Lura February 19, 2016 Share February 19, 2016 I was hoping that Gregory Gourdet, a runner-up last or the previous season, would garner a nod this year. He's in a tough field, though, as his specialty is Asian cooking, and there are so many fine restaurants with Asian chefs. Link to comment
chiaros February 19, 2016 Share February 19, 2016 Um, what's "Asian" cooking? (Asia is a very large continent) 1 Link to comment
cooksdelight March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Antonia gets a mention in this article about L.A. restaurants. No mention of Phillip or his empire, however.... https://www.zagat.com/b/los-angeles/a-closer-look-at-las-culinary-family-tree#1 2 Link to comment
heckkitty March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 This year's James Beard semi-finalists are out, and there are a few Top Chef alums (and Isaac from the current season) on the list.I hope all the chefs who shat on Bev during her season send her a bouquet. But there must be some sort of mistake. Phillip's not on that list. 1 Link to comment
Julia March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 (edited) Heather left her place in Chicago for a SF restaurant serving world cuisine. She lasted less than five months. http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2015/07/16/major-shakeup-and-uncertain-future-over-at-union-squares-bdk-restaurant/ There was no apology, either to Beverly or to "american food" Edited March 3, 2016 by Julia 2 Link to comment
biakbiak March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 I wouldn't really call BDK "world cusine" it's pretty typical American. Link to comment
Julia March 4, 2016 Share March 4, 2016 (edited) If anyone gets Create, the food, craft and travel channel from PBS, they carry Hubert Keller's cooking show, along with John Besh and Lidia Bastianich. Edited March 4, 2016 by Julia Link to comment
chiaros March 15, 2016 Share March 15, 2016 James Beard 2016 Finalists: Amongst the TC alums are these finalists for Best Chef: Karen Akunowicz (Northeast) Isaac Toups (South) Kevin Gillespie, Edward Lee (Southeast) Amongst TCM alums (and I'll throw in TNICA as well): Marco Canora, Anita Lo, Jonathan Waxman (NYC) Michael Cimarusti, Dominique Crenn (West) Please add on to this if I have missed someone. Link to comment
Julia March 15, 2016 Share March 15, 2016 Marcus Samuelsson and Cindy Pawlcyn were on TCM, Rick Bayliss' Topolobampo is getting something, and Leah Chase, Susann Goin and the guys from Animal were judges, if that counts. Link to comment
Maysie March 15, 2016 Share March 15, 2016 Justin Devillier of Top Chef New Orleans is also a finalist. I think he made it a bit past the halfway point in his season, but I can't remember exactly how far, since it's been a while. His restaurant is probably our favorite in the city (which is a tough call to make down here). Link to comment
meep.meep March 15, 2016 Share March 15, 2016 I wouldn't really call BDK "world cusine" it's pretty typical American. It was. It was a prime example of restaurant design ruining the dining experience. They stripped every bit of sound-absorbing material out, put down tiles on the floor, and crammed the tables so close together that you ended up talking to the people at adjacent tables. You couldn't have paid me to return. Link to comment
ProudMary March 24, 2016 Share March 24, 2016 Kristen Kish will be partnering on a new restaurant in Charleston, SC. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/Eat/archives/2016/03/22/20-questions-with-top-chef-winner-and-soon-to-be-charleston-restaurant-owner-kristen-kish Link to comment
cooksdelight March 26, 2016 Share March 26, 2016 No one needs to worry about Kwame, the guy is going places. He may have lost this contest, but look at this prize.... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156796747995455&set=a.10151127793125455.785839.689875454&type=3&theater 2 Link to comment
Duke Silver March 26, 2016 Share March 26, 2016 No one needs to worry about Kwame, the guy is going places. He may have lost this contest, but look at this prize.... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156796747995455&set=a.10151127793125455.785839.689875454&type=3&theater Kwame is pretty much the only reason this past season wasn't a total waste of time for me. I look forward to following his career. 2 Link to comment
