Johnson & Wales University

Jeff McInnis Mentors Students, Cooks Family-Style at Johnson & Wales University

Yardbird Southern Table & Bar's executive chef, Jeff McInnis, served a family-style Southern meal at Johnson & Wales University as part of the school's distinguished visiting chef series of dinners.See Also: Lindsay Autry Schools Students at Johnson & Wales DinnerTimon Balloo at Joh ... More >>

Johnson & Wales Restaurant Giveaway: Tweet and Win

Johnson & Wales University graduates hang their toques at some of South Florida's best restaurants. Chefs like Timon Balloo, Michelle Bernstein, and Jose Mendin have gone from JWU's campus to some of the finest and most lauded kitchens in Miami.

Eat, Tweet, and Win With Miami Spice and JWU

Johnson & Wales University and Miami Spice have gotten together to reward you for what's probably your most annoying habit ...taking pictures of your dinner and then tweeting them. Hey, we do it all the time, under the pretense of "it's our job".Here's how it works: Just enjoy a meal at one of t ... More >>

Johnson & Wales, Tulane University Unite Chefs and Doctors for Total Health Curriculum

Johnson & Wales University announced yesterday a long-term collaboration with the Tulane University School of Medicine to improve the nation's health through the unity of chefs and doctors in a culinary health curriculum.This may be the first time a leading medical and culinary institution have ... More >>

Norman Van Aken: Culinary School Will Definitely Make You a Better Chef

It is 3 p.m. on a Tuesday and world-renowned chef Norman Van Aken is in his office at the Miami Culinary Institute (MCI) with the third issue of critically-acclaimed Lucky Peach magazine, a "quarterly journal of food and writing." Inside the pages of the mag, created by Chef David Chang, an interest ... More >>

Lindsay Autry Schools Students at Johnson & Wales Dinner (Photos)

Johnson & Wales University culinary arts program graduate Lindsay Autry returned to her Alma mater last evening to teach budding chefs and create a fantastic meal as part of the school's Distinguished Visiting Chef dinner series.Autry, a 2004 JWU graduate, spent the day with students, who volunt ... More >>

Johnson & Wales ZEST Awards Celebrates Miami's Culinary Scene

Last evening, Johnson & Wales University celebrated the best and brightest luminaries in the Miami culinary scene at the first annual ZEST awards.The ceremony followed a cocktail reception at the university's North Miami Campus Academic and Student Center where students of the school's culinary ... More >>

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Johnson & Wales Zest Nominees Include McInnis, Erickson, Phillip Ho

This Wednesday evening, pretty much every top chef in town will gather for what's turning out to be the Academy Awards of Miami dining: Johnson & Wales University's first annual Zest Awards.The invitation-only fete, to take place at the university's Academic & Student Center, is part of ... More >>

Johnson & Wales Anniversary Contest: Eat, Tweet, And Win

​Johnson & Wales University North Miami is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a unique contest. And to help them, they've enlisted the aid of some of their culinary school alumni.Alumni who, by the way, happen to be behind the burners at some of Miami's best restaurants.To celebrate JWU's N ... More >>

Timon Balloo at Johnson & Wales University Dinner

​The students at Johnson & Wales University's culinary arts program got a taste of what it's going to be like in the real world when Sugarcane executive chef and JWU graduate Timon Balloo took over the kitchen as part of the school's Distinguished Visiting Chef dinner series.The event, held la ... More >>

Miami Heat Watch Party With Food Trucks Tonight

Watch the Heat under the stars at Tropical Park.​Game 4 of the NBA Finals is tonight and, while the Official Road Rally is sold out, you can still watch the game with fellow Heat fans while checking out almost two dozen food trucks at the Miami Street Food Court in Westchester, located in Tr ... More >>

Watch the Miami Heat at Tropical Park Tuesday Night Food Truck Roundup, BTTR Continues

Miami-Dade Tropical Park is the site of the first Miami-Dade permitted food truck roundup.​Tonight is the debut of Miami Street Food Court at Westchester, a weekly food truck roundup at Tropical Park. According to organizer Steve Simon (who also organizes other roundups, including Truckers ... More >>

The Motha Trucker at BTTR: Take the Latin House Challenge

LHG guys -- prize-worthy photo?Get out those cameras and cell phones tonight, because if you win the Shoot the Motha Trucker contest, you'll receive a free meal every week for a year. Latin House Grill has announced a photo competition with the easiest rules ever. Simply take a picture of ... More >>

