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Over the course of the last six weeks, the restaurant industry has celebrated Food & Wine's Best New Chefs class of 2014, the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, and the James Beard Awards. But how much do any of these awards matter? Chefs Dave Beran, Jon Shook, Cathal Armstrong, Cara Stadler, and Daniel Patterson all weigh in on the influence and importance of awards. Says Armstrong: "Sometimes I'm like, 'Oh, no one pays attention to it.' But that's probably not true." [-EN-]