- Cat Cora, Celebrity Chefs, Daniel Boulud, Event, Food Festivals, Guy Savoy, Hubert Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Joel Robuchon, Kerry Simon, Michael Mina, Susan Spicer, Todd English, Wolfgang Puck
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06 May 2008
We haven't mentioned the Vegas Uncorked F&WF in a while and, well, seems like a blink of the eye and it's here already! Well, two days away: running May 8 thru 11, and featuring tons of chefs and myriad food tastings and competitions The event, officially the Second Annual Vegas Uncork'd: A Bon Appétit Epicurean Experience is billed as "a delicious and inspiring star-studded weekend is guaranteed to satisfy every craving when it comes to providing access to world-class chefs, sommeliers, great restaurant design, and Bon Appétit editors and contributors" and looking over the attendees and events it's hard ... {More...}
- Bobby Flay, Eric Ripert, Feature, Georges Perrier, Masaharu Morimoto, Michael Mina, Star Restaurants, Wolfgang Puck
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08 Apr 2008
©2008 Harry Kenney
I've been working on this article for a week or so now. Funny thing, it started out as talking about two cities, Philadelphia in the US and Vancouver in Canada. Why? Because to me both are excellent food cities and yet both have not gotten the respect they deserve from the culinary world. So while different, they have much in common; additionally, I didn't think I'd have enough to write on each city by themselves (again, why is that? From being ignored or underplayed in the food press.)
I'm a Philadelphian myself and ... {More...}
- Cat Cora, Celebrity Chefs, Charlie Trotter, Event, Food Festivals, Jacques Pepin, Masaharu Morimoto, Michael Mina, Michel Richard, Ming Tsai, Thomas Keller, Todd English, Tom Colicchio
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21 Mar 2008
You recall my first mention here of the Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival roughly a dozen days ago. Well, with six more days left before it starts, there's even more "big names" showing up for what has become (in just it's first time ever) one of the biggest events ever.
Along with the previously mentioned names of Jacques Pepin, Mark Miller, Thomas Keller, Gary Danko, Charlie Trotter, Tom Colicchio, Ted Allen, Michel Richard, Susan Spicer, Josiah Citrin, Walter Manzke, Todd English, Hubert Keller, and Michael Mina coming to the event ...
... Now also add: Cat Cora, Mark Miller, ... {More...}
- Feature, Food Festivals, Michael Mina, Tom Colicchio, Wolfgang Puck
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11 Mar 2008
Vegas Uncork'd (May 8-11) brings together Bon Appetit Magazine, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and an exclusive group of Las Vegas resorts, including Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Lake Las Vegas, and Wynn Las Vegas, for four days of more than 25 events.
Wolfgang Puck will co-chair and oversee the weekend's festivities, alongside Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Fairchild. Wolfgang Puck was the first celebrity chef to make Las Vegas home, opening Spago at the Forum Shops in 1992. He now has six restaurants in the destination, including Chinois (Forum Shops), Postrio (The Venetian), Trattoria del ... {More...}
- Charlie Trotter, Food Festivals, Jacques Pepin, Michael Mina, Michel Richard, News, Thomas Keller, Todd English, Tom Colicchio
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11 Mar 2008
The first ever annual Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival boasts over 50 award-winning chefs, over 200 major wineries and many other gradiose claims, thing is, grandiose but apparently true. In short, this has become one super-sized event.
According to LA Eater:
The weekend is chock-full of wine tasting sessions, cooking demos (Jacques Pepin, Mark Miller, Thomas Keller, Gary Danko, Charlie Trotter, Tom Colicchio, Ted Allen, Michel Richard), lunches with the chefs (Susan Spicer, Josiah Citrin, Walter Manzke, Todd English, Hubert Keller, Michael Mina and many more), a walk-around tasting event each afternoon, plus some serious dinners and rare wine auctions. ... {More...}
