December 4, 2012
In honor of the fourth annual Vans Custom Cultural Program, a nationwide initiative to raise funds and awareness for the importance of art in high schools, our own Chef Jose Garces was asked to design a unique pair of Vans shoes. Here’s how the program works: In 2013, Vans will donate $50,000 to the school [...]
Read more»November 16, 2012
It’s a chef… it’s a restaurateur… it’s a culinary entrepreneur… nope, it’s a 2012 “Empire Builder” and his name is Michael Solomonov. In the just-out December issue of Food & Wine, a feature article names just 10 of the country’s most “extraordinary, prolific chef-restaurateurs,” and our very own Solo is one of them. The point [...]
Read more»October 11, 2012
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will be tipping its hat to Philadelphia’s fresh local food and the people who grow and prepare it at a special event at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Friday, October 19. Pheast will feature tons of local restaurants and chefs that work in collaboration with farms in the area such as [...]
Read more»October 5, 2012
Want to get up close and personal with Iron Chef Jose Garces? Here’s your chance: Garces will be appearing at the Free Library for a very special Author Event on Monday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. He’ll be interviewed on stage by Michael Klein, Philadelphia Inquirer Table Talk columnist and editor/producer of philly.com/food. They’ll be [...]
Read more»August 17, 2012
Philadelphia’s becoming quite the draw for the TV camera. With an impressive brag sheet of featured restaurants, dishes and chefs on national television, it’s no wonder why Philadelphia’s attracting a lot of screen attention. Adding to the buzz, Bobby Flay of Food Network fame is heading to town to cast his next project: America’s Best [...]
Read more»March 21, 2012
The 2012 Great Chefs Event is set for Tuesday, June 12 and tickets are officially on sale. The event, now in its seventh year, is a huge deal, featuring a stellar lineup of participating chefs dishing up their fine fare for the benefit of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and the Vetri Foundation for Children, founded [...]
Read more»October 20, 2011
Master chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert are opening up to share an evening of provocative storytelling about the truth behind the toques, November 2, 7:30 p.m. at the Merriam Theater, and we’re giving away a special prize package for you to make an amazing night out of it: one lucky uwishunu reader will win [...]
Read more»October 10, 2011
Ever wondered what really goes on behind the kitchen doors at top restaurants? Master chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert are opening up to share an evening of provocative storytelling about the truth behind the toques, November 2, 7:30 p.m. at the Merriam Theater. Internationally acclaimed chef, author and host of Travel Channel’s No Reservations [...]
Read more»May 10, 2011
Last night at the annual James Beard Awards in New York City, the restaurant industry’s version of the Oscars, Michael Solomonov won the award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. Solomonov, chef and owner of Zahav, beat out four other chefs for the prestigious award for the Mid-Atlantic region, which encompasses Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware [...]
Read more»January 11, 2011
Wolfgang Puck Catering has officially arrived in Philadelphia, with an exclusive catering relationship with the Kimmel Center, including the renovation of Cadence restaurant to become private event space The Lounge by Wolfgang Puck. The partnership combines world-class entertainment with a world-class culinary vision by internationally renowned chef Wolfgang Puck. The Kimmel Center offers eleven distinct [...]
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