The ever-observant foodies over at Louisville Hot Bytes passed along these tidbits in the site’s forum.
Stratto’s in Clarkesville closed on Easter Sunday, but will live on, sort-of, as a catering site for the Bristol Bar and Grille set to open in the same town later this year.
Editor Robin Garr reported BLUMediterranean Grille and Bar (in the […]

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Here’s a case of too much info and too little time to post it all … Corbett’s: An American Place will welcome Wetten Imports’ Pete Larsen for a Belgian beer dinner tonight. From strong Trappist ales to fruity lambics, Belgian beers offer extensive food pairing possibilities, and Larsen has assembled a fantastic list of brews […]

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Fox-41’s on a roll lately with good restaurant reports, including this one on the two-way audio-visual communication system between the chefs in the kitchen at Corbett’s: An American Place and customers in the private Chef’s Tasting Room. Unlike common chef’s tables that are inside the kitchen, Corbett’s employs digital cameras and sound to pipe the […]

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Emeril Lagasse has signed on to work with Martha Stewart Living Ominmedia for $45 million in cash and $5 million in stock (anyone thinking, “insider trade”?) Whether he screamed “Bam!” at the contract signing isn’t known, but surely those in the food world who’ve made fun of Lagasse for “selling out to TV” yelled “Damn!” […]

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Big props for the English Grill’s Laurent Géroli: Forbestraveler.com named his chef’s table one of the country’s top 10.
The English Grill’s table is perched in front of the kitchen line where six to eight guests can interact with the culinary team while watching the preparation of their $150-per-person seven-course meal.
As a guest, I find a […]

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Chef Peng Looi, owner of August Moon Bistro and co-owner-executive chef at Asiatique, has received the Jefferson Evans Award, a prestigious honor given minority chefs in America.
Evans was the first African-American graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., in 1947.
“It’s very gratifying … and my biggest (one) because it’s a national […]

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A recent Biz First piece on Todd Richards, executive chef at The Oakroom at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, shows the man is one tough dude. Not only is there no such thing as a wimpy executive chef (you don’t get that title pussyfooting through restaurant kitchens), several days before appearing as the challenger on the most […]

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The Bristol Bar and Grille in Prospect is hosting its “Four-Course February” special, every Thursday at its Prospect site. The prix fixe deal costs $30 (tax, tip and beverage not included) and will change weekly. Click on the dates below to see Chef Michael Vissing’s menu for each Thursday: Feb. 7; Feb. 14; Feb. 21; […]

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As a huge fan of “Good Eats,” I was stoked to learn its nutty and clever host, Alton Brown, signed on for an other three years’ work with the Food Network, but I could have lived without another two-year contract for Rachel Ray, host of “30-Minute Meals” (a.k.a. 30-Minute Squeals.) I’m sure she’s as friendly […]

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The Lexington Herald-Leader’s Sharon Thompson blogged admiringly about her recent visit to Corbett’s: An American Place. She’s like most of us who have to scrape together the funds to indulge in Chef Dean’s food fantasy, but it appears it was worth the fare.

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A news bite in the Courier-Journal mentioned Park Place on Main’s snagging of a prized Iberico ham from Spain. Chef Jay Denham, one of just a few chefs in Louisville who cures his own meats, said the premium pork costs about $65 a pound.
Though I’ve never had the chance to eat such ham, I’ve […]

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Brown-Forman Chef Mark Williams, who heads the spirits producer’s Bourbon Street Café, will serve as celebrity bartender at Proof on Main next month during a fund-raiser for Slow Foods Bluegrass.
All tips garnered by Williams, plus some proceeds from the event, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 17 from 6 to 10 p.m., will go to SFB. Williams […]

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If your February plans for romance include a swell dinner out, better get on the horn and call your fave spot to get a table on Feb. 14. Valentines Day is one of the busiest dinner nights all year at U.S. restaurants.
Park Place on Main’s (515-0172) Chef Jay Denham is rolling out a $75-per-person feast […]

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Browning’s Restaurant & Brewery is hosting a Winter Beer Dinner Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. The $40-per-person dinner includes a four-course meal paired with Browning’s beers. Executive chef Jay Denham and brewmaster Brian Reymiller have created the menu to showcase the fine flavors of their respective departments. The feast includes:
First Course: Baked Apples & Brie […]

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For four years in the early 1990s, I covered the airline foodservice industry as a journalist, a job that gave my friends no small amount of opportunities to poke fun. None of us flew first class much, the prize place in the plane where the food and service could be extraordinary. What we knew best […]

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