Much-Anticipated ‘Emeril Green’ Premieres Today with Six in a Row

Emeril Green, Emeril Lagasse, News, TV Food Shows
14 Jul 2008 The long-anticipated and slightly overdue, Emeril Green premieres today, Monday July 14 on the Discovery Green channel. The overdue part comes from earlier reports were that it was supposed to launch along with the new cable channel on June 6th. Making up for that, there will be six, that's right, six new of the new episodes on tonight. And if that wasn't enough it's going to be in what's called "heavy rotation", or to put in it viewer-speak "they're going to be showing it a whole lot". How much? A search on the DirecTv service shows over ... {More...}

Anne Burrell’s Show ‘Secrets of a Restaurant Chef’ Premieres Sunday

Anne Burrell, News, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, TV Food Shows
28 Jun 2008 You probably know of Anne Burrell. At least if you've ever seen an episode of Iron Chef America when Mario Batali is the chosen steel warrior of the day. If so, then you know Anne is the sous chef helping Batali out with the mop of yellow popping all over the screen during the competition. But Anne is second place no more (ok, we're talking figuratively as I'm sure she still is one of Mario's assistants, but that said ...) It's time for Chef Burrell to take a walk in her own limelight with Secrets of a Restaurant ... {More...}

Ted Allen Joins Food Network Hosting New ‘Food Detectives’ Show in July

Food Detectives, News, Ted Allen
12 Jun 2008 Famed culinary expert Ted Allen joins the Food Network family with the debut of his new series Food Detectives, premiering Tuesday, July 29th at 9pm ET/PT. The half-hour primetime series explores the delicious connection between science and food, pulling back the curtain and revealing the answers to some of the most puzzling food mysteries and will feature experts from Popular Science magazine. “We’ve wanted to work with Ted for years on a series of his own and we’ve found a great fit in Food Detectives,” said Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production for Food Network. “Not ... {More...}

2008 James Beard Awards Winners

Celebrity Chefs, Cookbooks, Daniel Boulud, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali, Michel Richard, News, Star Restaurants
09 Jun 2008 The winners of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards announced Sunday night, June 8th, include: Restaurants and Chefs, National Outstanding Restaurateur: Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, New York Outstanding Chef: Grant Achatz, Alinea, Chicago Outstanding Restaurant: Gramercy Tavern, New York (Danny Meyer) Outstanding New Restaurant: Central Michel Richard, Washington (Michel Richard) Rising Star Chef: Gavin Kaysen, Cafe Boulud, New York Outstanding Pastry Chef: Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson, Tartine Bakery, San Francisco Outstanding Wine Service: Eleven Madison Park, New York Oustanding Wine and Spirits Professional: Terry Theise, Terry Theise Estate Selections, Silver Spring, Md. Outstanding Service: Terra, St. Helena, Calif. Chefs - Regional Best Chef: Great Lakes - ... {More...}

News Bytes: Deen Show Peek; Chefs’ Night Out; the Beards; Tyler in Idaho

Anne Burrell, Bobby Flay, Celebrity Chefs, Daniel Boulud, Donatella Arpaia, Event, Gail Simmons, Harold Dieterle, Iron Chef America, John Besh, Johnny Iuzzini, Marcus Samuelsson, Michael Psilakis, News Bites, Paula Deen, Paula's Best Dishes, TV Food Shows, Ted Allen, The Next Food Network Star, Tom Colicchio, Traci Des Jardins, Tyler Florence
07 Jun 2008 Many weekends are slow, food news-wise. This is definitely not one of those. On the air we have a preview of Paula Deen's new cooking show on Sunday early afternoon and later that night episode 2 of NFNS. Off the air and live, the biggest thing of this weekend and perhaps of the year is the Annual James Beard Awards Sunday night. First up is Tyler Florence who travelled to Boise for a food charity event, A Chefs' Affaire. What it is involves a five-course gourmet dinner created by Idaho chefs from 20 different restaurants. There is also ... {More...}