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There's a New 'Top Chef' at the Langham Pasadena

Jennifer Kester — 2010-10-04T09:14:58-05:00

Now that Top Chef champ Michael Voltaggio has left and the renovations are done, the Langham Huntington, Pasadena will reopen the Dining Room October 22, rechristened as The Royce.

But the restaurant's name isn't the only change diners will see. David F�au, who was executive chef of L.A.'s Cafe Pinot, will be manning the stoves here. And while F�au isn't a tatted-up reality TV star, he does have the cooking cred: He trained under noted chef Guy Savoy and was executive chef of Le Miravile, a Michelin Star-rated restaurant in Paris.

Party at the Langham Pasadena for World Cup-Themed Street Food

Jennifer Kester — 2010-06-14T09:15:52-05:00

The USA

When it comes to game-day food rituals, baseball fans chow down on hot dogs and football fanatics choose brats. But The Bar at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena offers soccer fans some more upscale eats in honor of the World Cup.

To celebrate the games, The Bar created a new menu of innovative street food from chef Erik Schuster that draws inspiration from the various World Cup countries. So you can belly up to the bar to watch the soccer matches and get team-themed grub. Score.

The Dining Room at the Langham Wins Prestigious 'Food Club' Award

juliana — 2010-02-23T10:52:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/azizansari_foodclub.jpg" class="top"> Attention Hotel Chefs: there is a new distinguished food award going around that you must take notice of. Comedian <a href="http://www.azizisbored.tumblr.com">Aziz Ansari</a> and his prestigious <a href="http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/post/405265460/pictured-from-to-left-to-right-food-club-captains">Food Club</a> have awarded its second plaque of 2010 to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/michael voltaggio">Michael Voltaggio</a>, the Top Chef finalist, for his "remarkable meal" at The Dining Room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Langham+Huntington+Hotel+and+Spa/local/1562">Langham Pasadena</a>. A bit more on the Food Club: <blockquote> Food Club is one of the most prestigious and respected dining associations in the world. Founded in late 2009 by Captains Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, and Jason Woliner, the club has dined at some of the finest establishments in Los Angeles and the world and presented their esteemed Food Club plaques to

What's Gonna Happen With Michael Voltaggio's Restaurant at the Langham Pasadena?

juliana — 2009-12-18T10:10:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/michaelvdiningroom.jpg" class="top"> When we wrote about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/16/03232/9196/hotels/Top_Chef_s_Michael_V_Rocking_It_at_the_Langham_Hotel_in_Pasadena">The Dining Room</a> restaurant at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Langham+Huntington+Hotel+and+Spa/local/1562">Langham Huntington in Pasadena</a> in September, we thought because Top Chef contestant Michael Voltaggio had been announced as the chef de cuisine that there was no way he could be the winner of the cooking competition, since most winners take the prize money to open a restaurant themselves.Well, we're eating our words right now for breakfast. With some tabasco sauce and tempura hash browns. But we then wondered, how much longer will he be at the hotel?A rep for the Langham told us that Chef Voltaggio is still going to be cooking at the hotel Tuesday-Saturday nights. There are no further changes expected at The

Top Chef's Michael V. Rocking It at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena

juliana — 2009-09-16T17:47:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/michaelvdiningroom.jpg" class="top"> We love the newest season of <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/top chef">Top Chef</a> for many reasons but namely because it takes place in Vegas and our baby sibling, <a href="">VegasChatter</a> gets tickled to see Vegas restaurants and chefs featured each week. But we also love it because several of the chefs are working at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel restaurants">hotel restaurants</a> including one talented punk rocker chef, Michael Voltaggio, who is now the chef de cuisine at Dining Room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Langham+Huntington+Hotel+and+Spa/local/1562">Langham Hotel</a> in Pasadena, Calif. He's also one of the fiercely competitive brothers on the show. Did you see the daggers he gave his older bro after Bryan won the last challenge? Oooweee.From the hotel's website: <blockquote>Chef de Cuisine Michael Voltaggios