Red, white, and barbecue! Chef Emily Susman sat down with ET to share her 4th of July party essentials while celebrating the launch of her new Emma Claire’s Kitchen [Not So] Simple Spices designed to make summer dishes uncomplicated. “The Fiesta Blend, Zen Blend, and Mediterranean Blend are perfect for summer BBQs and 4th of July celebrations…
For months, Canlis has been searching for its next executive chef, one of the most coveted gigs in the Seattle restaurant scene, if not the country. After interviewing candidates from all over the world, owner Mark Canlis has picked someone a little closer to home: James Huffman, the current executive sous chef. Canlis loves to…
Chef Kwame Onwuachi — a James Beard Award winner, Top Chef champion, and the force behind New York’s acclaimed Tatiana — is heading to Las Vegas. His next project: a first-of-its-kind steakhouse on the Strip that draws from his Afro-Caribbean heritage while shaping the city’s next wave of chef-driven dining. The Sahara announced that Onwuachi’s…
One of New York’s most famous chefs, April Bloomfield has dazzled critics and diners alike with her soulful cooking at Fort Greene’s Sailor from restaurateur Gabe Stulman since it opened in 2023. Now, the chef has announced she is headed to a restaurant group in Austin, Texas while she continues to steer the kitchen in…
The state of New York food halls is in flux with so many shutters and overhauls, yet upcoming food halls don’t seem to be deterred by other location’s bad news. A forthcoming Union Square food hall with momentum from its Dumbo location is banking on a big-name chef to help bolster its roster: Chef Kwame…
“I feel like St. Petersburg wasn’t really paid attention to much in the past. A lot of the restaurants didn’t really have to try too hard to be busy because of the location,” explains chef Nick Ocando, the culinary director of three distinct restaurants in the tourist destination. “That’s kind of shifted now, the pressure…
The stars braved the rain last night for the annual Met Gala — the hottest ticket in town held on the first Monday in May inside the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a parade of A-listers sauntered up the paparazzi-packed staircase for all the world to see, a lavish dinner prepared by James Beard…
When chef Elias Taddesse pivoted from working at high-end French restaurants in New York City to exploring Ethiopian flavors in his own kitchen, he knew he had to open his first shop in the nation’s capital. “What’s a better place to do it than D.C., with the biggest Ethiopian population next to Ethiopia,” he explained….
Chef and Joon owner Chris Morgan has been a mentee of legendary chef and cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij since 2013 and created Joon’s Persian and Middle Eastern menu with her. Now he’s serving up whole fish, slow-cooked meats, and kabobs that play with traditional flavors and have garnered national acclaim for the upscale Northern Virginia…
Rajat Bhageria is the CEO of Chef Robotics, a San Francisco startup that has raised $20.6 million in a Series A round to continue building artificially-intelligent, food-assembly robots. Courtesy of Chef Robotics As the food service industry continues to struggle with labor shortages, a Silicon Valley startup has put together artificially-intelligent robots that are ready…
