May 9, 2013
On Saturday, May 11, the best and brightest will gather at Graduate Hospital’s NextFab Studio in hopes of making their way to ABC’s popular reality television show Shark Tank. The popular show stars millionaire and billionaire businessmen and businesswomen like Mark Cuban and Daymond John, who made their way from the bottom and are now [...]
Read more»April 29, 2013
Tonight, tune in and watch The Sidecar Bar & Grille hit national television on this evening’s new episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Sidecar’s food caught the eye of host Guy Fieri, particularly the awesome “Appetizer Formerly Known As” (crab meat plus fries obviously equals TV-worthy goodness). The episode airs tonight at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. Watch it from the comfort of your own home, or head out to the Graduate Hospital pub for a screening and the opportunity to chow down on Sidecar’s seriously tasty food. [Food Network]
January 23, 2013
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment is a multi-format historical documentary that tells the story of Philadelphia and in part, the story of America. The documentary is split into individual episodes, each highlighting a different period in Philadelphia’s history, and episode 3, entitled Promise for a Better City, will make its television premiere tomorrow night, January [...]
Read more»November 21, 2012
The second and final season of Anthony Bourdain’s show The Layover debuted this week on the Travel Channel on Monday night. But the date we really care about is when the Philadelphia episode of The Layover airs. We’re excited to let you know that the Philadelphia episode will air on Monday, December 3 at 9 [...]
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»August 10, 2012
Philadelphia has a solid place on the national radar when it comes to food and drink. Just this week, Saveur Magazine declared Philly to be the East Coast’s most exciting emerging food town. And, as we told you yesterday, Esquire just crowned Philadelphia The Late Night Capital of the United States. Pretty awesome. Not only [...]
Read more»April 9, 2012
So you remember that Questlove of The Roots makes fried chicken now? It’s good. Bon Appétit included it on the magazine’s list of the “25 Things to Eat, Drink and Cook in 2012.” Well, Questlove knows David Chang, the chef behind New York’s Momofuku restaurants, who also happens to make a pretty legendary fried chicken. [...]
Read more»March 16, 2012
A few months back, we told you about how Philadelphia was finally on Anthony Bourdain’s radar as far as being the subject of or destination for an episode of one of his two shows on the Travel Channel, No Reservations and The Layover. This, after Marc Vetri took to Twitter to pitch Bourdain on shooting [...]
Read more»March 6, 2012
Two Philadelphia restaurants are about to become reality TV stars thanks to Kitchen Nightmares. The hit FOX show, which features Chef Gordon Ramsay traveling across the country trying to help struggling restaurants turn their businesses around, is headed to Philly for two episodes later this month. The March 23 episode will feature Chiarella’s, an Italian restaurant on East Passyunk, and the March 30 episode will feature Zocalo, an upscale Mexican spot in University City. Be sure to tune in to see how they fare. We know we’ll be rooting for them! [Kitchen Nightmares]
March 2, 2012
The Food Network is bringing back its hit show Chopped All-Stars for a second season and they’ve tapped our very own Iron Chef Jose Garces to be one of the All-Star competitors. He’ll be taking on three fellow Iron Chefs — Cat Cora, Marc Forgione and Michael Symon — in the show’s first episode. The four will do battle on Sunday, April 8 at 9 p.m., with secret ingredients like beef tendon, crawfish and chicken feet. If Chef Garces wins this first challenge, he’ll advance to compete in the show’s grand finale, and for a $50,000 prize for charity, on Sunday, May 6. Good luck Chef. [Food Network]
