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The Next Gordon Ramsay? Daniel Boulud Is Coming to London
Hey Daniel Boulud, have you never heard of Gordon Ramsay? Or of over-reaching yourself? Not content with dominating most of North America, he’s going to be crossing over the pond and gracing London with his presence in the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
Bar Boulud London will basically be a rip-off take on his New York Bar Boulud, and promises to “bring into play French techniques applied to the finest ingredients.” So pâtés, terrines, cheese and charcuterie with lots of wine. Yum.
The decor sounds interesting – there’s a wine theme, so vaulted ceilings and lots of wood and cork – and Boulud promises to combine ”New York’s energy and spirit, French soul and tradition, and a touch of London style.” Just a touch? Whatever.
BBL will open Spring 2010 and will seat 165. See you at the bar.
[Photo: NY Mag]
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Put This On Your Calendar: Chef Orgy at Marina Bay Sands Singapore, 2010
Yes, that is what the hotel of the future will look like.
Thought the hotels in Vegas had lined up some high-powered culinary talent? Think again. Next year, the big chefs head to Singapore for the opening of the $5.4 billion Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Launching with the hotel in 2010 will be six restaurants by powerhouse chefs from around the globe, transforming Singapore’s culinary scene overnight.
To call the Marina Bay Sands a hotel is a bit of a misnomer. Eventually, the complex developed by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation will include not only the hotel, but will also serve as "a launch pad for [Singapore’s] tourism industry" with three cascading hotel towers with 2,500 rooms along the waterfront, a spa, a convention center designed to accommodate up to 45,000 people, "floating" crystal pavilions, a lotus-inspired museum, retail store space featuring international luxury brands, and, as we just mentioned some pretty famous chef-driven restaurants.
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Food Frenzy At Los Angeles Hotels This Month
Foodies in Los Angeles are all abuzz lately about some big turnover in hotel restaurants around town—both on the menu and in the kitchen. Plus, now that there’s an end in sight to beach weather, it’s time to put the bikini away and start thinking about packing on the pounds for winter. Here are four of the stories and specials we’ve been following lately.
Last week, we stopped in for a dinner at the new restaurant in Beverly Hills’ Avalon Hotel, oliverio. To complement the 1960’s Italian-style redecoration (pictured above), new chef Mirko Paderno (formerly of Cecconi’s in West Hollywood), has created an Italian-inspired menu that is equal parts familiar and fanciful, with dishes like an octopus carpaccio with wild arugula, lemon and olive oil ($14); a panna cotta-like cauliflower soufflé with parmigiano sauce ($11); truffled pizza with spongy potato-based dough ($16); al dente tortelli stuffed with braised lamb in a light tomato-olive sauce ($17); and an enormous breaded veal chop with roasted potatoes ($34).
Believe it or not, even with pairings from the manageable and affordable Italian wine list, we still had room for desserts like semifreddo with cranberries and pistachio, and a citrus budino with bruléed lemon crème.
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Golf and Gorge at Ojai Valley Inn and Spa's Celebrity Chef Classic
What goes together better than chefs and golf? Well…probably lots of things, but it still sounds like a pretty fun combo to us. That’s why we headed up to Ojai last week to get a preview of the menu for the upcoming Celebrity Chef Classic at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa.
Taking place Friday, November 13-Sunday, November 15, the Celebrity Chef Classic will bring together five chefs from around the country to cook up a gourmet weekend for Ojai’s guests, even while pitting them against each other on the golf course. The five participating maestros will be: Jamie West of the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Todd Gray of Equinox in D.C., Ming Tsai from Blue Ginger in Massachusetts, Alan Wong from the Pineapple Room in Honolulu, and Budi Kazali from the Ballard Inn and Restaurant in Santa Ynez, making it a truly national event.
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Wine, Dine and Unwind Every Day of the Week at The Borgata
It seems like lately, The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City has been offering all kinds of deals and specials to lure in gamblers and sun-seekers despite the economic slump. They’ve had $99 night rates, prix-fixe spa menus, had No Doubt kick off their comeback tour there in May, and hired Hell’s Kitchen winner Danny Veltri to work at the hotel’s Fornelletto Cucina Italiano.
Speaking of which, one of the latest special is a new Wine Down Wednesdays at Fornelletto featuring specially priced small plates paired with wines from a different Italian region each month. In October, the pairings will be wines from the south of the country, like dry red Nero D’Avola ($8/glass) from Sicily, and bright white Falanghina ($10/glass) from Campania.
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Todd English Skips Out On His Wedding, Heads to W South Beach
Todd English, seen here with hotelier Jason Pomeranc.
Some folks may think celeb chef and soon to be hotelier Todd English is mighty foxy but we're not one of them. We can't really explain why but it's probably because of his eyebrows. Just had to put that out there.
