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Celebrity Chefs

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    February 28, 2012

    Ten Strangest Things at the South Beach Wine and Food Fest

    ​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up yesterday after a four-day whirlwind of dinners, brunches, parties, cocktails, and events.Each year we're delighted by the food, impressed by the cocktails, and amazed by the sheer number of celebrities that come to Miami to party and mingle.Dur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Celebs Party at Satellite Events, Restaurants

    ​The hottest ticket in town this weekend may not have been in the Grand Tasting Village or some of the official parties. It seems that the celebs in town for the event were dining and drinking at various small gatherings and uber-private receptions at different venues scattered around Miami and Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Paula Deen's Sunday Brunch a Stylish Southern Affair

    ​The Loews Miami Beach Hotel's ballroom was filled with the good smells of Southern home cookin' yesterday at the annual Paula Deen Sunday Brunch. The room's crystal chandelier glistened as guests took their seats (most welcome after a weekend spent trying to juggle a plate and wine glass while st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Charlie Trotter Tribute Dinner

    Photo by Riki AltmanHey, Trotter! No peeking! ​Five hundred dollars per ticket was too much for our budget to allow, but we still wanted to experience last night's South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tribute Dinner honoring Charlie Trotter and Piero Antinori so we snuck into the kitchen for a beh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2012

    SoBeWFF Burger Bash: Michael Symon's Three-Peat

    ​View photos of Burger Bash at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach here.Although we had grand dreams that a local chef would take the prize, Symon's B Spot Burgers claimed the People's Choice Award yet again this year at last night's Burger Bash (that's a third consecutive win for him). Fellow Iron Chefs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Best Tips Ever For the Grand Tasting Village Experience

    ​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival opens today. One of the nation's premiere food events, it will draw around 70,000 people this year. The Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village, held Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Ocean Drive and 13th Street, is one of the most popular eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Traffic Apocalypse: Obama, Jeremy Lin and Emeril Will Destroy Your Commute Today

    ​Miami loves its bold faced names almost as much as it hates its traffic, and today the sheer amount of star power in town may very well overwhelm our roadways. Not only is the leader of the free world making a visit to Coral Gables today, but Linsanity comes to downtown while the South Beach Food ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Get Stuffed

    ​Miami loves its bold faced names almost as much as it hates its traffic, and today the sheer amount of star power in town may very well overwhelm our roadways. Not only is the leader of the free world making a visit to Coral Gables today, but Linsanity comes to downtown while the South Beach Food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Paula Deen's Southern Charm and Other Big Names at the Festival

    ​Famous for cooking rich Southern cuisine, Paula Deen received mixed press after announcing she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. "I've never recommended that people go into their kitchen and prepare these fattening meals every day," she said. "But I'm feeling a little vulnerable." Truth is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Where the Celebs Hang Out in Miami

    ​The South Beach Wine and Food Festival starts this Thursday, February 23, with satellite parties starting as early as tomorrow. Hotels, restaurants, and shops are gearing up for the invasion of foodies, celebrities and beautiful people who arrive as early as today.Since Miami has a thriving resta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    IACP Nominations Are in For Best Food Blog (And Other Things)

    ​​The International Association of Culinary Professionals has announced the nominees for its 2012 writing awards. These honors are handed out for all manner of food writing -- newspapers, magazines, internet, blogs, television shows, cookbooks. It even gives nods to the most "Intriguing Use of N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Priciest SoBeWFF Tickets and Cheaper Alternatives

    ​Now that Super Bowl is over, we can concentrate on the next big event -- the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which opens February 23. Like the big game, the SoBeWFF offers lots of opportunities to max out your credit card on parking, food, and booze. Tickets are expensive for the vario ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2012

    SoBeWFF Trade Seminars: Celebrity Chefs Offer Insight for Insiders

    Food NetworkBobby Flay moderates a panel discussion on winning a televised cooking competition.​While thousands of people will be flocking to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival's Grand Tasting Village for some wine and a glimpse at a celebrity chef, those same chefs will be sneaking across the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Eric Ripert: Miami Airport Stinks, But Try La Carreta ... and Other Recommendations

