HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Chefs

HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Chefs http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-13T00:19:00Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Chefs Atlantic City: An Iron Chef Signs On To Revel In Atlantic City http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/18/234633/44 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Garces.jpg" class="top">Still planning for a May 2012 opening, Atlantic City's newest hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Revel+Atlantic+City/local/4963">Revel</a>, will be recruiting the services of Iron Chef winner Jose Garces for several of its dining options. Having successfully launched three restaurants inside the recently-opened <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/joie%20de%20vivre%20hotels">JDV</a>'s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Sagauro/local/542">The Saguaro</a> (including a coffee take-out counter), Garces is introducing another trilogy into the 47-floor, ocean-facing tower. A tapas bar (Amada), a whiskey bar (Village Whiskey), and a margarita bar with Mexican street food (Distrito Cantina) will help jazz up the AC scene this spring, along with the hotel's dozen other restaurants, three nightclubs, shopping mall, spa, two theaters and (of course) casino. Garces, who has been selected as the hotel's "gastronomic cornerstone," lives on a 40-acre ASchechter 2011-12-19T09:15:01-05:00 Wailea: Somewhere Between Japan and California, You'll Find Amasia http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/9/74932/8560 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Alan_Wong_in_Kitchen.jpg" class="top">Japanese-born chef Alan Wong has spent years building a legacy as one of the most talented and innovative chefs in Hawaii. His Oahu restaurant, Alan Wong's, was ranked twice by Gourmet magazine as one of the top ten best restaurants in America. Now, the master will be turning his attention to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Wailea+Resort/local/486">Grand Wailea Resort</a> for a new "Asian street food"-inspired upscale restaurantto be named, awesomely, Amasia. The name refers to the possible future merging of the Asian and North American continents. Which is actually fitting for Wong's style, which likes to borrow a little from both cultures. Wong recently entered into an agreement with Grand Wailea to take over their Japanese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiseki">kaiseki</a> restaurant Kincha, which ASchechter 2011-11-09T09:15:01-05:00 It's Hard Work Being An Omni Executive Chef http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/21/91854/912 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/France_22.jpg" class="top">It was hardly punishment for the 45 executive chefs who got to enjoy a ten-day tour last month throughout French vineyards, farms and restaurants. Their parent company, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Omni%20Hotels">Omni Hotels</a> had been so pleased with the success of 2008's similar "<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/153632/493/hotels/Oui_Oui_Omni_Omni_Hotels_Introduces_Flavors_of_France">Flavors of France</a>" campaignwhich followed a separate voyage <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/27/122541/60/hotels/Omni_Hotels_Will_Teach_You_to_Make_Spanish_Tapas">to Spain</a> in 2006that they wanted to give their chefs a refresher on the basics. You know: champagne making, grape harvests in Bordeaux, mustard preparation, and Palais des Thés tea training. The usual stuff. But it is the guests of Omni who will be the ones benefitting from the chefs' newfound inspiration. For the seventh installment of 'Flavors of France,' new menus are already being rolled out at ASchechter 2011-10-21T09:23:09-05:00 InterContinental Throws Down A Cookbook App For Your iPad http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/13/171554/26 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Cookbook.jpg" class="top">In <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/13/10513/323/hotels/What_s_Your_Favorite_Hotel_Snack_">other</a> hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/12/20514/490/hotels/Which_Hotel_Chef_Is_Making_Jelly_Doughnut_Pancakes_">food news</a> today, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/InterContinental%20Hotels">InterContinental Hotels</a> announced that they will be issuing an e-cookbook named Flavors At Your Fingertips. Hm, kinda makes us think of an IV drip. But nevermind, this all fits in with IHG's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/11/84037/3085/hotels/Concierges_at_10_InterContinental_Hotels_Will_Be_Among_First_to_Use_the_iPad_2">reputation</a> for being among the first hotel company to really integrate the wondrous tablet into their amenities. Available to download for free, the unique app compiles 32 classic recipestaken from 24 IHG properties around the worldthat users can browse using a number of cool, easy-to-follow parameters. Want to search by recipe name? Easy enough. Want to spin the globe to pick your cuisine type? Spin away! Feeling undecided and want to "be inspired" with a surprise ASchechter 2011-10-13T17:33:33-05:00 New York: We Ate Risotto And Talked Hotels With Curtis Stone http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/3/23456/8220 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Curtis2.jpg" class="top">Stone enjoying some Risotto Milanese, catered by Cafe B inside the Hotel Indigo Chelsea In another life, we might have rolled our eyes at the thought of interviewing some pretty boy celebrity chef who makes a living cooking (and eating) gourmet food on national TV. But in the case of Curtis Stone, who showed up at the <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Indigo+New+York+City+Chelsea/local/1021">Hotel Indigo Chelsea</a> on Friday to promote a local food campaign ("Locals Know Best"), we sat up to listen. During our chat, the well-traveled chef name-drops a few of his fave NYC spots, professes his love for English Afternoon Tea, and explains why <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">The Standard</a> requires a certain "mood." How did this partnership with Indigo come about? I'm ASchechter 2011-10-04T09:53:28-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/