Celebrity Chefs

SoBEWFF 2013: Food, Booze, and Celebs Take Over South Beach

For four glorious days every year, Miami Beach is taken over by a cadre of chefs, celebrities, and fans of food and wine in an indoor-outdoor hootenanny known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.For those looking to hobnob with the likes of Robert Irvine, Geoffrey Zakarian, and Sunny Anderso ... More >>

Sexiest Toques at SoBeWFF and Where to Find Them

For more on South Florida's food scene, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. As human beings, we are subject to the undeniable laws of attraction. If something looks good, we gotta have it. And if you've got an interest in food, neck-breaking sexy male chefs h ... More >>

Emeril Lagasse TV Show, Films Locally -- Guanabanas, Buccan, Swank Farms, and More (Photos)

In terms of celebrity chefs, some are much bigger deals than others. Yeah, Rachel Ray seems cool enough. And Giada is ridiculously gorgeous. Tyler might have some great cooking tips. But Emeril Lagasse is the real deal. The chef and restauranteur is known not just for his awesome personality --  ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival: Five Reasons To Schlep to Miami

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival comes to Miami Beach in one week and if you didn't get your tickets, better hop to it. The festival, which turns the white sand of South Beach red with vino, may be expensive and a bit of a drive, but if you're into food, wine, and chefs-turned-celebrities it ... More >>

Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival 2012 Offers Food Truck: Impossible Tickets

The Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival is this weekend, bringing celebrity chefs, amazing dinners, and lots of fine vino to south Florida. On the roster of events, which includes multiple parties, celebrities grilling at Burgers by the Beach, and a Grand Tasting, is the Golf Digest Celebrity Chef G ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Is Toast at NYC Wine & Food Festival Roast (Video)

Snarkmeister Anthony Bourdain found himself the main course last evening when both celebrity chefs and professional comedians made mince meat out of him at the "On the Chopping Block: A Roast of Anthony Bourdain" at Chelsea Piers. The $400-a-plate event, part of the New York City Wine & Food Fes ... More >>

Paula Deen Blooper Reel Reveals Potty Mouth

Oh how we love Paula Deen more than a stick of butter. Not only is she the queen of southern hospitality, but she has something in common with Clean Plate Charlie -- the lady can curse up a blue streak.See also: Paula Deen Named Maxim's Hottest Female Television ChefOf course, while the fact that Ms ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival: Tickets Go On Sale Soon

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival has announced its 2013 event schedule. The multi-day festival that brings a host of celebrity chefs, events, parties, and dinners to Miami Beach, runs from February 21-24, 2013. While that may seem far away, we suggest you start making plans and circling ... More >>

It's Anthony Bourdain's Birthday: Five Awesome Gift Ideas for Our Favorite Celebrity Chef

Anthony Bourdain, television star, author, chef, and champion snarkmaster is celebrating his 56th birthday today.  Though one could counter that the man has plenty to be thankful for this year -- what with television deals with both CNN and ABC, a publishing deal with Harper Collins' Ecco Books ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Broward & Palm Beach Represent at Burger Bash

​Last Night's Burger Bash at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival was a meat lovers dream.  Vegans were out of luck with a mind-blowing choice of 32 different burgers available for the eating (and three different desserts...just in case you still had some room).Celebrity chefs were on han ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Paul & Young Ron's Celebrity Cook-Off

​Big 105.9's morning show hosts Paul & Young Ron held their annual celebrity cook-off yesterday at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The competition, which was broadcast on the radio and streamed live had Paul Castronovo and Ron Brewer pairing off against each other in a 30 minute battle to cook th ... More >>

A Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Guide to What's New

SoBeWFF: Tickets Still Available for These Events

​There's no denying that the South Beach Wine and Food Festival is South Florida's premier foodie event. The four-day festival turns Miami into one giant celebrity-chef mosh pit -- where the likes of Paula Deen, Anthony Bourdain, Emeril Lagasse, and Rachael Ray all come together to mingle with fan ... More >>

Today's Read: "Pole Dancing With Paula Deen, Y'All!"