Still, he was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001 and he's been steadily expanding his restaurant empire. He even worked in a guest judge appearance on this season's Top Chef (Olives at The Bellagio is his restaurant.) But women might be leery of English now that he left his bride-to-be, Erica Wang, at the altar over the weekend.
Was it a case of cold feet (English has two previously failed engagements and a divorce on his relationship resume)? A mutually decided upon moment of clarity for both of the to-be-betrothed? Or call us super cynical, but the thought has crossed our mind that maybe Todd is the mystery man that knocked up a certain Top Chef host, whose managed to keep mum about the sperm donor and due date. Again, just had to put that out there.
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Marriott's Head Chef Revamps His Chef Blog
Where: United States
As you know, we keep our eye out for new hotel blogs on our Blog Watch, and have watched the evolution of Marriott’s blogs with great interest since Bill Marriott himself launched Marriott on the Move in January 2007. That was followed in January 2008 by Marriott in the Kitchen written by the mustachioed head Marriott International chef, Brad Nelson, whose mantra is “you’re only as good as your last meal.”
Now we are happy to report that the chef blog has just completed a re-design of the site and are using it to hype special events, such as Chef Laurent Tourondel’s (of BLT Restaurants) recent foray into the kitchen to personally fix a burger for Bill Marriott, complete with slideshow.
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InterContinental Chef Leaves the Kitchen for 'Next Iron Chef'
Dine at the InterContinental San Francisco's Luce restaurant and you just might get a glimpse of the next Iron Chef. Luce's Chef de cuisine Dominique Crenn will battle for the title in the Food Network's second season of The Next Iron Chef, which will debut Oct. 4.
Crenn and nine other contestants seek join the ranks of Iron Chefs such as Cat Cora, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and first-season winner Michael Symon. Just being on the show can greatly help the French-Moroccan chef's career, as past alumni have gone on to become Food Network stars.
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Chef Todd English Gets Out of the Kitchen and Into the Great Jones Hotel
The NYC Construction-philes at Curbed recently checked out the new boutique hotel going up in NoHo on Lafayette Street--The Great Jones Hotel & Spa--and found that there is nothing really great about the hotel's building progress. Curbed writes:
When we last checked in on the long-time-coming Great Jones Hotel astride Lafayette Street in Noho back in February, we counted six floors above the existing two-floor structure. Now: only seven more floors to go before the scheduled February 2010 opening! Nearly six months later, a whopping five more floors have been added. Hmm.
The hotel is going to be very small with only 48 rooms, a spa (connected actually to the already existing Great Jones Spa), a lounge/restaurant/bar and some retail space.
And the emphasis here might be on the lounge/restaurant/bar space as we found out that celeb chef Todd English is the man behind this new hotel, according to NoHo News. Yup, add Todd English to the Hot Hoteliers list.
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Meet Your (Charcuterie) Maker: Ryan Hardy of Montagna at The Little Nell
2009 James Beard Best Chef Southwest Award finalist Executive Chef Ryan Hardy oversees Montagna inside the pride and joy of Aspen’s WASP-y jet set, The Little Nell. Two years ago, Hardy and his business partner Michael Waters purchased a 15-acre sustainable farm in Crawford, a small town in Western Colorado about half way between Aspen and Telluride. They named the 1870 homestead Rendezvous Organic Farm and now Hardy supplies Montagna's vegetables, eggs, heritage pigs, and cage-free chickens. He also makes his own cheese.
The menu at Montagna places emphasis on the seasonality of ingredients, but it’s Hardy’s homemade charcuterie that sends carnivores into a cured meat frenzy.
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Charlie Trotter Trots Out of Elysian Chicago Deal
The Elysian Chicago, a 60-story hotel/condo development going up near Michigan Avenue, is supposed to be finishing up construction in the next few months (er, or whatever "Spring 2009" means in hotel development jargon). A "throwback to the grand hotels of the 1920's," the property's still fairly-bare website is still promoting big-name chef Charlie Trotter as one of its biggest assets:
Five-star chef Charlie Trotter is overseeing all the restaurants, including an all-day dining destination and a more elegant fine dining room. In addition, Chef Trotter supervises all of the 'round the clock in-residence dining service at the Elysian.
However, we're hearing today that Trotter — who also has a resto in the Palazzo Las Vegas — has pulled out of the deal.
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Vacationing Foodies Can Cook with Mark Bittman in Cancun
After all the recent slipping and sliding on Wall Street, our 401K plans aren't looking too healthy. But the good news is that what's left can be spent on the Ritz-Carlton Cancun's weekend of "Cooking and Conversation Classes" with food writer and chef Mark Bittman.
The one-time-only event will be held from Nov. 13 to 16 and is limited to 16 guests. But for a mere $5,800 per couple, you too can shop at local fish and produce markets alongside Bittman, who then schools participants at the hotel's Culinary Center on how to turn the ingredients into a meal, which is enjoyed by Bittman and the group along with a selection of Mexican wines.
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