The nominations for 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards — the food industry's version of the Oscars — were announced Tuesday in Chicago. The awards honor excellence among chefs and restaurateurs, cookbook authors, food journalists, broadcast and media producers and personalities, restaurant designers, architects and other culinary professionals. Winners will be named in a ceremony in New York City in early May.

Food Network's own Ina Garten was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Broadcast and New Media Award in the category of Outstanding Personality/Host for Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics. The other nominees in that category are Sara Moulton, host of Sara's Weeknight Meals on PBS, and Andrea Robinson for The 30-Minute Wine Whiz on Andreawine.com.

Heartland Table, hosted by chef and connoisseur of all things Midwestern  Amy Thielen, was nominated in the Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location, category, alongside Lidia's Kitchen and Martha Stewart's Cooking School, both of which air on PBS.

Amy was represented in another category as well. Her cookbook, The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes (Random House), was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Book Award in the American Cooking category. Daniel Humm and Will Guidara's I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes (Ten Speed Press), and John Currence's Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some (Andrews McMeel Publishing) are the other nominees in that category.

Click here for the full list of nominees. Our deepest congratulations to Ina, Amy and all!