Chef Donald Link’s flagship restaurant Herbsaint earned a James Beard award in 2007 for Best Chef South. The same year Cochon was nominated for Best New Restaurant; The James Beard...view moreChef Donald Link’s flagship restaurant Herbsaint earned a James Beard award in 2007 for Best Chef South. The same year Cochon was nominated for Best New Restaurant; The James Beard Foundation honored Link’s cookbook – Real Cajun: Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link’s Louisiana (Clarkson Potter) Best American Cookbook. Nominated by the James Beard Foundation for the prestigious award of Outstanding Chef in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Pêche Seafood Grill was awarded Best New Restaurant at the 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards. February 2014, Link celebrated the release of his second cookbook Down South: Bourbon, Pork, Gulf Shrimp & Second Helpings of Everything (Clarkson-Potter)view less