Jan Jorgensen

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 >>

LoSasso, Wessel, Jorgensen, Zakarian Talk Peanut Butter & White Chocolate

Lee Klein​Maybe the most interesting thing about White Chocolate Wonderful -- labeled as "peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate" -- is that it contains no white chocolate. Actually, it contains no chocolate at all. The ingredients: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, vanilla, cocoa butter, ... More >>

A Miami Chef Timeline (1986-2008)

Chef Allen helped launch the modern Miami dining scene in 1986The closing of Chef Allen's last week represented the end of an important chapter in Miami restaurant history. There was a time in the mid-'90s when the main restaurant debate at gatherings focused on whether Allen Susser, ... More >>

Jan Jorgensen of Two Chefs talks food trucks and souffle

12 Top Miami Chefs Who Were Not Too Big To Fail, Part One

Chef Sean Brasel missed with his fatal KISS​Financial institutions are too big to fail. Chefs are not. Almost all of our highly regarded toques have wiped out in spectacular fashion at one point or another in their careers. We present a dozen such flops, in alphabetical order. Young chefs, heed th ... More >>

Two Chefs Chocolate Soufflé Recipe

Photo by Leticia Jorgensen​Last week, we talked about all sorts of things with Jan Jorgensen of Two Chefs (the interview: Part 1 and Part 2). His signature soufflés have become so popular that customers stopped ordering the other desserts. "I had to throw a lot of them away," Jorgensen  ... More >>

Two Chefs' Jan Jorgensen Talks Soufflés and Simple Food

Photo by Letticia JorgensenJan Jorgensen has operated Two Chefs in South Miami since 1994. During that time he has successfully surfed the turbulent waves of South Florida's fickle economy, fussy diners, and vacillating trends, while putting out consistently great fare at his restaurant.In part one ... More >>

Two Chefs' Jan Jorgensen Talks About the Misuse of the Word "Chef"

Jan 'The Man' JorgensenHis resume is different than that of most of Miami's chefs. Jan Jorgensen has worked at top restaurants in Zurich, in Greenland, at the well-regarded Fakkelgaarden in his native Copenhagen, and under chef Jeremiah Tower at California's landmark Stars. Upon arriving in Miami du ... More >>

Top 5 Restaurants in South Miami

Signature soufflés from one of the best.​Granted, nobody is going to mistake the dining scene in South Miami with that of Paris or New York. Or with that of Miami or Miami Beach. Or with that of downtown Milwaukee...On the other hand, it does match up pretty well with the dining scene in Coconut ... More >>

Let's Talk Chef Shoes, Part 2: What The Pros Wear

Friday's opening shoe post was mostly about my own experiences with kitchen footwear. Today we find out what Miami's real chefs wear when they're working -- and why.Michelle Bernstein, Michy's, Sra. Martinez: Clogs, as they not only help me from falling on my back side but they also give me those co ... More >>

Loire Valley Wines at Two Chefs Restaurant

Photo by Lee KleinLobster mushrooms​Last Thursday afternoon, Two Chefs Restaurant hosted a wine tasting of Sauvignon Blancs from the Loire Valley in France. Loire Valley Wines are produced over a wide swath of the country, and so of course as one travels from east (Touraine) to west (Sancerre, Pou ... More >>

Behind The Line at Michy's in Miami's Upper Eastside

Jacob KatelChef Michelle Bernstein and husband, restauranteur, David Martinez Chef Michelle Bernstein says "The first place I worked as a cook was Janjo's in the Grove for Chef Jan Jorgensen. At the end of my shift he'd say 'here's half a lime. Go clean the stove.' I said 'Can I get a whole lime?' a ... More >>

Behind the Line: Two Chefs Cooking Class

Jacob Katel Two Chefs cooking class of March 2009. Two Chefs is a South Miami culinary mecca. They've been plating their innovations in contemporary American cooking for 15 years and are known for having some of the best souffles in town. Sous Chef Jose Guerrero leads a cooking class of ... More >>

How Many Chefs Do You Need?

Single Malts At Two Chefs

Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will allow you to "Taste 5, ... More >>

Updated: Gold Medal Wine Tour Stops in a Two Chefs Too

Too Will Do

The new Two Chefs isn't better than one, yet.

New Restaurants Galore

New Restaurants Galore

Local Food Chatter

Local Food Chatter

Two Chefs’ 11th Marked With 10-for-10

Two Chefs’ 11th Marked With 10-for-10

Foie Wars

Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but do our chefs give a duck?

Selected Events for the Week of October 13, 2005

Last Bites

So long, Miami -- Lee Klein goes north to Broward

Two Chefs to the Fore

At the superb Two Chefs, this is still a beautiful planet

BEST PLACE TO DINE ALONE

Two Chefs

Bar Food and Meals

Want to eat at the bar instead? Here's how to find a good-tasting one.

Prime Cut for Doggy Bags

Dawg, that food is good!

Two Chefs and a Grocery

Scotty's Grocery

What's Cooking for the Kitchen

Staff meals

Dish

Designs That Kill

Dish

New Generation Chefs?

Dish

Cooked Up in Miami

Century Fillage

Another Year Devoured

Poetry to the Palate

Reservations Recommended

Dirty dishes. Spoiled food. Cockroaches roaming the kitchen. At some local restaurants the proof is in the pudding -- literally.

Mano a Mano

The oven mitts are off: Norman Van Aken, former executive chef of South Beach's best-known restaurant, is fighting his ex-boss for the name

California Sweet