Clay Conley

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Reds, Whites, and Green

New Times Iron Fork at the Miami Science Museum

Azul: The Magazine

Clay Conley Shoots Down A Rumor And Serves Up A Recipe

In yesterday's Short Order I suggested that a major unnamed chef would be shortly leaving a major unnamed restaurant. I was alluding to Clay Conley of Azul, in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. When I contacted the chef to see if the rumor was true, he started off by stating "I'm not leaving." This seeme ... More >>

Cindy Hutson, Waxy O'Connor, and Sierra Nevada

Waxy O'Connor's South Beach, hitherto a humble pub, is getting all classy on us. This coming Wednesday, January 21st, marks the restaurant's first foray into celebrity chef beer dinners. Cindy Hutson, chef/owner of Coral Gable's beloved Ortanique on the Mile, will be cooking up a four-course dinner ... More >>

Sunday In Paradise

The latest monthly installment of Dinner in Paradise takes place this Sunday, February 8th. Set outdoors amidst the picturesque rural setting of Gabrielle Marewski's Paradise Farms in Homestead, an organic, multi-course meal is prepared by a varying set of three top local chefs -- and this upcoming ... More >>

Behind The Scenes For SoBe Food Fest Prep

It is early Wednesday morning, and I am standing in a kitchen area in the Miami-Beach Convention Center, watching some 50 FIU students getting to work on food prep for Friday nights' Perrier-Jouët BubbleQ event at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. I am not the only one looking on -- FIU ... More >>

Bali Hai Preview with Chefs Oscar del Rivero and Sean Brasel

Jackie Sayet Chef Oscar del Rivero of Jaguar mixing his Peruano ceviche. This Sunday, April 5, will mark the 15th annual Bali Ha'i event, an outdoor soiree of culinary delights from restaurants around Miami to celebrate the Kampong. On Thursday, I set out to get advance tastes of one fish d ... More >>

Enter Kitchen Stadium

Miami New Times hosts a cooking competition of its own.

Heaven Is in Homestead

You’ll want to say amen after this meal

Crazy Delicious

The festival disappoints slightly, MIAMIntelligence tanks, Aquabooty continues to rock

Selected Events for the Week of October 6

The festival disappoints slightly, MIAMIntelligence tanks, Aquabooty continues to rock

The Azul Experiment

The festival disappoints slightly, MIAMIntelligence tanks, Aquabooty continues to rock

Chefs Club Miami & Whole Foods Market: An Unholy Alliance

​"Begun in 2006 as a series of intimate, word-of-mouth chef gatherings at restaurants all across South Florida, Chefs Club Miami -- now boasting a membership of more than 30 of the town's culinary innovators and restaurant industry honchos -- is proud to announce its recent partnership with Whole ... More >>

Friendly Competition, with Knives

​"Begun in 2006 as a series of intimate, word-of-mouth chef gatherings at restaurants all across South Florida, Chefs Club Miami -- now boasting a membership of more than 30 of the town's culinary innovators and restaurant industry honchos -- is proud to announce its recent partnership with Whole ... More >>

Newcomers and Some Oldies Shine at Iron Fork 2009: Critchley Victorious, Whisk and Others Raise the Bar

Jackie Sayet​The Presidente flowed as Chef John Critchley laid the culinary smackdown on Giancarla Bodoni for the 2009 Iron Fork title. Critchley is on a winning streak, with his seafood-celebrating Area 31 having been recently named one of Esquire magazine's best new restaurants this year.Our foc ... More >>

Interview: Sean Brasel Gets The 10

Sean Brasel​Sean Brasel is the chef/co-owner of Miami Beach's sultry steakhouse known appropriately as Meat Market. The restaurant sits in the space formerly occupied by Jonathan Eismann's Pacific Time [You know it's now in the Design District, right? Yeah. Thought so.] and, seemingly, being there ... More >>

Whole Foods Hosts a Flood of South Florida Chefs for Demos Across the State

Via wikimedia commonsCooking demos to flood Whole Foods Florida.​Have you ever messed up cooking ramen noodles? If you answered yes, like we did, you could probably use some professional help of the cooking variety.Give thanks for South Florida's bounty of highly touted, greatly revered, very expe ... More >>

Chefs with a Purpose Haiti at Hotel InterContinental in Pictures

Paula Niño​Some 12 chefs came together last night at the InterContinental Miami to raise funds for International Firefighters Assistance in Chefs with a Purpose: Haiti, hosted by Channel 4 and the InterContinental. While some of the toques advertised, like Tim Andriola and Cindy Hutson, were not ... More >>

Shellfish Frenzy

Paula Niño​Some 12 chefs came together last night at the InterContinental Miami to raise funds for International Firefighters Assistance in Chefs with a Purpose: Haiti, hosted by Channel 4 and the InterContinental. While some of the toques advertised, like Tim Andriola and Cindy Hutson, were not ... More >>

Clay Conley to Leave Azul

Conley looks happy to leave Azul.​EaterMiami reports Clay Conley will leave the Mandarin Oriental Hotel's Azul at the end of September. Conley replaced Michelle Bernstein as the hotel restaurant's executive chef five and a half years ago. Conley will open a restaurant in Palm Beach. Azul ... More >>

Douglas Rodriguez, Jonathan Eismann, Andrea Randazzo to Compete in Ceviche Throwdown for Gulf Fishermen

Courtesy of Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill and South Florida Foodies​Miami's First Annual Ceviche Throwdown is Sunday, October 17, from 3 to 6 p.m. Participating chefs include Timon Balloo (Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill), Clay Conley (formerly of Azul), Jonathan Eismann (Fin), Douglas Rodriguez (Ocean/De Rodri ... More >>

Wine Over Miami, Where Wine Doth Taken Over

​Forget about that full-body cleanse. It seems as though wine has just taken over the city this week. Miami plays host to a number of wino-centric events open to both trade and consumers. If you love Spanish wines, jump on the wine train Wednesday, October 13 at the Great Match at the Biltmore Hot ... More >>

Festival of Chefs Takes Over Nikki Beach November 10

Culinary arts students with Chef Michael Gilligan (right) and artist MANO.​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Who needs a Festival of Lights when you can have a Festival of Chefs? Disney's smarmy li ... More >>

Introducing Azul's New Chef, Joel Huff

Joel Huff caught Azul's wave.When Clay Conley left Azul at the Mandarin Oriental to open Buccan in Palm Beach, a collective gasp could be heard 'round Miami. Who would replace him? The chef de cuisine gig was plum, but stepping into a kitchen beset with so much expectation would be a daunting task.E ... More >>

Pied a Terre's Andrew Balick Talks About His Menu and Creativity

Paula Niño​Tucked away in the historic Cadet Hotel is Pied a Terre, a charming 30-seat restaurant that quietly opened in March as part of a series of improvements to the hotel, which takes its name from the Air Force cadets that were briefly stationed there in the 1940s. Heading its kitchen is An ... More >>

Azul at the Mandarin Oriental: Inconsistency scars a pricey but intriguing molecular menu

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Azul at the Mandarin Oriental Leaves Us Feeling Blue

Photo by billwisserphoto.comAzul's Carnaroli rice risotto.​At Azul, guests arrive to the sound of water trickling rain-like alongside a marble-and-tile-clad open kitchen. This peaceful, feng shui welcome has been in place since the restaurant premiered at Miami's Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Decembe ... More >>