Video: Celeb Chef Interviews at the James Beard Foundation Awards

Bobby Flay, Celebrity Chefs, Dan Barber, Donatella Arpaia, Drew Nieporent, Event, José Andrés, Masaharu Morimoto, Michael Psilakis, Michel Richard, Ted Allen, Thomas Keller, Todd English, Tom Colicchio, Videos, Wylie Dufresne: 0 Comments; 18 Jun 2008 This is a pretty sweet find I stumbled on. Just nine days ago the prestigious James Beard Awards were given out in New York City. And now, from that event, here is almost a half hour of video, broken into three parts, where cookbook author and television personality David Rosengarten interviewed celebrity chefs on the Beard red carpet, compliments of devour.tv and Bravo network. Here, David talks with event hostess Kim Cattrall and event host Bobby Flay, along with José Andrés, Drew Nieperont, Terrence Brennan, Cesare Casella, Ted Allen, Tom Collechio and Todd English. Part 2 of the video for some ... {More...}

Best New Chefs of 2008 Named by Food and Wine Magazine

Celebrity Chefs, Dan Barber, Daniel Boulud, Hung Huynh, Todd English, Tom Colicchio, Wylie Dufresne: 0 Comments; 08 Apr 2008 Last week Food and Wine magazine named their annual Best New Chefs list for 2008. They are, alphabetically: Jim Burke of James in Philadelphia; Gerard Craft of Niche in St. Louis; Tim Cushman of O Ya in Boston; Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu in Napa, Calif.; Koren Grieveson of Avec in Chicago; Michael Psilakis of Anthos in New York City; Ethan Stowell of Union in Seattle; Giuseppe Tentori of Boka in Chicago; Eric Warnstedt of Hen of the Wood in Waterbury, Vt.; and, Sue Zemanick of Gautreau’s in New Orleans. The winners were fêted last Thursday night at a party in New ... {More...}

Quickie ‘Top Chef’ Recap of the Month

Anthony Bourdain, Daniel Boulud, Rick Bayless, Rocco Dispirito, TV Show Reviews, Top Chef, Wylie Dufresne: 1 Comment; 05 Apr 2008 ©2008 Harry Kenney So why haven't I talked about Top Chef more? Wny not give a weekly recap or review? You see, if you have a show like Hell's Kitchen or Last Restaurant Standing or some of the others, you get one chance of seeing what you missed the following week. With Top Chef, however, let's admit it, Bravo gives you three more chances the very night; you heard me, within the first six hours of the first episode of that week you have no less than three more chances. And then, over the course of the ... {More...}