    ​While it's safe to say that every Miamian has a different opinion about what to love about our fair city -- the amazing weather, pristine beaches, exciting nightlife, fine dining -- we will probably agree on one thing: Miami International Airport sucks. Plan on spending an extra few hours on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Celebrity Chefs' Million Dollar Mansions: Look What Cooking Can Buy

    ​Nearly all celebrity chefs have one thing in common -- a fairytale-like rise from poverty and obscurity to fame and fortune.Paula Deen (who just announced she has type 2 diabetes), was a young bank teller in Savannah, Martha Stewart used to babysit for New York Yankees' kids, and Guy Fieri's big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Paula Deen is a Liar and Anthony Bourdain Hates Her (Video)

    ​Well, well, well. Who woulda thought that the notoriously Southern Paula Deen was actually a Cuban-American in disguise? Oh, no wait -- she isn't. It just seems that way, since like many of our abuelitas, she has been suffering from diabetes while pushing sugar-laden goodies down our eager throat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Paula Deen Is Going Cruising and Y'all Are Invited

    ​Restaurateur, celebrity chef, and butter goddess Paula Deen is taking a little ol' Caribbean cruise, and y'all are invited to party with the lady herself.Paula Deen's Party at Sea sets sail aboard the Celebrity Eclipse from the Port of Miami January 21 for seven days of partying with Paula a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Bourdain on GMA, Carmellini on Live With Kelly

    ABCAnthony Bourdain and tree on Good Morning America​'Tis the season to have celebrity chefs on morning television cooking their favorite dishes and making merry with the likes of Kelly Ripa, Kathy Lee, and Robin Roberts.  This week, two of our favorite chefs made it to ABC morning studios.An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Nadia G's Bitchin' Christmas (Video)

    Nadia G. FacebookIt's Christmas Time...show me your ding dong!​Everyone loves to get into the act for Christmas.  For some reason, snowmen and brightly lit trees make everyone want to record a song. Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie among those who have felt the need to share the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: Tony Takes Manhattan (A Recap)

    ​Last week, The Layover premiered to audible groans of pain...by me. Anthony Bourdain's new travel show had an interesting premise -- what would Tony do if stuck in a city for 24 hours?  Unfortunately, the show had a frenetic overly produced feel about it. I disliked the clock counting down t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: Tony Turns Tepid Travel Guide

    ​Anthony Bourdain has been known to take pot shots of his fellow Travel Channel alum, Samantha Brown, and cheery people in general. The Tony I've come to be obsessed with snarks on the nicey-nice worlds of Rachael Ray, Sandra Lee, and Paula Deen. Bourdain, you see, comes from a world with a slight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain's The Layover Premieres Tonight

    ​Anthony Bourdain's new Travel Channel show, The Layover, premieres tonight at 9. The show, inspired by Bourdain's frequent trips for his other Travel Channel show, No Reservations, takes us to major cities in the United States, Europe, and Asia so we can watch Tony eat, drink, and hang with the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Simpsons Top Secret Food Blog Photo Leaked (Photo)

    Courtesy FoxThe Three Mouthkeeters break bread with bloggers​Last night's Simpson's episode, "The Food Wife", had Marge, Lisa, and Bart blogging about food (including the best places to eat in Springfield).The episode was jam-packed with foodie references, including a don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain Tweets His Own Naked Pictures

    Travel ChannelTony Bourdain is nekked in Iceland​TMZ has leaked some naked pictures of Anthony Bourdain. No, they're not full-frontal, and no you really can't see junk or ass (there's a big red star over any interesting parts). The photos, taken a few years ago, show Bourdain and his then sous che ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    NYC Marathon: Chefs Richard Blais, Nate Appleman, and Joe Bastianich Bite From the Big Apple

