Jean Georges Vongerichten

Chefs Love Democrats: The Top 15 Chef Political Donations

The Braiser | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Roy Yamaguchi, Daniel Boulud, Bobby Flay, Alice Waters, Rocco DiSpirito, Ina Garten, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Rachael Ray, Elizabeth Falkner, Mario Batali, Sandra Lee, Tim Love, Marcus Samuelsson, Thomas Keller, Mark Peel, Fundraisers, Slidepollajax, Food News

How do celebrity chefs support political candidates? With fancy dinners? With non-connected joint expenditure committees? With hundred dollar bills baked into pies?

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LOOK: World Famous Chefs Cook Epic Dinner For Celebs

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Greta Gerwig, Ny Parties, Relais & Chateaux, Daniel Boulud, Elizabeth Olsen, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Grand Chefs Dinner, New York Restaurants, NY Around Town, Coca-Rocha, New York News

Some of the world's most celebrated chefs convened for the 2012 Grand Chefs Dinner hosted by Relais & Chateaux on Monday, where guests including Eliza...

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Alan Richman's Pricey 10 Best NYC Restaurants List

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Per Se, Alan Richman, Brooklyn Fare, NY Restaurants, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Gq Magazine, Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, Ny Food, New York News

GQ's resident food writer, Alan Richman, has selected his favorite restaurants in the city, and if you're contemplating a tour of all ten, we suggest ...

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Jean-George's Lobster Shack Dreams Sinking With Old Staten Island Ferry

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, NY Restaurants, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Staten Island Ferry, Lobster Shack, Ny News, New York News

For anyone who was excited by the prospect of a Jean-Georges Vongerichten lobster shack aboard the old Staten Island ferry, it looks like that ship ha...

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PHOTOS: Signature Dishes From America's Greatest Chefs

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Video, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Mario Batali, Best of the Best Cookbook, Cookbooks, Celebrity Chefs, Alice Waters, James Beard Awards, Thomas Keller, Tom Colicchio, Slidepollajax, James Beard Foundation, Best of the Best James Beard Foundation, James Beard Foundation Cookbooks, Food News

Every year since 1991, the James Beard Foundation picks one chef, out of all the hundreds of thousands in America, to be its Outstanding Chef of the Y...

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Jean-Georges vs. Martha Stewart: Who Makes The Best Molten Cake?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Recipe Showdown, Video, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Jean Georges Molten Chocolate Cake, Martha Stewart, Jacques Torres, Chocolate Lava Cake, Molten Chocolate Cake, KitchenDaily News

Our new series sets two famous recipes up against one other: a classic vs. an offshoot. This week, we're comparing two versions of molten chocolate ca...

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Chopra and Vongerichten Talk Food

Rozanne Gold | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Food News, Deepak Chopra, Home Cooking, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Cookbook, ABC Home, Food News

The other night, there was an unorthodox kind of culinary happening. Deepak and Jean-Georges, two men famous enough that we're all on a first-name basis with them, created a four-star recipe for the launch of Vongerichten's newest book.

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Jean-Georges Wants To Open Lobster Restaurant On Old Staten Island Ferry

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: NY Around Town, Sam Sifton, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges, Staten Island, Staten Island Ferry, New York Restaurants, New York News

For his next culinary project, Jean-Georges Vongerichten has his eyes on the old Staten Island Ferry boat for a "newspaper lined" lobster shack. The c...

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Talking With Top Chef Just Desserts' Judge Johnny Iuzzini

Regina Varolli | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel, Bravo TV, Gail Simmons, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Johnny Iuzzini, Celebrity Chefs, Pastry Chefs, Culinary Institute of America, Top Chef Just Desserts, Jean Georges Restaurant, Francois Payard, Hubert Keller, Food News

Johnny Iuzzini should have a lot of pride in his work. He's a driven, accomplished pastry chef who from an early age was smitten with sweets.

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The Rise Of The Emperor-Chefs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Daniel Boulud, Alain Ducasse, Celebrity Chefs, Jean Georges Vong, Frank Bruni, Restaurant Chains, Todd English, Video, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Celebrity Chef Restaurant Empires, Culinary Concepts, Restaurant, Restaurants, Famous Restaurants, Celebrity Chef Restaurant, Alan Richman Gq, Food News

In September 1991, chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Todd English looked unstoppable. English had just been named the James Beard Rising Chef of the...

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The 17 Biggest Celebrity Chef Restaurant Empires

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Celebrity Chef Restaurants, Wolfgang Puck, Gaston Acurio, Video, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Celebrity Chef Restaurant Empires, Celebrity Chef Empires, Celebrity Chefs, Emperor Chefs, Slidepollajax, Food News

Today's HuffPost Food feature "The Rise Of The Emperor-Chefs" makes it clear that celebrity chefs are at something of a crossroads. Some are getting h...

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Kimchi Chronicles Celebrate Seoul Food

Erica Watson | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Pbs, African American Culture, Korean Culture, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Korean Food, Kimchi Chronicles, Marja Vongerichten, Korea, Bv-Life, Video, Food News

To some, this rags to riches story reads like a fairy tale, but for Marja Vongerichten is it real life.