cooksdelight March 31, 2016 Share March 31, 2016 Marcel's first restaurant is open in West Hollywood: http://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/los-angeles-chef-marcel-vigneron-opens-wolf-west-hollywood 2 Link to comment
Maysie May 3, 2016 Share May 3, 2016 Wasn't sure if this was the right thread to put this in, so correct me if I'm wrong . . . Justin, from Top Chef New Orleans won his James Beard award for best chef: south. James Beard Awards Also, judge John Besh's protege, Alon Shaya, took one of the big ones for best new restaurant. It would be interesting to see if he ever competes on Top Chef; I imagine with all he has going on here he'd be too busy. 1 Link to comment
Darian May 3, 2016 Share May 3, 2016 As I was whooping about Joanne Chang (I love her and want to live at her Flour bakery) winning James Beard Outstanding Baker, I noticed a bit about Karen: Quote She also plans a second act with Myers and Karen Akunowicz, executive chef at Myers + Chang, in Cambridge (and recent Top Chef competitor). Here is a pic of Karen with Joanne at the gala. They both look lovely, and somewhat color-coordinated. Link to comment
Rai May 10, 2016 Share May 10, 2016 Apropos of nothing, but I realized recently that whenever Anthony Bourdain does a Chicago stop on one of his various shows, he always works in a visit with Stephanie and is nothing but sincerely complimentary about her. It makes me happy to see him firmly supportive of her win and post-Top Chef career, since probably a lot of people bought the narrative that Richard only lost by "choking." It didn't hurt Stephanie, but she always seemed a great chef on her own merits, and I was so thrilled she won. If someone as cantankerous as Bourdain can sing her praises, I think that says a lot. 6 Link to comment
cooksdelight May 10, 2016 Share May 10, 2016 Richard can choke on his own ego. Stephanie earned that win, and is obviously backing it up with superb food. 10 Link to comment
ProudMary August 14, 2016 Share August 14, 2016 Isaac Toups is opening a second New Orleans' restaurant, which will feature cuisine of the "whole south."http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/article_a382de9c-5fe4-11e6-a7d1-1f25d98defa8.html Quote The Cajun chef Isaac Toups went national last year, with an extended run on Bravo’s “Top Chef.” Now he’s headed to Central City with a new restaurant planned for the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. His new restaurant is called Toups South and it’s slated to open in October, taking over a restaurant and bar space that is an integral part of the museum on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. It will be the second restaurant for Isaac and Amanda Toups, who run Toups’ Meatery in Mid-City. “The Meatery will always be about contemporary Cajun, while Toups South will take in more flavors from the larger region, from the whole South,” said Isaac Toups. 1 Link to comment
ProudMary August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 The Austin Statesman has a long, in-depth interview with Paul Qui where he discusses his March arrest, rehab and his plans for moving forward. http://specials.mystatesman.com/paul-qui/ Link to comment
cooksdelight August 19, 2016 Share August 19, 2016 I hope the best for Paul, but when an addict with a history of relapses says "I promise it will never happen again" you can count on it happening again. 2 Link to comment
Katmai August 24, 2016 Share August 24, 2016 Well, without hope and others willing to give Paul a chance to keep his word, he may very well relapse, possibly several times, until he works out his inner demons that keep feeding his addiction. He has tremendous talent and I hope he'll come to terms with it, accept it and let it shine on its own. 2 Link to comment
cooksdelight August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Tiffany Derry is opening a new restaurant: http://www.guidelive.com/restaurant-openings/2016/08/30/top-chef-star-tiffany-derry-open-restaurant-trinity-groves 1 Link to comment
Apocalypse Cow September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 In regards to Paul and his addictions, he may want to remove himself from the restaurant scene completely for a few years until he maintains sobriety for a long period of time. It's too high stress and drug use runs rampant in restaurants. It's just too much temptation to fall back into the same habits. Link to comment
