By
Mike, on May 13th, 2010
The culmination of all that is Vegas Uncork’d is the Grand Tasting. Held at the gorgeous Garden of the Gods pool complex at Caesars Palace, there are over 70 chefs representing over 50 restaurants, 100 vintners and other variants of booze producers with 2,300 people loosening their belts ready gorge on a whole bunch of [...]
By
Mike, on May 11th, 2010
Vegas Uncork’d. Where do I even begin? The sad thing is that I can pretty much sum up the entire experience in two words; Holy Shit! Since “Holy Shit!” doesn’t really do much for discerning readers looking for juicy details, I guess I should expand upon that thought and let the gush flow as it [...]
By
Mike, on May 3rd, 2010
THIS JUST IN!!! Congratulations to Chef Claude le Tohic of Joël Robuchon at the MGM Grand for bringing home the 2010 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Southwest!
Chef Claude le Tohic (courtesy: marcdelage.unblog.fr)
Chef le Tohic won against some pretty tough competition from Las Vegas’ own Rick Moonen of RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay [...]
By
Mike, on May 3rd, 2010
James Beard Foundation Award (courtesy: sfweekly.com)
Could this be the Year of the Moonen? A Jöel Robuchon Vegas Trifecta? We will all find out in just a few short hours as the Chef and Restaurant James Beard Foundation Awards will be announced in New York City starting at about 2:00pm Vegas time (5:00pm in the [...]
By
Mike, on March 22nd, 2010
James Beard Award
The 2010 James Beard Awards were whittled down to the Finalists today from the Semifinals that were reported earlier on Tasting Las Vegas. Congratulations to the following nominees with ties to Las Vegas:
Outstanding Restaurateur:
Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (El Segundo Sol, Eiffel Tower Restaurant, Maggiano’s Little Italy, Mon Ami Gabi & [...]
By
Mike, on February 19th, 2010
The James Beard Foundation has announced their 2010 Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists, and no surprise, Las Vegas has a strong representation!
James Beard Award
The Outstanding Restaurateur gave a nod to Richard Melman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (Eiffel Tower Restaurant, Maggiano’s Little Italy, Mon Ami Gabi & Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab). [...]
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