A little weird albeit fitting with today's Paula Deen news, McSweeney's reposts this Paula Deen classic. The website founded by David Eggers has hooked us with addictive lists and food mag Lucky Peach. It's almost as good as, "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers."From Erin Her ... More >>

Mario Batali, Food & Wine Magazine: Help Get Rid Of The Ponytail

​Mario Batali is getting rid of half of what's made him famous. No, we wish the Crayola-colored Crocs would go. Instead, the chef/restaurateur and host of our favorite show, The Chew, has agreed to lop off his ponytail -- if the price is right!

Five Food Shows We'd Love to See in 2012

​I'll admit I'm totally obsessed with shows on the Food Network, Travel Channel, and Cooking Channel. In fact, I recently upgraded my cable service (and bill) in order to get the Cooking Channel when the free trial period ended -- just so I could watch Emeril tour the USA and Nadia G. vamp her way ... More >>

Skydiving With Anthony Bourdain? You Can for Ten Grand

Laine DossTony Bourdain can be yours -- if the price is right!​I found what I want Santa to bring me for Christmas -- skydiving with Anthony Bourdain, followed by burgers and beer.Gilt City has just announced the craziest offering that we've ever seen -- an opportunity to go tandem skydiving with ... More >>

Paula Deen Flirts With Mario Lopez, Disses Anthony Bourdain

Paula Deen flirts with Mario Lopez.​Did Paula Deen show up drunk to film a recent Extra segment with Mario Lopez? We're not ones to spread rumors, but the queen of butter was acting supercrazy and frisky while taping a recent show segment.We're not even sure if she was plugging a book or just want ... More >>

The Simpsons' Food Blog Rap: Blogging a Food Blog

Courtesy FoxMario Batali makes a guest appearance on The Simpsons​The Simpsons' episode The Food Wife aired last night, bringing the jaundiced cartoon family into the food blog world.When Marge, Lisa and Bart start their Three Mouthkeeters blog, they immediately turn into food snobs, taking Anthon ... More >>

Emeril Lagasse Sizzling Skillets: A Cookbook For Busy People

William Morrow/Harper CollinsEmeril's Sizzling Skillets - one pot recipes for busy or lazy people.​Emeril Lagasse and his signature "Bam!" was the likely catalyst that sparked the celebrity chef revolution.Lagasse changed the television cooking show from the video instructional manuals of Julia Ch ... More >>

Mario Batali, David Chang, and The Recipe Project's 'Brains and Eggs' Song

I'm currently in mad love with The Recipe Project, the Brooklyn band One Ring Zero's collection of famous chef's recipes set to tunes. The book project started like this:Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, co-founders of the band One Ring Zero, decided to turn Chris Cosentino's recipe for Brains and Egg ... More >>

Paula Deen Tries to Kiss Jay Leno (Video)

Paula Deen wants to go lip-to-chin with Jay Leno.​We love Paula Deen, and when we grow up, we want to become just like her -- eternally buzzed, with a constant cackle and stylish stretch pants. Ladies like this eat life. Their joy is infectious, so when they do completely inappropriate things -- l ... More >>

The Chew's Michael Symon Responds to Anthony Bourdain

Michael Symon just wants to cook for America​In an interview with Mercury News, Anthony Bourdain was asked what he thought about The Chew, the ABC foodcentric daytime talk show.Bourdain said, "(Heavy sigh) I'm really shaken. Honestly, I don't know what to believe anymore. Mario Batali is a better ... More >>

Tickets for Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival on Sale Monday

Brustman Carrino PR​Calling all gourmands and scenesters: Tickets go on sale Monday for the foodist event of the year: The 11th annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival, to benefit FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.Remember Paula Dean's pants episode, or Mario B ... More >>

