Michelle Bernstein

Lindsay Autry of Sundy House is South Florida's Top Chef

Being a finalist on season nine of Bravo's Top Chef, may have brought Tastemaker number 9, Lindsay Autry into our living rooms, but the chef had been working on her culinary career long before that. The Johnson & Wales University graduate's career started as a kid in North Carolina, trying to figur ... More >>

Check Please! Returns: Paul Castronovo to Cohost First Episode

Check Please, the South Florida restaurant review show hosted by Michelle Bernstein, is set to return to WPBT2 on Monday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. The new season will feature a host of South Florida restaurants, most of them in Broward County. Joining Bernstein in the premiere episode are Paul Castrono ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Activities This Weekend: Boca Bacchanal Bash and More

Just because you're not into the whole Ultra/PLUR/WMC scene -- and had to use Google to understand what the hell we're talking about, here -- doesn't mean you've got to stay locked up indoors for the weekend. There's plenty of fun to be had that doesn't involve kandy or clubs. To start, there's a wh ... More >>

Delish 2013: Meet Michelle Bernstein... for $175

South Florida is home to some amazing chefs. Numerous James Beard award-winners and nominees can be found behind the line at tons of local restaurants.But one would be hard-pressed to find a face more recognizable than Michelle Bernstein. Aside from her weekly PBS show Check, Please! South Florida, ... More >>

13 Year Old Girl Wants Easy Bake Ovens To Be Marketed To Boys

If you ask any chef working in an American kitchen today, you'll probably hear that the industry is male-dominated. Though there are a fair share of women behind the burners, the kitchen is physically demanding, sometimes dangerous, and usually off-color. There's no time for crying, feelings, or eve ... More >>

Check Please! Looking For College Student Critics

Are you a college student who one day dreams of being a food critic?  Do you annoy your friends and family with the need to take pictures of every dish at the table before anyone gets to eat?  Do you then proceed to give a 30 minute dissertation on the restaurant's use of dandelions as a g ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein Wins Miami Cochon 555

​Michelle Bernstein of Michy's won last night's Cochon 555 at The Four Seasons in Miami, an event in which five chefs each cooked a whole heritage pig --offal and all-- for judges and a several hundred adventurous guests. At the announcement of the win, the crowd held up flutes of sparkling r ... More >>

The Big Trend for 2012 May Be the Death of Restaurant Trends

Palm Beach's Lindsay Autry Gets Booted Off Top Chef: Texas

​Before Top Chef: Texas, Lindsay Autry was best-known for her duties as executive chef of Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy in Palm Beach.Being the protégé of Bernstein and executive chef at one of her restaurants (since then, Bernstein has left the Omphoy) is an amazing feat for anyone at the ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for January

​Unlike Miami -- which saw a record number of big-name restaurant openings, like Jean Georges Vongerichten's J & G Grill; Bar Tanaka, Blue Collar, and the Federal -- around here postholiday has been relatively quiet. Michelle Bernstein's departure from the Omphoy is the biggest news, followed ... More >>

Heads Up: Beer, Breakfast, and Other Food News

​As we wrap the week, Clean Plate Charlie wants to call your attention to a few things elsewhere on the site. We broke the news that Michelle Bernstein is leaving the Omphoy. Our new news guy Rich Abdill follows up on the "terrifying" Omphoy owner, Jeff Greene.Don't forget to check out the first S ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein to Leave the Omphoy

​The end of January marks the closing of chef Michelle Bernstein's tenure at her namesake restaurant, Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach. Bernstein and husband partner David Martinez will continue to own and operate Sra. Martinez, Michy's, and Crumb on Parchment in Miami ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein on Why There Are So Few Women Chefs

​Why aren't there more women executive chefs? Eater.com addressed the question with Dominique Crenn, the San Francisco chef who earned two Michelin stars at Luce and snagged Esquire's 2008 Chef of the Year. She's since moved on to Atelier Crenn, which she opened last year. "Unfortunately, there's ... More >>

Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival Starts December 9; Tickets Available Now

Hey, Michelle -- what's cooking? ​What to get the food snob on your holiday list when a membership to the Stinky Cheese of the Month Club won't do? How 'bout an early gift, by way of a ticket to one of the five events that are part of the Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival from December 9 to 13?