AriAu September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 (edited) Had lots of Top Chef sightings last week. We had dinner at an outdoor table at one of Paul Kahan's (frequent judge) restaurants, which is next to Stephanie Izard's new place (Duck, Duck Goat) and she walked by pushing her son in a stroller. Her place is red hot-2 hour wait on a random Wednesday night in the middle of the summer! A few night later, we ate at Ema, CJ's new restaurant in Chicago. http://emachicago.com/. Food was quite good and he is working the room a lot and even brought out a couple of our dishes-small plates place so there are lots of dishes...literally and figuratively. The vegetable dishes were very strong as were the fish dishes. Edited September 1, 2016 by AriAu 1 Link to comment
ProudMary November 1, 2016 Share November 1, 2016 Kwame's new restaurant opens tomorrow and it sounds like an amazing concept! http://wtop.com/food/2016/10/top-chefs-highly-anticipated-restaurant-the-shaw-bijou-opens-its-doors-in-dc/slide/1/ Link to comment
cooksdelight January 9, 2017 Share January 9, 2017 Remember Ed Cotton from the D.C. Season? Wow, has he lost weight, lookin' good! 2 Link to comment
cooksdelight January 14, 2017 Share January 14, 2017 Kwami is doing some awesome things! Link to comment
Darian February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 Kristen Kish has a cookbook coming out in October 2017, but apparently you can preorder. This short article has more info. 2 Link to comment
ProudMary February 14, 2017 Share February 14, 2017 (edited) Recently, someone was asking if anyone had heard anything current about Paul Qui. This article popped up in my newsfeed today. Looks like he may be opening a new restaurant in Houston. http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Top-Chef-James-Beard-award-winner-Paul-Qui-may-10928634.php Edited February 14, 2017 by ProudMary Link to comment
JeanneH February 14, 2017 Share February 14, 2017 Picked up on this on their twitter feeds. The Resort at Paws Up (in Greenough, Montana) is hosting Wildflavor ("Where flora, fauna and flavor collide"), April 20-23. Featured at the event: Kristen Kish, Sam Talbot, Casey Thompson and Brooke Williamson. It sounds as if they will having cook-out challenges.Link 1 Link to comment
Souris February 15, 2017 Share February 15, 2017 Some Top Chef & Top Chef Masters alums among the 2017 James Beard semifinalists. I spotted Kevin Gillespie, Nick Elmi & John Tesar from TC. Wouldn't be surprised if I missed some, since it was a quick scan. Link to comment
biakbiak February 16, 2017 Share February 16, 2017 39 minutes ago, Souris said: Some Top Chef & Top Chef Masters alums among the 2017 James Beard semifinalists. I spotted Kevin Gillespie, Nick Elmi & John Tesar from TC. Wouldn't be surprised if I missed some, since it was a quick scan. Sarah Gruenberg and Ed Lee from TC Texas, Nina Compton TC: New Orleans, and Isaac Toups TC: California are also on the list. 1 Link to comment
JeanneH February 16, 2017 Share February 16, 2017 55 minutes ago, Souris said: Some Top Chef & Top Chef Masters alums among the 2017 James Beard semifinalists. I spotted Kevin Gillespie, Nick Elmi & John Tesar from TC. Wouldn't be surprised if I missed some, since it was a quick scan. Beverly Kim, TC Texas 1 Link to comment
cooksdelight February 16, 2017 Share February 16, 2017 I thought his wife's name was Tracy, his son's mother? Who's Sara? Link to comment
cooksdelight February 16, 2017 Share February 16, 2017 http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2011/september/john-tesar-the-most-hated-chef-in-dallas/ Link to comment
chiaros February 16, 2017 Share February 16, 2017 I thought it has been noted that Tesar was separated form his wife, Tracy. The D-Magazine article is old news. It has also been noted that he is no longer the same person reported in that article. It might be an idea to move on. Link to comment
cooksdelight February 16, 2017 Share February 16, 2017 The magazine article names Tracy as his wife, which was the only reason I posted it, as clarification. In the photo he hashtags someone named Sara "#saraloveyou", which was my question. Who's Sara? Link to comment