Win a Copy of Anne Burrell's Cookbook, Cook Like A Rock Star

​With holiday entertaining fast on the approach, perhaps you'd like to stretch your culinary cred by cooking up a show-stopper: braised short ribs, rack of lamb, or a whole fish, for example. Celebrity chef Ann Burrell walks aspiring home chefs through each recipe in her how-to book, Cook Like a R ... More >>

Drink & Food Events This Week in Broward/Palm Beach Counties

Steve Parker via Flickr Creative CommonsGet lost in a beer or two at M Bar. ​It's something of a quiet week in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, presumably because South Florida residents will be girding their loins -- and leaving time to pick up the lederhosen and dirndl from the dry cleaners -- f ... More >>

Mario Batali Joins Anthony Bourdain and Tom Colicchio as a Simpsons Character

Matt Selman Mario Batali looks a little yellow as a Simpsons character.​Someone in Simpsons-land is a complete and total foodie (or ran our of movie stars to feature) because this season of The Simpsons is turning out to be quite awesome. First, we told you abour Anthony Bourdain an ... More >>

Ruth Bourdain's Answer To Alton Brown: Mein Fanf

Ruth BourdainRuth Bourdain sets her own rules for dealing with celebrity chefs.​Ruth Bourdain, that crazy morph between Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain, is at it again. In response to Alton Brown's Fanifesto, Ruth Bourdain has issued his/her own guidelines for fans on her Comfort Me With Offal bl ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Big Week: Emmy and a Book Deal (Photos)

Anthony Bourdain via TwitterLooking good, Anthony!​Here's a riddle --  what do Anthony Bourdain, cream, and pond scum have in common? They all rise to the top!Just a few weeks ago, bad boy Bourdain placed his foot in his mouth when he told TV Guide that Paula Deen was "the most dangerous pers ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio to Guest on The Simpsons

Matt Selman, via TwitterAnthony Bourdain is making an appearance on The Simpsons​Who would have guessed that Springfield would become a foodie destination? The Simpsons' 23rd season will see both snarkmaster extraordinaire Anthony Bourdain and Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio make guest appearanc ... More >>

The Five Least Laborious Foods To Make For a Labor Day Party (Videos)

Rachael Ray MagazineThrow a labor day party without the labor with these simple recipes.​Yesterday, Clean Plate Charlie shared five easy recipes for tasty libations without the labor. We realized that at some point, you're going to need food to go with those drinks. Lucky for us, celebrity chefs h ... More >>

Paula Deen To Anthony Bourdain: Get a Life

Don't mess with a southern lady.​Anthony Bourdain very bluntly tells anyone who will listen exactly what he thinks of Food Network celebrities like Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, and Sandra Lee. In an interview in TV Guide, Bourdain called Southern Belle and butter aficionado Paula Deen "the most danger ... More >>

Chefs' Recipes Set to Music by One Ring Zero

​Food is art, the foodie scribes tell us. You eat with your eyes.  But is food music? Do we eat with our ears?  Well, yes. At least according to musicians Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp -- AKA One Ring Zero -- who in October will unveil their latest venture, a book-CD package called The ... More >>

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution: Ice Cream Sundae with Duck Feathers, Please.

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution continues with its third episode. This one was jam-packed! It included Jamie's food quizzes for students (See above and tell me the guacamole Q&A isn't a l'il bit funny). But seriously, a lot going on in this episode. It starts with Jamie's culinary class at West ... More >>

America's Next Great Restaurant Recap: A Soulful Finale

The final episode of America's Next Great Restaurant opens with Bobby Flay telling the three remaining contestants that they are on the brink of a dream. Joey (Brooklyn Meatball Co.), Jamawn (Soul Daddy), and Sudhir (Spice Coast) know this only too well. Joey tears up at the thought. They are each ... More >>

Interview with Chef Emeril Lagasse, Part I

​Chef Emeril Lagasse is a household name. With his larger than life personality and his trademarked phrases like Bam! and Take it up a notch!, Chef Emeril is a living legend. Before Emeril's celebrity status, though, he was a chef who risked it all to open a restaurant in a questionable ... More >>

Women's History Month: Five Female Celebrity Chefs That You Love or Love to Hate

sandralee.com​March is Women's History Month! As it winds down, what better way to celebrate than by sharpening our claws on the female celebrity chefs that we love? ... or love to hate. 