After Hours Eats with Michelle Bernstein (And Thanksgiving Recipes!)

​Celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein is no stranger to these parts. With Sra. Martinez and Michy's in Miami and Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy, she's got South Florida covered. Her restaurants fall among the most oft-recommended, having earned Best New Restaurant awards for Sra. Martinez in 2009 ... More >>

Thanksgiving Links and Turkey Tales

We're down to the wire for Thanksgiving, with most of us hitting the airports or the highways tomorrow, though I had been traveling over the weekend and the airports were packed already. In the meantime, procrastinate with the New Yorker's food issue, one of my favorite reads in the magazine al ... More >>

Thanksgiving 2011 in a Restaurant: Palm Beach/Delray Beach/Boca Raton Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving

Tim Patterson via Flickr Creative CommonsThanksgiving 2011: Don't let this atrocity happen to you. ​Is your family still reeling from memories of Thanksgiving-dinner failures past? Flying solo for Thanksgiving 2011? Or maybe you just hate the idea of having to clean up a table of turkey shrapnel a ... More >>

Top Chef Alums From Florida Offer Up Thanksgiving Recipes

GiltTaste​Floridians watching this season's Top Chef can cheer on Chris Jones, Fort Lauderdale native and chef de cuisine at Moto in Chicago and his Floridian sous chef Richie Farina, from Riverview. After round two of the show, should you feel inspired to do some cooking, check out this ... 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 >>

Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy Offers Summer Dining Deal

Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy provides stunning food with a view to match.​Taking a cue from the upcoming Miami Spice month that features specially priced three-course dinners at Miami's best restaurants, Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy in Palm Beach is offering a special ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein Food Network Recap: Meat!

flckr/ewormMouthwatering meat... sizzle, sizzle.​ Calling all carnivores! Take note of a local meat dish gaining national attention. Last night, South Florida's chef Michelle Bernstein discussed meat on the Food Network show Meat and Potatoes. Host Rahm Fama focused on "meat on the bone" at three ... More >>

New Year's Eve at a Restaurant: Five Deals in Palm Beach / Delray Beach / Boca Raton

The way to forget 2010.​If 2010 was a fish, most of us would throw it back. So say good riddance to the old and check out the festivities at this quintet of Palm Beach County restaurants.  5. Café BouludDaniel Boulud's Palm Beach outpost with James Beard Award-nominated chef Zach Bell at the ... More >>

Guess Where We're Eating!?

This is NOT your Mom's house.​This low-key, cozy Fort Lauderdale eatery serves only lunch. The menu -- usually five or six items -- changes daily and is scrawled on a board on a wall near the door. The chefs -- they self-deprecatingly refer to themselves as "two ugly sisters" -- plu ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein to Host Cooking Demo

​You've seen her on the Food Network, between the covers of glossy food magazines, even hawking Crisco; now you can see Michelle Bernstein actually... cooking.  Yes, even celebrity chefs get behind the stove once in awhile, and come Saturday, December 11, SoFla's biggest culinary star will ta ... More >>

Thanksgiving at a Restaurant: Five Options in West Palm Beach/Palm Beach/Delray Beach

Don't let this happen to you!​Up in the 561, Thanksgivings are never terribly traditional. There's never any snow or color-changing leaves, just oven doors opening and closing like mailboxes all day long, for the bastings. Itching to get out of the house and have someone else worry about the tempe ... More >>

Jazz Brunch at Michelle Bernstein's Begins This Sunday

​This just in: Michelle Bernstein at the Omphoy is now offering a jazz brunch every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. And there's a perk: After eating, you receive a one-day pass to lounge around the swanky hotel; this includes lounge chairs and towel service. (Gotta love Bernstein's uptown/downtown v ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein Teams Up With Crisco; Win $20 Gift Cards and Cookware

​Rachael Ray can keep her EVOO.Latina chef Michelle Bernstein, darling of the foodie set and queen of upscale comfort food, has teamed up with Crisco -- tool of Everymoms everywhere.

