Editing James Beard (section)

==Foundation==
[[Image:jamesBeardHouse.jpg|thumb|alt=Three small dishes, with an iris above for decoration, on larger rectangular plate|''[[Hors d'oeuvre]]s'' at the James Beard House, January 2007]]

After Beard's death in 1985, Julia Child wanted to preserve his home in New York City as the gathering place that it had been during his life. [[Peter Kump]], a former student of Beard's and the founder of the [[Institute of Culinary Education]] (formerly Peter Kump's New York Cooking School), spearheaded efforts to purchase the house and create the [[James Beard Foundation]].
Beard's renovated [[brownstone]] at 167 West 12th Street in [[Greenwich Village]], is [[North America]]'s only historic culinary center. It is preserved as a gathering place where the press and general public could appreciate the talents of emerging and established chefs.

In 1986, the [[James Beard Foundation]] was established in Beard's honor to provide scholarships to aspiring food professionals and champion the American culinary tradition which Beard helped create.<ref name="Kamp 294">Kamp, pg. 294</ref> "Since its inception in 1991, the James Beard Foundation Scholarship Program has awarded over $4.6&nbsp;million in financial aid to a variety of students—from recent high school graduates, to working culinary professionals, to career changers. Recipients come from many countries, and enhance their knowledge at schools around the world."<ref>[http://www.jamesbeard.org/education/scholarships-and-grants James Beard Foundation Scholarships & Grants Information]</ref>

The annual James Beard Foundation Awards celebrate fine cuisine around Beard's birthday. Held on the first Monday in May, the awards ceremony honors American chefs, restaurants, journalists, cookbook authors, restaurant designers and electronic-media professionals. It culminates in a reception featuring tastings of signature dishes of more than 30 of the foundation's chefs. A quarterly magazine, ''Beard House'', is a compendium of culinary journalism.

The foundation was affected by scandals; in 2004 its head, Leonard Pickell, resigned and was imprisoned for grand [[larceny]] and in 2005 the board of trustees resigned. During this period, chef and writer [[Anthony Bourdain]] called the foundation "a kind of benevolent [[extortion|shakedown]] operation."<ref>As quoted by Mike Weiss, "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/05/DDG0ACJC0K1.DTL Recipe for Scandal]"  San Francisco Chronicle, 05 May 2005; accessed 02 May 2016</ref> A new board of trustees instituted an ethics policy and chose a new president, Susan Ungaro, to prevent future problems.