Interview With Emeril's Miami Beach Chef, Tim Doolittle, Part I

Rob Camarena​Tim Doolittle is the chef de cuisine at Emeril's Miami Beach. Hailing from Kansas City, Chef Doolittle has worked in the industry since he was 18. His resume includes Wolfgang Puck and some of Kansas City's best American restaurants. Most recently, he specialized ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Closing Party: Guy Fieri Makes Pizza, Booze for Everyone

All photos by Laine Doss Guy pouring in the booze.​There are a lot of celebrity hosts at the various South Beach Food and Wine Festival events. By what we can tell, hosting duties at these events pretty much mean showing up and schmoozing with friends and fans. Some hosts are seen more tha ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Grand Tasting Village: Bring on the Celebrity Chefs

All photos by Laine Doss Anthony Bourdain brought the wheel of death.​Once a year, South Beach turns into the ultimate playground for adults. Filled with shows, food, and fun, it's basically Disney World for grownups. At the Grand Tasting Village, guests are given a Waterford Crystal glass ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Bubble Q: Celebs and Champagne Sparkle

All photos by Laine Doss​Last evening's Bubble Q on the beach has everything a huge tropical soiree could ask for - good music, great food, stunning decor, champagne corks popping endlessly and celebs. A gigantic white chandelier was the focal point of the tent, under which handsome me ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Let Them Eat Cake: A Sweet Fantasy

​ All photos by Laine Doss​While most larger SoBe Wine & Food Festival events happen in the giant tents on the beach, the location on the ticket of the Let Them Eat Cake party, hosted by Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse, was that of a parking garage on Lincoln Road and Alton Roa ... More >>

10 Survival Tips For The South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Tony Bourdain will be at the SoBe Wine & Food Festival​This weekend South Beach turns into Disneyworld for foodies as The South Beach Wine & Food Festival Roars into town. The event is larger than life and brings together celebrity chefs and the people who worship them for one wine ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: A Tom Colicchio Smackdown (He Is So Hot)

NBC Universal Tom Colicchio​Top Chef is probably Bravo's last and only foray into "real" reality television. For eight seasons we've gotten to enjoy the drama of cooking rather than drunken behavior, screaming matches and random hookups (though the show has had its fair share of all t ... More >>

10 in '10: The Top Food News Stories of 2010

RealityKings.com​Video that gave new meaning to the term "food porn," trucks that gave a new dimension to take-out meals and new restaurants from celebrity chefs were all among the food and restaurant stories that tickled our taste buds (or other organs) in 2010. This list of the top 10 local food ... More >>

Must-See TV: Six Food Shows We'd Like to Watch in 2011

​Anyone who's watched food TV since its inception has seen a steady evolution of the medium, from a staid Mario Batali cooking for three friends to Gordon Ramsay going batshit in Kitchen Nightmares to the snarky food soap opera that's Top Chef to Adam Richman snarfing down burritos as thick and lo ... More >>

The List: 13 Things Foodies Should Be Thankful For

​Thursday, November 25, is, of course, Thanksgiving Day. It's a day for Americans from coast to coast to gather family and friends and, in the spirit of the holiday, watch interminable football games between two pathetic teams of losers who couldn't beat their own grandmother with a tire iron. Tha ... More >>

Lee Schrager: South Beach Food Genius Speaks

South Park Riffs on Food Network with "Creme Fraiche"

South Park's rendition of Food Network star Guy Fieri. ​I used to never miss an episode of the Comedy Central show South Park. It's skewering of pop-culture fads and personalities is unmatched, even if it often devolves into shock-value programming in the process. But last night's episode, titled ... More >>

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