    ​The New York City Marathon is the weekend and for the first time in years, I didn't make the uber competitive lottery and won't be running it (here's my not-too-swift race history).There's something life changing about the marathon that extends far beyond the simple fact that one has run 26.2 mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2011

    Iron Chef America Watch Party at Tudor House on Sunday

    Food NetworkRoot for the home team - Zakarian is throwing a party at Tudor House​The season four premiere of Food Network's Iron Chef America is October 30th at 9 p.m. Alton Brown hosts the weekly chef-on-chef competition.This year's contestants read like a culinary who's who, with ten celebrity c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

    Laine DossBourdain will be back at the 2012 SBWFF​Tickets for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale today.If you attended last year's event you might recall Anthony Bourdain's Wheel of Death, Paula Deen riding Robert Irvine, or Guy Fieri making pizzas for one thousand of his closest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Ralph Pagano, Former Iron Chef Contestant, Leaving STK Miami

    Former Hell's Kitchen and Iron Chef contestant Ralph Pagano to leave STK for Gulfstream​Rumor has it that celebrity chef Ralph Pagano, who's been chef de cuisine at South Beach's swanky STK restaurant inside the Gansevoort Miami Beach for the last year, just put in his two-week notice on Monday. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Don't Hate the Holidays: Celeb Chef Recipes For Rosh Hashanah

    ​Sephardic cuisine has Middle Eastern roots, so there's lots of spice and flavor in these holiday foods (often influenced by Jewish roots everywhere from Turkey to Spain and, naturally, Israel). A Sephardic spread actually tastes amazing, but if you are a Euro-jew, it's a completely different stor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Top Three Celebrity Food Products

    Food, chef, and celebrity all in one tomato sauce.​Celebrity food products are all over the shelves of supermarkets these days. Some bear labels with Hollywood names such as Paul Newman and Paul Sorvino; others derive from TV chefs like Lidia Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse, and Giada de Laurentiis. Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Tracy Kontos, of MasterChef Season Two, Talks Gordon Ramsay and Her Best Dish

    via FacebookMasterChef season two contestant Tracy Kontos​MasterChef season two contestant Tracy Kontos, of Coral Springs, took time out of her busy cooking schedule -- and fending off Gordon Ramsay -- to talk with Short Order about her experience on the Fox reality cooking show. One of six contes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Portale, McInnis, Gorenstein, and More: Is The Classical Chef Dead?

    C. Stiles Jeff McInnis​It was while watching the PBS show Point of View about the Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France pastry competition (Kings of Pastry) -- in which classically-trained pastry chefs undergo intense training and pressure to vie for the honor of being one of France's finest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Macy's Chefs A-Go-Go Will Bring Michelle Bernstein's Summer Favorites to BTTR

    ​Everyone's getting in on the food truck action. Even Macy's is taking the popularity of the mobile meal and using the talents of famous chefs to market to the good old U.S.A. Miami is the first stop on the national Macy's Chefs A-Go-Go food truck tour, which will be showcasing Macy's Culinary Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Mario Batali is Hiring on Monster.com

    Mario Batali wants you (if you speak Italian and know Microsoft Office)​Back in the day when I was unhappy with my previous 80-hour-a-week job, I submitted my resume to Monster.com. This morning, I received a rather curious email stating "Celebrity Chef Mario Batali is looking for a motivat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Interview With Chef Josh Becker of the DiLido Beach Club, Part 1

    Chef Josh Becker working beachside at the DiLido.​At 28 years old, chef Josh Becker is riding high. He's behind the burner at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach's DiLido Beach Club, where he serves meals in a gorgeous beachside setting, and his cuisine is being featured in Lufthans ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Feast or Salmon

    Chef Josh Becker working beachside at the DiLido.​At 28 years old, chef Josh Becker is riding high. He's behind the burner at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach's DiLido Beach Club, where he serves meals in a gorgeous beachside setting, and his cuisine is being featured in Lufthans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    SBWFF 2011: Craziest Moments From The Festival

