It’s time to meet our cheftestants, host and judges for season Three of Top Chef Masters. The host is Cutie Mc Cute, Curtis Stone. The judges are James Oseland and Ruth Reichl (ouch for the cheftestants is all I can say). Speaking of cheftestants, they are: John Rivera Sedlar (Playa,…
Gourmet for Life, a South Florida-based diet meal plan company with locations in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, has abruptly shut its doors. The company was operating up until Friday, when it suddenly closed, leaving customers without their services. A call to Gourmet’s toll-free number yields the cryptic message, “The company is…
Aaron Byers did not go to cooking school, nor did he serve a high-level kitchen apprenticeship in Paris. Byers learned his craft surfing and sailing into tropical and exotic ports. While in these beautiful island countries and sea-drenched cities, he decided to become a part of the food-truck craze. His Nacho…
Paul Castronovo is best known as the wise-cracking morning show co-host of Big 105.9’s Paul & Young Ron Show. On his top-rated morning show, Castronovo isn’t shy about sharing his love of food, fishing and wine, so it’s a natural progression for him to actually try his hand at winemaking. …
On April 19th, Mc Donald’s is having a one-day hiring blitz. During that day, the fast food giant is looking to hire 50,000 full and part-time employees in almost 14,000 restaurants. People interested can apply at any McDonald’s restaurant or online at www.McDonalds.com/careers. Jan Fields, President of McDonald’s USA said, “Our…
Mrs. Butterworth, the sweet, saucy star of syrups and Geico commercials, is getting all dressed up in a new spring wardrobe. Mrs. Butterworth is available for a limited time in new spring collection bottles. The three limited-edition bottles have Mrs. Butterworth decked out in Easter finery — gardening, with bunnies,…
Wanted: Person or persons with food-service experience, drive, and ambition to purchase their own food truck. For the past year, food-truck mania has hit South Florida. What started as a small blip on the food radar of South Florida this past summer has hit critical mass. More than 40 food…
Since food trucks are a craze in Miami, it stands to reason that Broward and Palm Beach are ripe for a food-truck invasion. With our ears to the ground, Clean Plate Charlie is hearing about some food-truck roundups up “north,” and we’ll share with you as soon as we get…
Ladybug, Ladybug owner Carrie White traveled around the world after high school. Coming from a strict religious background, White wanted to see the world before settling down to college and a career. Her travels led her to Southeast Asia, where she saw insects being sold as food in marketplaces alongside…
Earlier in the week, we interviewed Chef Emeril Lagasse. If you missed the interview, you can read it here and here. We’re now sharing one of Emeril’s recipes with you. These Vietnamese-style wings are inspired by a dish that’s on the menu at Chef Emeril’s restaurant NOLA in New Orleans – Miss…
Publix is opening a 28,000 square-foot store in Lake Worth on April 28th. The store, located on Dixie Highway between Second and Third Avenue is designed to look like classic Publix stores. The store will employ about 100 people, and has been staffed with current Publix employees from other outlets…
NBC Universal This is it…the finale. Padma and Tom meet Richard and Mike. Tom says there are no twists and turns – just show us your future – your challege is to create the restaurant of your dreams (that’s it? OK – I’ll just write you the great American…
Yesterday, we shared Part I of our interview with legendary chef Emeril Lagasse. If you missed it, here it is. We now present Part II of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: Where did Bam! come from? Emeril Lagasse: Bam! came from the second or third run of Essence of Emeril…
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…
Andrew Zimmern has eaten a lot of weird foods. On his show Bizarre Foods, we’ve watched Andrew eat anything that once walked, crawled, swam, slithered or shimmied its way around. I mean really – he’s eaten giant worms, snakes, rodents, bats, eyeballs and blood (remember the phrase “that’s good bat”?)…
Restaurateur Stephen Starr (of Steak 954 and Morimoto fame) has opened Makoto at the Bal Harbor Shops, bringing some life and good food to the mall. The 200-seat indoor/outdoor restaurant will offer modern Japanese cuisine with twists on classic Japanese dishes. Makoto will also ofer sushi, but will focus on hot…
16 Handles Topping bar at 16 Handles 16 Handles, the NYC-based frozen yogurt chain, hits Boca Raton’s University Commons shopping center this week. 16 Handles is named after the 16 frozen yogurt “taps” that guests can self-serve from. Patrons choose either a biodegradable cup or waffle cup and work their…
Nathan Myhrvold, former Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft, has written a $625 six-volume cookbook. Entitled Modernist Cuisine, this book series delves into everything food – from popping corn to molecular gastronomy. Myhrvold went on Colbert’s show to plug his new endeavor. During the interview, Stephen asks him why, oh why…
Earlier this week, we interviewed Top Chef cheftestant spike Mendelsohn. If you missed the interview, you can catch it here and here. Since Spike’s restaurants are in Washington D.C., he’s named this delicious patty melt after First Lady Michelle Obama. Enjoy the recipe. Michelle Melt Turkey…
NBC Universal Last week Tiffany was sent home. Mike said Tiffany was great but the three top competitors are left. Padma and Wolfgang Puck are here for the quickfire. Quickfire There are seven classic quickfires to choose from past seasons. The cheftestants will pick what quickfire to give each other…
Yesterday, we presented Part I of our interview with Top Chef’s Spike Mendelsohn. If you missed it, you can view it here. We continue with our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: Do you have any plans for expanding Good Stuff Eatery outside of DC? Spike Mendelsohn: As far as Good Stuff…
Top Chef mentor, judge and hottie Tom Colicchio welcomed a brand new baby boy into the world yesterday. Tom tweeted that his wife Lori Silverbush gave birth to a 7.9 pound son, Mateo Lev Colicchio, yesterday at 12:11PM in New York City. …
