To die for.
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1 Meet Top Chef Hopeful Richard Blais
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2 Yummy Link: Richard Blais's 31-Course Tasting Menu
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3 Top Chef's Richard Blais Waves Goodbye
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4 Yummy Links: From Shooting the Holiday Table to Carving Ham
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5 Who Should Win Top Chef All-Stars?
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6 What Did You Think of the Top Chef Finale?
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7 Fabio Viviani on the Top Chef All-Stars Season Finale
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8 Yummy Links: From Ribs to Breakfast Sandwiches
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9 Richard Blais on Pork, Perfect Picnic Food, and His Next Step
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10 Do You Eat Veal?
At the Food & Wine Classic last weekend in Aspen, I attended a lunch that was hosted by Stella Artois and cooked by Top Chef All-Stars champ Richard Blais. One of the best dishes was the final course: crispy veal cutlets with pickled cherry tomatoes, pine nuts, and buttermilk dressing. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the tender, succulent veal, which is a cut of meat that comes from Read more
Top Chef All-Stars champ Richard Blais was the guest of honor earlier this week at an event in NYC hosted by the National Pork Board called, "Pork: Be Inspired." He concocted a few pork-based recipes for the assembled reporters, including a delicious ham and herb schnitzel with a 6-minute egg — check out that recipe below. He narrated the process of making the dishes, adding some of his Read more
The complete guide to ribs of the world. — Serious Eats Richard Blais chats about his Top Chef All-Stars victory. — Eatocracy Would you eat these super spicy dishes? — Woman's Day Menu prices are on the rise. — Wall Street Journal Critic Michael Bauer names the Bay Area's top 100 restaurants. — The San Francisco Chronicle Food & Wine's Dana Cowin chats about the chefs who Read more
Who better to cover the last episode of Top Chef All-Stars than former cheftestant (and contender from this season!) Fabio Viviani? Chef, take it away! It's over!! I mean almost. The finale is here in the sunny Bahamas, I'd rather today to go water-skiing than get picked and help my two brothers (hey, at the end they ARE from a different mother), but I'll do my fair share and talk them into NOT Read more
We've got the hilarious Fabio Viviani's recap of the Top Chef All-Stars season finale coming up later today, but now, I want to get your opinion of the show. I found it highly entertaining, and although I assumed Richard Blais was going to win, I couldn't help but root for Mike, the underdog. The food looked amazing (especially Richard's oyster and Mike's pepperoni sauce!) and it was fun to see Read more
Tonight is the moment we've all been waiting for: the season finale of Top Chef All-Stars. The battle to see who is the better chef is between TC Chicago's Richard Blais, known for his scientific ways, and TC Vegas's Mike Isabella, who's been taken less seriously but is on a roll. My money is on Richard simply because he seems like the better chef. How about you? Who do you think is going to Read more
How to shoot the holiday table. — The New York Times Top Chef's all-stars reveal their New Year's resolutions. — The Feast Is this the famous recipe to KFC's secret spice blend? — Rachael Ray Blogs Watch David Chang, Dan Barber, and Wylie Dufresne lecture at Harvard. — Eater Actor Stanley Tucci will host a new wine television show. — Grub Street NY 10 must-have iPhone food apps and Read more
I've been rooting for Top Chef's Richard Blais ever since we interviewed him back in March. Of course, I was psyched that Stephanie won, but Richard definitely wowed me this season with his clever and cheeky approach to cooking. Watching Wednesday's season finale, I was shocked when Richard told the judges he "choked" in the last challenge. Thankfully, I had the honor of interviewing him again Read more
Earlier I mentioned that Top Chef contestant Richard Blais helmed several restaurants in the past. One of them was his own eponymous Blais, in which there was a 31-course tasting menu. Learn what it was like to eat there, warning, the photos are going to make you drool. — The Amateur Gourmet Read more
We've introduced you to the next set of Top Chef hopefuls, however we've been lucky enough to get to know a few of them better. You already met Andrew, and today we'd like to present Richard. Richard Blais is already known in the industry as being innovative and adventurous. He's got a penchant for molecular gastronomy, but he's got the résumé to go with it. He's worked along side Thomas Read more
