Woodberry Kitchen chef named a James Beard finalist

Call it Selection Monday. The James Beard Foundation has announced its list of finalists, and a Baltimore chef has advanced.

Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen was named among five finalists in the Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic category for a coveted James Beard award — the Oscars of the foodie world.

Gjerde is pitted against two chefs from Washington, D.C., and one each from Philadelphia and Alexandria, Va. Cathal Armstrong from Alexandria's Restaurant Eve, Johnny Monis of Komi in D.C., Brad Spence…