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A Culinary Speakeasy with Top Chef’s Valerie Bolon

Posted by: Lauren Monitz on September 6th, 2010

In the spirit of bringing people together to enjoy great food in a very unique dining experience, two of Chicago's talented chefs, Valerie Bolon of Top Chef Season four fame, and Personal Chef Rachel Winpar are introducing Chicago to their newest endeavor, the underground dining scene. [...read more]

Foodies and Fans Can Mix and Mingle with Favorite Chefs

Posted by: Debbie Hall on August 28th, 2010

From Aug. 30 through Sept. 5, you can celebrate Restaurant Week Las Vegas, the chance to dine out at more than 80 of Las Vegas’ popular establishments at discounted prices to raise money to benefit Three Square – a nonprofit organization in Las Vegas working to end hunger in Southern Nevada. But this is a weeklong party, so the MGM Grand is offering a preparty and four afterparties during Restaurant Week. This is the chance to mix and mingle with your favorite chefs. [...read more]

Kiss the Chef: The Haute 5 Chef’s Tables in Los Angeles

Posted by: E. C. Gladstone on August 17th, 2010

When an ordinary degustation just won't do... when you demand the best personal service... when you are as fascinated by the process as the final product in a restaurant... when you want to have an experience you'll never forget... you want to dine at a Chef's Table. Here are Los Angeles' Haute 5: [...read more]

Weekend Planner: Starr-Maddox BBQ Challenge

Posted by: Melissa Auman Greiner on August 6th, 2010

This morning's news cast promised me a weekend of warm temps without the usual side of stifling humidity. How to celebrate? Get outside, of course. There's a Phillies game to be seen and, prior to that, some serious eating to do. This weekend, head to South Philly's Sports Complex for the ninth annual Starr-Maddox BBQ Challenge. [...read more]

Dining with Our New Top Cheftestants: Alex Reznik

Posted by: E. C. Gladstone on July 7th, 2010

Alex Reznik has taken his share of hits on Top Chef: Season 7 thus far. So it might surprise those who haven’t experienced his cooking that he is one of Los Angeles’ most creative and impassioned chefs. [...read more]

Where Are They Now? Chicago Top Chef Update

Posted by: Lauren Monitz on July 6th, 2010

Recognized as a global foodie haven, it’s no wonder Chicago culinary masters have represented so well for us on Bravo’s Top Chef. And let’s face it, these newly crowned celebrity chefs have developed a cult following around the city. Here’s an update on what some of your favs have been up to and their cool new projects (even though we know you stalk their twitter accounts). [...read more]

Haute Reservation: Rick Bayless’ Red O

Posted by: E. C. Gladstone on July 3rd, 2010

The first thing you notice about Red O is the décor—it practically demands your attention. As envisioned by designer Gulla Jonsdottir (a former associate of Dodd Mitchell), the dining and bar interiors juggle tradition and modernity, celebration and intrigue with a dance of textures and colors, and continually emerging surprises, such as the swinging chairs and daybed in the main bar, retracting ceiling and walls of the patio room, Moorish ottomans and one-carved-piece wood bar in the lounge past the Tequila tunnel. [...read more]

BBQ Bootcamp with a Top Chef Master

Posted by: Lauren Monitz on June 13th, 2010

Marcus Samuelsson, the recently crowned Top Chef Masters Winner in the second installment of the Bravo culinary competition is headed home to Chicago to host a BBQ Bootcamp with fellow executive chef Nicole Pederson, and pastry chef Toni Roberts. Following in the footsteps of season 1 winner Rick Bayless, Samuelsson is the second restaurateur to rep Chicago by winning the hit show. [...read more]

Locavore: The Haute Five Organic Restaurants for Los Angeles

Posted by: E. C. Gladstone on June 6th, 2010

Thanks to the explosion of farmer’s markets here—the world-famous Santa Monica one, and dozens more around the city—it’s never been easier to eat locally grown produce and protein. In some ways, listing a Haute 5 for “locavore” and Farm-To-Table dining is easy, because it’s virtually synonymous with the best dining in LA altogether. In another way, it’s hard because there are so many choices. Here’s a sampling: [...read more]

Top Chef Contestant Opens A Refined LA Deli

Posted by: hl_author on April 6th, 2010

If you’re a fan of Top Chef, you most likely follow the paths not only of the winners, but the eliminated chefs as well. So then you probably know that Season Five was taped in one of our country’s hautest cities: New York. And while the chef we’re talking about here isn’t the winner (that honor went to Hosea Rosenberg), we think our subject’s new little LA sandwich shop is worth gossiping about. [...read more]