The 'Sex and the City' star is hosting the James Beard Awards.

KIM CATTRALL is slipping on her chef's whites to host this year's 2008 James Beard Awards, considered the "Oscars of the food world" and celebrating the best in cuisine, at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center on June 8. The 'Sex and the City' star will help celebrate the winners for Outstanding Restaurant and Chef, Cook Books, and Design and Graphics categories. 

More than 1,800 top chefs, restaurateurs and industry professionals attend this annual event. Up for Outstanding Chef this year are GRANT ACHATZ at Alinea in Chicago; JOSE ANDRES at Minibar by José Andrés in Washington, DC; DAN BARBER at Blue Hill in NYC; SUZANNE GOIN for Lucques in Los Angeles, and FRANK STITT at Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham, AL. Competing for Top Restaurant are Boulevard, San Francisco; Campanile, Los Angeles; Gramercy Tavern, NYC; Jean Georges, NYC; and The Slanted Door, San Francisco.