Tag: Chefs

Max Hardy, 40, Dies; Helped Bring Chef-Driven Cuisine to Detroit

Max Hardy, who helped bring a new level of chef-driven yet accessible cuisine to his native Detroit, and who was widely considered among the most promising of a young generation of Black culinary stars, died on Monday. He was 40. His publicist, David E. Rudolph, announced the death but did not provide a cause or […]

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José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen, Central to U.S. Gaza Aid Plan, Aims to Ramp Up

Since October, organizers and Palestinian cooks working with the World Central Kitchen — the aid organization founded by the renowned Spanish chef José Andrés — have served more than 32 million meals in Gaza, the group has said. Plans for the U.S. military to build a floating pier to bring aid into the enclave would […]

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David Bouley, Influential New York Chef, Dies at 70

David Bouley, the American chef who first translated French nouvelle cuisine into the New American style that shaped modern high-end cooking, died Monday at his home in Kent, Conn. He was 70. The death, from a heart attack, was confirmed by his literary agent, Lisa Queen. Mr. Bouley’s simple but sleek cuisine made a grand […]

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The Hospitality Group Redefining Korean Restaurants in New York

Even on a chilly Monday evening, the wait at Cho Dang Gol was more than an hour. Crowds of 20-somethings spilled out of the homey restaurant in Manhattan’s Koreatown, where steam billowed from stone bowls of soondubu jigae in a dining room ornamented with paper lanterns and musical instruments. Some hopeful customers peeked inside, anxious […]

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Gordon Ramsay Isn’t Going Anywhere

Gordon Ramsay insists he never wanted to be the bad boy. His image as the brash, bellicose chef and restaurateur, as the master of the culinary meltdown, was, he said, largely a matter of getting off on the wrong foot. Ramsay was introduced to British viewers on “Boiling Point” (1999), a five-part series on Channel […]

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A Japanese Holiday Feast, By Way of California

The chef Sylvan Mishima Brackett’s San Francisco izakaya, Rintaro, will turn 10 next year, and in a city crowded with good places to eat, and a state with access to spectacular ingredients year-round, it still stands out. The restaurant’s courtyard, hidden from the street behind a nondescript door, is filled with fragrant fruit trees (including […]

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Barbara Lynch Has Closed Most of Her Boston Restaurants

The Boston chef Barbara Lynch, whom more than 20 employees accused of multiple forms of workplace abuse in a New York Times report last year, announced Friday that most of her restaurants had closed at the end of 2023. Those include her fine-dining restaurant Menton, one of the city’s most prestigious destinations since it opened […]

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Bill Granger, Chef Who Brought Avocado Toast to the World, Dies at 54

Mr. Granger had an early interest in food, bringing his parents a “silver service” of breakfast in bed from the age of 5 and working his way through magazine recipe cards, before turning his attention to the food writers Elizabeth David and Margaret Fulton. He feasted on Melbourne’s richly diverse cuisine, eating dim sum with […]

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Protests Are an American Tradition. But Why at Restaurants?

George Recine, a Boston advertising executive, knew exactly where to eat lunch last week during a business trip to Philadelphia. “What better place to stop by than Goldie?’” he said. Mr. Recine, 45, had read reports about a protest there a few days earlier that Pennsylvania’s governor and the White House had condemned as antisemitic. […]

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Fall Is on the Menu for Australia’s State Dinner. The B-52s Are Not.

The fourth state dinner hosted by the Biden administration, to honor Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, will feature a menu of fall vegetables, a backdrop of florals and a selection of instrumental music performed by military bands. “Nurturing our partnerships and relationships with our allies is critically important, especially in these tumultuous times,” […]

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The Best Restaurants in New Orleans

In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items. Modern New Orleans Creole […]

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Michael Chiarello, Chef and Food Network Star, Dies at 61

Michael Chiarello, a hard-working, TV-ready chef from California’s Central Valley whose culinary prowess and intuitive knack for marketing helped define a chapter of Italian-influenced Northern California cuisine and the rural escapism of the Napa Valley lifestyle, died on Friday in Napa. He was 61. His death, in a hospital, was the result of an acute […]

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Michelin Stars Can Come With Some Costs for Restaurants

When the chef Caroline Glover heard in June that Michelin would be publishing a restaurant guide to Colorado, she was thrilled at first. “I’ve seen Michelin move across the country, but never thought Colorado would be next,” said Ms. Glover, who co-owns the restaurant Annette, in Aurora. One of the state’s culinary leaders, she was […]

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