OpenTable Salutes James Beard Award Winners; OpenTable Restaurants Sweep Top National “Best Restaurants and Chefs” Awards

OpenTable, Inc. (www.opentable.com), the leading provider of free, online reservations for diners as well as guest and table management systems to restaurants, today congratulates the winners of the prestigious James Beard awards. One hundred percent of the top five national “Best Restaurants and Chefs” awards were garnered by chefs and restaurateurs at OpenTable restaurants. Of the 17 “Best Restaurants and Chefs” winners, 10 utilize OpenTable to manage reservations and provide superior guest service at their extraordinary restaurants.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2006 -- OpenTable, Inc. (www.opentable.com), the leading provider of free, online reservations for diners as well as guest and table management systems to restaurants, today congratulates the winners of the prestigious James Beard awards.

One hundred percent of the top five national “Best Restaurants and Chefs” awards were garnered by chefs and restaurateurs at OpenTable restaurants. Of the 17 “Best Restaurants and Chefs” winners, 10 utilize OpenTable to manage reservations and provide superior guest service at their extraordinary restaurants.

“We extend our enthusiastic congratulations to all the nominees and winners of this exceptionally coveted food award,” said Thomas Layton, OpenTable CEO. “We are honored that among our 4,500 restaurants, we can count some of the finest establishments in the world.”

OpenTable congratulates all James Beard award winners, with a special salute to the following OpenTable customers:

Outstanding Restaurateur: Daniel Boulud

Outstanding Chef: Alfred Portale, Gotham Bar & Grill

Outstanding Restaurant: The French Laundry

Best New Restaurant: The Modern

Rising Star Chef: Corey Lee - The French Laundry

Outstanding Pastry Chef: Johnny Iuzzini - Jean Georges

Outstanding Wine & Spirits professional: Daniel Johnnes - Dinex/Daniel

Best Chef - Midwest: Shawn McClain - Spring

Best Chef - NYC: Dan Barber - Blue Hill

Best Chef - Southeast: John Besh - Restaurant August

About OpenTable, Inc.

OpenTable is the leading supplier of restaurant reservation, table management and marketing software as well as the top provider of free, real-time online reservations to consumers, concierges and administrative assistants. More than 4,500 partner restaurants have adopted the OpenTable System, and more than 21 million diners have been seated through OpenTable.com.

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