    Laine Doss Paula Deen mistakes Tyler Florence for a honey glazed ham.The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year and all across South Beach workers are furiously tearing up the giant tents, chefs are soaking their feet and people are guzzling Alka-Seltzer. The festival a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    SBWFF 2011: Paula Deen's Gospel Brunch Soaks up the Sins of Saturday Night

    David SamayoaPaula Deen and Maryel Epps ​Some folks live by "sin on Saturday, repent on Sunday." Paula's Down Home Cookin' Gospel Brunch soaked up the sorry effects of hard living during Saturday's SBWFF events. They were absorbed by the sheer volume of pork, beef, cornbread and pie and by the for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Emeril Films New Cooking Channel Show at Tobacco Road Today

    Laine Doss Emeril in action at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival​If you didn't make it to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this past weekend but want to catch a glimpse of a celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse is filming today at Tobacco Road. The reason: an episode of his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2011

    SBWFF 2011: Grand Tasting Village Was a Satisfying Feeding Frenzy

    Bill? Is that you? ​With the white sand, clear skies, and heat, SBWFF's Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village would have resembled the Sahara if it were not for the sparkling backdrop of the Atlantic.After receiving a Waterford glass, but no neck lanyard cup-holder to keep our eager paws free ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2011

    SBWFF 2011: Bubbles, BBQ and Big Shots at BubbleQ

    All photos by Laine Doss BubbleQ's host, Bobby Flay​The BubbleQ is one of The South Beach Wine and Food Festival's premiere events. It's the one that people talk about - and who wouldn't? To be honest, any event that offers free-flowing Perrier-Jouet and meat cooked by celebrity chefs shou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Scott Conant of Scarpetta Talks Food, SoBe Food Fest

    ​Scott Conant is the charming and handsome executive chef and owner of Scarpetta in New York, Miami Beach (at the Fontainebleau), Toronto, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Conant and his restaurants have won almost every distinction imaginable, including a James Beard award for his restaurant L'Impe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Broke? Get to The South Beach Wine and Food Festival For Free

    Food Network Paula Deen needs her chicken!​The South Beach Wine and Food Festival is coming this week and you can't even pay your FP&L bill, let alone shell out the $225 for a ticket to the Grand Tasting tents. Hell, you can't even ask your boss if he has an extra ticket because you wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Bourdain, Ray, Fieri's Six Most Obscene and Silly Moments

    The South Beach Wine and Food Festival starts Thursday. This is the big time -- when us mere mortals can brush up to the likes of food superstars like Martha Stewart, Anthony Bourdain and Emeril Lagasse. Walking through the tents, we'll thrill at the sight of these men and women who make us marvel a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tickets Still Available

    Food Network Party with Guy​Every year the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Rolls out its tents on the beach off Ocean Drive and every year you procrastinate, waiting to see if somehow some business associate or rich benefactor will bestow on you a complimentary golden ticket. If you ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    SoBe Wine & Food Festival: A Simple Person's Attempt at Navigation

    ​The Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival is a great big beast that seems designed for the press, the wealthy, and the social geniuses of the world, right? Even the name is long. The website appears so complicated with its many tabs. How does a normal human come up against this Goliath ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    Flayed Out

    ​The Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival is a great big beast that seems designed for the press, the wealthy, and the social geniuses of the world, right? Even the name is long. The website appears so complicated with its many tabs. How does a normal human come up against this Goliath ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 18, 2010

    Lee Schrager: South Beach food genius speaks

    ​The Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival is a great big beast that seems designed for the press, the wealthy, and the social geniuses of the world, right? Even the name is long. The website appears so complicated with its many tabs. How does a normal human come up against this Goliath ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2010

    Food Feat

    ​The Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival is a great big beast that seems designed for the press, the wealthy, and the social geniuses of the world, right? Even the name is long. The website appears so complicated with its many tabs. How does a normal human come up against this Goliath ... More >>

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    Fame Game

    Chef Adrianne overachieves everywhere except the kitchen

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