- Food Festivals, News Bites, Top Chef, Wolfgang Puck
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14 May 2008
Pack Your Knives and ... Enter. Broadcasting & Cable has the scoop on the mega-blitz Bravo is launching to capitalize on all things Top Chef:
Bravo Media is striking new partnerships to sell everything from cruises to cookbooks tied to its shows, in an effort to take its brand name beyond television. The deals, which include a Top Chef cruise, calendar and cooking class. For "Chef", the network will launch a 20-city mobile tour with an 18-wheel semi-truck branded with show graphics and staffed with former contestants. The truck makes its first appearance at the upcoming NCTA cable show ... {More...}
- 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...}
- Celebrity Chefs, Food Festivals, Iron Chef America, Jacques Pepin, Masaharu Morimoto, News, Thomas Keller, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef
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31 Mar 2008
So the first-ever Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival finally happened and ended last night. It was definitely a rousing success.
Let me quickly mention my irritation at what ever San Francisco Chronicle copy room hack came up with the misleading headline of: For $4,750, foodies eat up the chance to see famous chefs in person Compare the headline to the very last sentence in the article: "Per-person cost for the four-day Pebble Beach Food & Wine extravaganza ranges from $100 for a single class or seminar to $4,750 for lodging and admission to all events." In short, ... {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...}
- 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...}
