Award for Food-Related Columns

(for the articles: The Rise of the Sardine ,The Art of Aging Well, The Magic Brewing Machine)

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Food-Related Columns	for the articles: \"The Rise of the Sardine\" ,\"The Art of Aging Well\", \"The Magic Brewing Machine\"

2005

James Beard Foundation Award for Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America

(Boston)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Foundation Award for Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America	Boston

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Magazine Series	Big Organic, Small Organic","A New Chestnut","Back to Grass

2003

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Magazine Series	Artisan Food Producers The Atlantic Monthly

2001

James Beard Award for Internet Column and Feature Writing

Honored for : Bygone World of the Bialy, Confessions of a Cookie Eater, Tuscany Reluctantly

James Beard Award for Magazine Column

(For the articles: Ice Cream For Beginners, A Better Egg, Craftsman Cheese)

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Magazine Column	For the articles: \"Ice Cream For Beginners\", \"A Better Egg\", \"Craftsman Cheese\"
James Beard Award for Internet Column and Feature Writing	Bygone World of the Bialy","Confessions of a Cookie Eater","Tuscany Reluctantly
James Beard Award for Magazine Feature Writing without Recipes	The Trouble With Truffles

1999

James Beard MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

Honored for : Carried Away

(The New York Times Magazine)

James Beard Award for Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award	Carried Away The New York Times Magazine
James Beard Award for Magazine Writing on Diet, Nutrition and Health	Better Butter
James Beard Award for Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique	New York Magazine