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The Year's Best Restaurant Chef
For our Best of 2008 series, we asked you who you thought deserved the title of best restaurant chef of the year.
The votes for Masaharu Morimoto and Thomas Keller were neck and neck, but ultimately your pick was Thomas Keller.
We must, however, respectfully disagree and say that our pick for best restaurant chef is David Chang.
Who's the Best Restaurant Chef of 2008?
Despite the economic recession, this has been a great year for a select group of restaurant chefs, like Alice Waters, who headed up the first-ever Slow Food Nation; Grant Achatz, who beat tongue cancer, won this year's James Beard Award for outstanding chef, and recently appeared on Top Chef; and David Chang, whose Momofuku restaurants have an unprecedented cult popularity. Tell me: Which one of these restaurant chefs do you think is the Best of 2008?
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Top Chef Quiz: Restaurant Wars
Last night's Top Chef was a good one; the majority of the of the show focused on restaurant wars. It was the first time we saw some of the major players serve bad dishes and one of the few times that the judges were impressed with desserts. Were you paying attention?
Top Chef Vegas: Episode 9
On the latest Top Chef, the remaining eight cheftestants have to prove they can work as a team. The quickfire involves blindfolds and the elimination challenge is everyone's favorite, what Padma dubs the "most anticipated episode of the season," restaurant wars. To discuss all the delicious details, read more
Top Chef Recap 5.9: Restaurant Wars
One of the most important episodes — restaurant wars — came and went last night on Top Chef. Did you watch? To discuss the episode (warning spoilers ahead), read more
Can You Match the Chef to the Restaurant?
Between the James Beard Awards and the hype around the announcement that NYT restaurant critic, Frank Bruni, is stepping down, I've had restaurants on my mind. Not just any restaurants, but ones owned by big time celebrity chefs. While we always talk about the chefs, we rarely mention the restaurants.
2007's Favorite Restaurant Chef Is . . .
We recently asked you to choose your favorite restaurant chef of 2007. The response was surprising and 28 percent of you said that Grant Achatz of Chicago's Alinea was your fave in 2007. Unfortunately, I've never made it to Alinea and am actually not that familiar with Achatz's work — which seems like a crime as his reputation is fantastic — so I'm going to have to go with my personal fave.
Who Is Your Favorite Restaurant Chef of 2007?
We've asked you what you've thought of male and female celebrity chefs, but now we want to know what you think of famous restaurant chefs. We selected a few of our faves from across the globe, but now we want to know which one you think is the Best of 2007?
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Stephen Asprinio Opens His New Restaurant
As you may know, Top Chef Season 4 is just around the corner. It's hard to believe that we're already on the fourth installment, it seems like season one was just yesterday. The show just keeps getting better, however I have a special place in my heart for the season one folks.
Yummy Links: From Top Chef's Finale to Spanish Chorizo
- The finale of Top Chef Vegas was recently filmed in Napa Valley. — Eater
- The New Yorker get to know Los Angeles restaurant critic Jonathan Gold. — Grub Street NY
- Ubuntu, Napa's vegetarian darling of a restaurant, may start serving meat.
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