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Making NYC Street Meat: Chicken and Rice Recipe

Michelle Won | Posted 08.02.2011

If you are a New Yorker... or know a New Yorker... or know someone who knows a New Yorker, you know about the best halal chicken and rice cart on 53rd and 6th. Our chicken recipe is better.

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Everybody Eats Where? In New York City, Mezzaluna

Mara Gibbs | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Jean-Georges-Vongerichten, NY Restaurants, Aldo Bozzi, New York City, Mezzaluna, Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert, Paolo Casagranda, New York Italian Restaurants, Italian Food, New York News

Mezzaluna is the one place where I know I can always find authentic Italian cooking seven days a week, including holidays, for lunch, dinner and late into the night.

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The 2011 James Beard Awards: A First-Timer's Recap

Marie Elena Martinez | Posted 07.10.2011

It was a good night for New York and a good night for women in food. A New York girl attending my first James Beard Awards, I couldn't have been happier about the winners. Here, a quick recap of the night's events.

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NYC's LuckyRice Festival Even Luckier for HuffPost Readers

Regina Varolli | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel, Marcus Sameulsson, Asian Food, Pichet Ong, Nyc Food Events, Asian Street Food, David Chang, Top Chef Masters, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Eric Ripert, Danielle Chang, Anita Lo, Masaharu Morimoto, LUCKYRICE Festival, Food Events, Slidepollajax, Food Festivals, Food News

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Along for the Ride: Upstate New York

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011

This year, I headed upstate New York to see the Dia:Beacon and Storm King. I hung out with old friends, ate amazing food and saw the big art shows that traditionally open during this season.

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The 2011 Michelin Guide Announcements

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stars, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Jean Georges, Ripper, John Fraser, Announcements, Rankings, Josh Ozersky, Michelin Restaurant Guide, 2011, Daniel Boulud, Michael J Cirino, Eric Ripert, Chris Cannon, Food News

Although I found the Michelin Guide to be somewhat baffling, the chefs who were granted stars clearly felt otherwise, and they expressed themselves to me emphatically.

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Give Us This Day Our Daily Sweetbreads

Karine Bakhoum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geoffrey Zakarian, Art Culinaire, Sweetbreads, Vong, The Lamb's Club, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Les Trois Jean, Food News

I remember sweetbread dishes I ate years and years ago as if it were yesterday and lament them. There was a time when sweetbreads were certainly more prominent on New York menus than they have been of late.

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An Empire Built On A "Lifestyle of Wine"

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Cara Cannella | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Wine Bars, Bar Carrera, Fred Twomey, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Bar Veloce Bars, Small Business News

Frederick E. Twomey has been called a "gastro-preneur," but he considers himself to be more of a saloon-keeper. "The bar is the original communal tabl...

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Bar Veloce Lets You Live a "Lifestyle of Wine"

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Cara Cannella | Posted 07.21.2011

Read More: Bars, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Fred Twomey, Restaurants, Wine Bar, Bar Veloce, Restaurateur, Bar Carrera, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Small Business News

Frederick E. Twomey has been called a "gastro-preneur," but he considers himself to be more of a saloon-keeper. "The bar is the original communal tabl...

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Vong Closing: Jean-Georges To Close Restaurant Saturday

Eater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restaurant Closings, Jean-Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Nyc Food, NYC Restaurants, Vong, New York News

Jean Georges, super restaurateur, well dressed Alsatian, and the man who plans to open 50 new restaurants by 2014, is about to let one go. Calls to th...

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Along for the Ride: New York City and Quebec

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Song Dong. MOMA, Ron Arad, Quebec, Food Quebec, Isabel Toledo. Michelle Obama Style, Yoko Ono, Mattia Bonnetti, L'Avalanche, New York City, Ducasse, The Mark, Dog-Friendly Hotels, Mont-Tremblant, Yves St. Laurent, Avedon. Travel, El Bulli, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Lennon, NY Hotels, Spanish Restaurants NYC, Onda, Jacques Grange, Tapas, Latin Restaurants NYC, Frites, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Style News

I recently broke one of my travel rules -- don't go to NYC in the summer -- and, surprisingly, ended up having an amazing time and hardly thinking about the weather.

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Chef Eric Ripert on Esoteric Black Truffles and the Importance of Value

Louise McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Top Chef, Food Network, Le Bernardin, City Harvest, New York City, David Chang, Food, Truffles, Style News

When I started at Le Bernardin is when I really, for the first time in my life, was in charge of a kitchen, and I could integrate artistry into the craftsmanship that cooking is.

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Beyond Banh Mi: The Latest in Asian Sandwich Shops

Ed Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sandwiches, Xie Xie, Food, New York-New York, Restaurants, Chefs, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Asian-Cuisine, New-York-Restaurants, Asian, New York News

If this is the beginning of a trend, so be it. Asian-inspired sandwich shops presided over by talented chefs are okay in my book. Just don't call them brands.

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