BTTR Tonight: The Chill Stop Cools Miami Via Italian Ices

The Chill Stop Chillin' out with some Italian ices.Miami's brutal summers are just around the corner. Unless you're planning a cruise to Alaska, you'll need to figure out some creative ways to keep cool. Enter John and Tessi from the Chill Stop, a new, all-natural mobile Italian ice company ... More >>

Panther Coffee's Long Awaited Debut at Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup Tonight

Laine Doss Red Koi Food Truck Rolls into BTTR for the first time.​Joel and Leticia Pollock, the husband-and-wife team behind Wynwood's Panther Coffee, will debut their "coffee trike" tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup. Panther specializes in small batch coffees, roasted and grou ... More >>

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Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup Johnson & Wales Tonight

Laine Doss Caza Crepes will be at the BTTR tonight.​If you're looking for food trucks, look no further than the BTTR tonight from 5:30 to 10 at 127th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, adjacent to Johnson & Wales University. The roundup is now one of the largest, with more than two dozen tr ... More >>

Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up: Photos of People, Food, and Fun

There's even a little bench for little people. ​The Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up, or BTTR, is quite a spectacle! About thirty food trucks meet each Tuesday on the Johnson and Wales campus (127th and Biscayne Blvd.) bringing together all sorts of people in their love of mobile meals. There's li ... More >>

Tango Grill Debuts at Tonight's Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup

Laine Doss Guiseppe's Italian Sausage​Some food truck roundups have been switched around so much they feel like a floating poker game, but the Biscayne Triangle Truckers Roundup, or BTTR, keeps going strong. Located at NE 127th Street and Biscayne Boulevard (adjacent to Johnson & Wales ... More >>

Tonight's North Miami Food Meetup: Fresh Tomatoes Strawberries and Jalapenos

Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe's Original Fish Taco & Burgers, spent Monday in the fields, picking tomatoes, jalapeños, and strawberries. Tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup, which he organizes, these edibles will be integrated into the menu and on sale for consumption. Twenty-five t ... More >>

More Miami Food Truck Gatherings Cancelled, Future in Doubt

Laine Doss Food Trucks Tonight? Maybe not.​Tonight's Tamiami Truckers Food Court at Lexus of West Kendall may be nixed and other local food trucks face big problems with city and county officials. Yesterday, the Thursdays on The Bay Food Truck Roundup at American Legion Post #29 was abruptl ... More >>

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 >>

Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup Tonight at Johnson & Wales

Purple People eatery has Mac 'n' Jack.​If the Beatles were still around, we bet they'd be singing "I'm Back in the BTTR," instead of that other song because the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup is tonight, and it's featuring more than 25 food trucks, live music, free parking and porta-potties ... More >>

Fake Chefs, Invisible Chefs, & Student Chefs As Props

Eater reports that students from a Johnson & Wales Food Management Services class will be prepping and serving meals on Jefe's Original Fish Tacos and Burgers Truck as part of their Food Truck Restaurant Experience assignment. So far so good, but the notice goes on to note that there will be a " ... More >>

Susser's Gastropub, Terrorist Goat Kebabs, J & W Snoozefest

​The co-owner of Hanif Rajput Catering Service was arrested last week in connection with the NYC Times Square bomb case. What tipped authorities off were the Death To America Goat Kebabs on the menu.Good luck to chef Allen Susser at his newly launched Gastropub venture in Delray Beach, although I' ... More >>

Chef Sean Bernal of The Oceanaire Seafood Room: Interview, Part One

Chef Sean Bernal​Locals would be hard-pressed to find anyone more downright passionate about seafood. Ask executive chef/operating partner Sean Bernal from The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Mary Brickell Village about anything with scales, fins, or claws and he has an encyclopedic knowledge. And ... More >>

Interview With Pastry Chef Crystal Cullison of Altamare, Part One

Paula Niño​If you haven't heard of pastry chef Crystal Cullison, you might begin hearing more about her now. Her milk chocolate and salted caramel semifreddo and other desserts on the menu of the recently opened AltaMare are already gaining fans.Cullison, a 27-year-old Orlando native, got her sta ... More >>

Top Chef 7 Miami Casting, In Pictures

Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective c ... More >>

New Chef At Fratelli Lyon

Alejandro (Alex) Pinero has just been named chef de cuisine at Fratelli Lyon, the great regional Italian bistro that opened last May in Miami's Design DIstrict. Pinero, 35, is a Miami native who graduated Johnson & Wales University with honors. Between 1996 and 2004 he worked his way through th ... More >>

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