Chef

Hi! When I was in Montreal, I found a great number of restaurants with open kitchens. I loved sitting up at a bar watching the chefs at work. Now that I am back in NYC, however, I find them few a...

Every once in ten years, a special opportunity arises. Today, I visited a Los Angeles chef at her home. It just happens she owns a restaurant recently recognized by Michelin! Cannot say her name,...

My wife’s and my dear friend Giuliano Bugialli died yesterday. He was a wonderful person. I first met Giuliano in Florence in July 1975. It was during the third year of his cooking classes, “Coo...

anyone know where she is nowadays

Does anyone have any experience with this company? I am looking to purchase a complete uniform with them (jacket, pants, and apron) and was attracted to the fact that they are the only company I ca...

by Googs 11 years ago

Has anyone heard of him surfacing yet? After the odd, quick ending of Franco's I haven't been able to get wind of him. You can't run/own Il Posto, Caffe Doria, and Imperia and then just disappear...

by Melanie Wong 11 months ago

" . . . Zephyr Wright’s legacy is among the longest-lasting in the White House Kitchen. Unlike Verdon, Wright’s debut didn’t make the front page of the New York Times. Julia Child never mentioned W...

The culinary world lost two titans of their art last year, this is of course Paul Bocuse and Joel Robuchon. Without diminishing either of their greatness, I'd love to hear people's thoughts and jus...

I may be the one pushing the agenda today, but this is an concern that's been around for years, and the problem is getting worse not better....

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

My heart sank when I read the news last week that Chef Perry Hoffman would be leaving the Healdsburg Shed at month's end. https://www.sonomamag.com/biteclub/major-healdsburg-chef-leaving-shed-head...

by TrishUntrapped 1 year ago

Bonjour, asking for someone on another chat board, does anyone know where Chef Cyril Choisne is these days? He used to be at Le Cottage Marcadet in the 18e. Merci!

Every day, more and more, I ask myself, considering the shitty hours, barely average wages and seemingly endless attacks on what few rights we have, why the fuck would I ever encourage anyone to en...

All my (Canadian) owner-buddies tell me the only person in a kitchen who might be at minimum is the new guy in the dish pit, or the new prep guy who started 3 weeks ago, everyone else is already ov...

So a friend of mine in Surry sent me this, he gets the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association (BCRFA) newsletter. Like everyplace out there ( and here!), they are 3-4 cooks short and looking to ...

what can I give as a small birthday present to someone who is professional chef from Italy? Budget up to $100, but would prefer to spend less.

by Newlyn_Tinning 2 years ago

Hi all. As you may of seen, this is not my first post, but after trawling the site for the last few days & not finding a specific section to say hello, I thought I would do it here. Hope this is ...