The Devil's in the Eggs

​One retro foodstuff that seems to be making a comeback is deviled eggs. Typically the sort of fodder you'd find at 1950s-themed cocktail parties, these bite-sized snacks are making their way onto menus all over South Florida. I get the phenomenon, I do. Deviled eggs -- nostalgic though they may b ... More >>

Restaurant Revival: This Past Year Has Seen Several New Dining Gems

Signature Chefs Take Over Boca Resort This Friday

Zach Bell will be one of the 31 chefs at the Signature Chefs event.​Food at the esteemed Boca Raton Resort already has the pedigree of Masaharu Morimoto and Gordon Ramsey stamped on it. Come Friday, you can add Daniel Boulud, Angelo Elia, and Michelle Bernstein to that list.The Resort's Signature ... More >>

Unlimited Fried Chicken from Michelle Bernstein at the Omphoy

​Maybe we'll have to start calling her the Colonel. Michelle Bernstein is taking over South Florida as the fried chicken maven. She initiated all-you-can-eat fried chicken nights in Miami two years ago at Michy's, and now on Wednesdays, it's the same deal to cluck over at Michelle Bernstein at t ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Key Lime Pie From Le Tub

​As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 48: Key Lime Pie From Le TubWhat's more Florida than Key lime pie? Well, may ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Baingan Bartha From Woodlands Vegetarian Indian Cuisine

​ As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.

100 Favorite Dishes: Foie Gras From Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy

​ As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.

Culinary Mischief

Thank God It's Over, but 2009 Does End With the Promise of Better Things to Come

Our Five Favorite New Restaurants of 2009

​This week in Dish we walk down memory lane and revisit the crazy year that was 2009. Our year-end wrap up answers the following: What notable newcomers made their way onto South Florida's eager palates? What restaurants fell victim to the stagnant economy? In 2009, restaurateurs turned to trends ... More >>

Star Miami Chef Michelle Bernstein Brings Her Show to Palm Beach

Order Up: Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy

​ This week in Dish we take a closer look at the newest restaurant from Miami's own James Beard magnet, Michelle Bernstein. Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy is the Latin-Jewish chef's Palm Beach answer to Michy's; a restaurant that showcases the best of Bernstein's simple, soul-drenched cookery. ... More >>

Top Five South Beach Wine and Food Festival Events Worth Going To

Courtesy of Melissa Horn for New York Magazine​Tickets went on sale Monday for the 2010 South Beach Wine and Food Festival, that annual event that keeps getting bigger, bigger, bigger. This year, there are nearly three-dozen events to attend, from wine seminars to a tribute dinner for chef Daniel ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy First Impressions

Michy B looking dead sexy in the kitchen.​Last weekend, perhaps Miami's best-known restaurateur, Michelle Bernstein, made the trip up north to Palm Beach and debuted her new restaurant, MB at the Omphoy. From her days at Tantra and Azul to the opening of her flagship restaurant, Michy's, in 2005, ... More >>

Weekend News

​Miami restaurateur and chef Michelle Bernstein opened her brand new MB Terrace at the Omphoy resort last Wednesday. The casual dining spot is the sister restaurant to Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy, a Mediterranean-inspired, dinner-only resto that opened over the weekend. I will be giving my ... More >>

Restaurant Openings From All Over

Michy in the kitch at the new Omphoy Hotel.​* We're in the peak of a sweltering summer, and ice cream shops seem to be opening as fast as people can shovel cones down their scorched gullets. This weekend, Cold Stone Creamery is opening at the Promenade in Coconut Creek (4425 Lyons Rd.). The ice cr ... More >>

Restaurant Preview 2

Michelle Bernstein's Sra. Martinez will be debuting this Monday in the  Design District. On Tuesday the Wynwood hood, which has been quiet as an empty canvas concerning food, will finally have a restaurant: Joey's, a contemporary Italian café at 2506 N.W. 2nd Avenue. Developer Joey Goldman and ... More >>

Bernstein at the Omphoy?

More on Michelle's Spanish Joint

The Flavor Bible

Big and Bigger Breaking Restaurant News

New Times Iron Fork at Miami Science Museum

Mile High Michy’s