From the outset of his career Beshs talent and drive have earned him continual lots of things food and wine named him one of the Top 10 best new chefs in America and he won the coveted James Beard Award for Best Chef of the Southeast in 2006. His nine acclaimed restaurants each celebrate the bounty and traditions of the region in their own unique way. His flagship restaurant, August, is a Gayot Top 40 Restaurant and a Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Restaurant, in addition to being nominated in 2012 for the James Beard Best National Restaurant award. Beshs two cookbooks My New Orleans and My Family Table were each recognized with an Award. He hosts two national public television cooking shows which will start showing in April 2013. The John Besh Foundation founded in 2011 works to protect and preserve the culinary heritage and foodways of New Orleans different initiatives such as the Chefs Move.