- Ming Tsai, Padma Lakshmi, TV Show Reviews, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef
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07 May 2008
©2008 Harry Kenney
So another month, another four weeks have gone by, and that means four more of our "favorite" (or sometimes not) Top Chef cheftestants are but a mere memory. Here's the first monthly recap we did in case you want to recall what happened then. (Put all of these together at the end of the show and you'll have the world's coolest Top Chef Season Four recap, you just know.)
That out of the way then, here's the quick summary of the past four weeks with the very last TCB "What's Happening on Top Chef" score card for ... {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...}
- Cat Cora, Feature, Ming Tsai, Star Restaurants
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17 Mar 2008
The normal state of affairs is a chef works hard. Comes up through the ranks. Get's his or her own restaurant. And or talk show. Gets some fame, puts out a cookbook or two and opens some more restaurants. After all, it was a long road coming and you capitalize on your fame while you have it.
To my recall, only two celeb chefs have ever fought against this tried and true "way of the chef" when it comes to restaurants, and who have instead done things their own way. One is Cat Cora, ... {More...}
- Art Smith, Food Festivals, Jacques Torres, Marcus Samuelsson, Ming Tsai, Padma Lakshmi, Paula Deen, Rocco Dispirito, Tom Colicchio
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14 Mar 2008
Dozens of celebrity chefs at Common Thread's Third Annual World Festival on Monday, March 17 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
The annual event takes place the Monday of the Housewares Show, in order to bring national celebrities who serve on the Chef Advisory Board to the festival. This year Padma Lakshmi of Bravo's acclaimed Top Chef will serve as the honorary chair and mistress of ceremonies.
From ABC 7 Chicago:
Festival guests will be treated to global delicacies by renowned chefs including founder Art Smith, TABLE fifty-two; David Burke, David Burke's Primehouse; Tom Colicchio, Craft; Gale Gand, Tru; Ken Oringer, ... {More...}