estellasmum February 17, 2017 Share February 17, 2017 I'm confused about the timing of all of this, because Radar Online (eww, I know, but they have links to the police documents) posted a story in December of 2016 that John Tesar had been arrested in December of 2015 for bodily family violence against his "employee and girlfriend". So what was his wife doing at Charleston??? Link to comment
Pickles February 17, 2017 Share February 17, 2017 Have John and his wife been separated for a long time, but not divorced and she agreed to be on the show? Link to comment
cooksdelight February 17, 2017 Share February 17, 2017 Riiiiiight, I think I posted the link to his arrest. At least I'm not the only one confused. And he's not helping matters with cryptic posts. 1 Link to comment
Lura February 17, 2017 Share February 17, 2017 Cooksdelight or anyone else, does anyone know what happened to Susan Feniger's "new" gastropub in LA? The article mentions it, but the menu says CLOSED. It sounded wonderful to me, and I was all ready to head for it. Susan is so talented and inventive. Link to comment
Snarklepuss February 21, 2017 Share February 21, 2017 On 2/19/2017 at 6:26 PM, Toothbrush said: I am so in for a battle of the jerks. Make it happen Bravo! YES! Phillip (man bun), Howie, Stefan, Josie, Katsuji, Marcel, etc., etc..... 4 Link to comment
DarkRaichu February 21, 2017 Share February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Snarklepuss said: YES! Phillip (man bun), Howie, Stefan, Josie, Katsuji, Marcel, etc., etc..... Leave Stefan off the list!!! :P He is just a European with very dry sense of humor. You could tell he cared about the other contestants in his original season despite his talking heads. Also the last time we saw him he was going back home to take care of his elderly mom. That alone is worth 1,000,000 counter-jerk points. 15 Link to comment
chiaros February 22, 2017 Share February 22, 2017 23 hours ago, hatchetgirl said: I swear to god, if I ever see John again, will personally hunt him down and strangle him. I hate him. He's a total punk. I would have totally sabotaged him. And John, dang it, wear a dang headband so every meal isn't sweat soaked. I saw seat splash in every dish he cooked! Way more disgusting than reusing the spoon. *shudder John sweat http://www.guidelive.com/food-and-drink/2017/02/15/how-former-rageaholic-john-tesar-top-chef-finale-bravo-mr-nice-guy http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/02-17-17-top-chef-john-tesar-finale-episode-12/ ;-) 1 Link to comment
hatchetgirl February 22, 2017 Share February 22, 2017 3 hours ago, chiaros said: http://www.guidelive.com/food-and-drink/2017/02/15/how-former-rageaholic-john-tesar-top-chef-finale-bravo-mr-nice-guy http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/02-17-17-top-chef-john-tesar-finale-episode-12/ ;-) Nope, he's not changed a bit, as evidence in the challenge where they had to pirate their way through the city and then cook. He DID tell that guy to Cook with shit ingredients, he didn't admit it and the wrong chef went home. Link to comment
Lura February 22, 2017 Share February 22, 2017 At least I know that I started out the season with an open mind about John. That I've changed my mind entirely isn't my fault; John himself did it to me. When I saw that when the chips were down, John reverted to his old ways, I was finished caring what happened to him. He appears to be quite intelligent, but one of John's failings is that he forgot to have a personality transplant. 2 Link to comment
Snarklepuss February 22, 2017 Share February 22, 2017 On 2/21/2017 at 6:14 AM, DarkRaichu said: Leave Stefan off the list!!! :P He is just a European with very dry sense of humor. You could tell he cared about the other contestants in his original season despite his talking heads. Also the last time we saw him he was going back home to take care of his elderly mom. That alone is worth 1,000,000 counter-jerk points. Oh I only included him because a lot of people didn't like him. I actually liked him myself! 3 Link to comment
JeanneH February 22, 2017 Share February 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Snarklepuss said: Oh I only included him because a lot of people didn't like him. I actually liked him myself! Was Stefan the guy from the Seattle season who was Kristin's "boyfriend"? 1 Link to comment
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