Tune in for the 2011 Morning After Awards!

The Nominees

Sous Chef Crew of the Year Prime Meats, Fedora, ABC Kitchen, The Dutch, Franny's, Breslin, Prune, Per Se, Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park

#1 Pastry Chef in New York Nancy Olson, Angela Pinkerton, Brooks Headley, Robert Truitt, Dominique Ansel, Karen DeMasco, Christina Tossi, Gina DiPalma

Purveyor of the Year Pierless Fish Company, Pat LaFrieda, Saffron King, Sea 2 Table, Evan the Forager, Goia Cheese, D'Artagnan, Heritage Foods USA

Lifetime Achievement Award: Elaine Kaufman of Elaine's

Wine Program of the Year Gotham Bar & Grill, Terroir, The Harrison, Le Cirque, Crabtree's Kittle House, Tribeca Grill, Anisa, Gilt, Daniel

Restauranteur of the Year Gabe Stulman, Daniel Holzman & Michael Chernow, Jim Chu & Johnny Santiago, Ken Friedman, Drew Nieporent, Daniel Boloud, Frank Castronovo & Frank Falcinelli, David Chang

Personality of the Year Josh Ozersky, Amanda Kludt, Nathan Myhrvold, Eddie Huang, Anthony Bourdain, Amanda Frietag, TMZ Camera Crew

Cocktail Program of the Year Maison Premiere, PDT, Employees Only, WD 50, Minetta Tavern, Mayahuel, Milk & Honey, The Dutch, EMP, Dutch Kills

Chef of the Year Anita Lo, Michael Beradino, Daniel Humm, Paul Liebrandt, Seamus Mullen, Brad McDonald, Dan Kluger, April Bloomfield, Toni Liu

Restaurant of the Year Colonie, M Wells, Gotham Bar & Grill, ABC Kitchen, Roberta's, Northern Spy Food Co., Eleven Madison Park, Gramercy Tavern, Kajitsu

This week on The Morning After, Jason takes the show deep into the world of wine and cheese with guests Abe Schoener, Proprietor and Winemaker at Scholium Project & Red Hook Winery and Elizabeth Chubbuck, Murray’s Cheese, Associate Director of Wholesale. Tune in to learn what an "OG" is in terms of cheese and what business plans and models prove to be most successful for winemakers and wineries. Also hear from Steven Solomon, a.k.a. Stickermeister, graphic designer for Terroir and Hearth. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

"One of the amazing charms of making wine is that amount of vineyard area in the world is absolutely limited. We probably don't know all the places in the world that can produce great wine, but we know ALMOST all of them and it's so expensive to expand."

--Abe Schoener, Proprietor and Winemaker at Scholium Project & Red Hook Winery on The Morning After

Jason Colucci rings in 2012 with a lively episode of The Morning After. First he sits down and chats with Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow, the guys behind everybody's favorite late night restaurant chain in New York, The Meatball Shop. Hear what challenges they are faced with running three locations and why they chose meatballs as their main focus. Also hear from sommelier Michael Conway of Forgione. Later on the show, singer/songwriter Idgy Dean performs live! This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market

"You can't be three places at once. If you want to have three successful restaurants you better trust somebody else."

--Daniel Holzman of The Meatball Shop on The Morning After

"Why meatballs? Why not? They're delicious and everybody loves them."

--Michael Chernow of The Meatball Shop on The Morning After