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Top Chef New York Season 5
marigold:
.... more about Tom:
Tom Colicchio
CLASS TYPE / FORMAT / COST - Celebrity Chef / Demonstration / $75
INSTRUCTOR(S) - Tom Colicchio
DATE & TIME - Oct 23 / 6:30 p.m. / Book Signing 5-6 p.m.
DESCRIPTION - Tom Colicchio spent his childhood immersed in food, cooking with his mother and grandmother. It was his father, however, who suggested that he make a career of it. Tom taught himself to cook with the help of Jacques Pépin’s legendary illustrated manuals on French cooking, La Technique and La Méthode. At age 17, Tom made his kitchen debut in his native town of Elizabeth, New Jersey at Evelyn’s Seafood Restaurant.
Tom later cooked at prominent New York restaurants including The Quilted Giraffe, Gotham Bar & Grill, Rakel and Mondrian. During his tenure as executive chef of Mondrian, Food & Wine magazine selected him as one of the top 10 “Best New Chefs” in the U.S. and The New York Times awarded the restaurant three stars.
In July 1994, Tom and his partner Danny Meyer opened Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. In 1996, Ruth Reichl of The New York Times awarded Gramercy Tavern three stars. Tom’s cooking at Gramercy Tavern earned consistent recognition: after three nominations for The James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chef-New York” Award, he won it in 2000.
One year later and one block south of Gramercy Tavern, Tom opened Craft in March 2001. Soon thereafter, in July 2001, William Grimes of The New York Times awarded Craft with three stars, naming Craft “a vision of food heaven.”
Tom’s first cookbook, Think Like a Chef won the James Beard KitchenAid Cookbook Award in May 2001. This same year, Gramercy Tavern was awarded for “Outstanding Service”. In 2002, Craft was awarded The James Beard Award for “Best New Restaurant” and Gramercy Tavern’s sommelier won for “Outstanding Wine Service”.
With Craft and Craftbar established in New York City, Tom opened Craftsteak at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in July 2002. A year later, in spring 2003, ‘wichcraft – a sandwich shop rooted in the same food and hospitality philosophies as Craft – opened in New York. Today ‘wichcraft has 10 New York City locations, as well as locations at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and the Westfi eld Center in San Francisco.
Tom’s second cookbook, Craft of Cooking, was released in 2003. In 2006, Tom applied his years of experience to cable television as the head judge in Bravo’s new reality series “Top Chef.” The Emmynominated hit show premiered its fourth season in spring 2008. 2006 also saw the opening of
Craftsteak in New York and Craft Dallas in the W Dallas Victory Hotel. The much anticipated Craft Los Angeles in Century City followed in July 2007. Craftsteak at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods opened in May 2008, and in fall 2008 Craft Atlanta will open in The Mansion on Peachtree Hotel & Residence. Tom’s third cookbook, a sandwich book inspired by ‘wichcraft, will release in spring 2009.
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marigold:
An interesting article:
** WARNING! SPOILERS BELOW! **
Who Will Go Home First on 'Top Chef: New York'?
On Wednesday, November 12, the fifth season of Top Chef returns with a supersized episode beginning at 10pm ET. This season, the show will take place in one of the most diverse and cultural cities in the country, New York City. The contestants will be competing for the ultimate grand prize: $100,000 in seed money to help open a restaurant, furnished by the makers of the Glad family of products, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the title of Top Chef. The names of the contestants have been released but one heads home on the first episode. Though Bravo hasn’t revealed who it will be, there are clues that point to one chef in particular.
** WARNING! SPOILERS BELOW! **
The Baltimore Sun has reported that local Maryland chef Jill Snyder is part of the cast of Top Chef this season. Snyder is the executive chef for Red Maple, a Baltimore restaurant. In a previous interview with the newspaper, Snyder spoke about the food that she creates at Red Maple. "You don't want something that you have to cut with a fork and a knife," she said. "Generally, we serve everything with chopsticks so you can just kind of take a bite, maybe leave it for a second and take another bite, and it's done."
Unfortunately for Snyder, it seems that her time on the show is very limited. A cast list of 16 was revealed but it was rumored that 17 appear on the first episode and one is eliminated in the quickfire challenge. Since Jill Synder's name does appear on any official list of the 16 chefs competing this season, it seems that she is the unlucky one to head home first.
Link: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/top-chef/who-will-go-home-first-on-top-23979.aspx
marigold:
:jumpy: Further to apskip's post
"There is a culinary event on Monday Oct. 27: TASTE OF THE 5 BOROUGHS"
MADE IN NY: Top Chef NY ( a great video )
This week on CITY SCOOP our continuing entertainment segment MADE IN NEW YORK.
The big search is on--for the Top Chef in the restaurant capital of the world.
To spice up the fifth season premiere of its Emmy award-winning series,
TOP CHEF, BRAVO partners with NYC & Company, the citys tourism board, to present:
TASTE OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS
marigold:
Anthony Bourdain Talks About Top Chef
Anthony Bourdain answers audience questions at a 2008 book signing in Santa Cruz.
He talks about Top Chef and Tom Colicchio in this segment.
marigold:
From tvguide:
Top Chef New York Season 5
Episode 1: Melting Pot
The culinary-arts competition series gets cooking with its Season 5 opener, featuring 17 new chefs descending on New York City.
Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio return as host and head judge, respectively.
Toby Young serves as a new series judge.
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