Food Event Fiend

The teen version of Bravo’s Top Chef pitted two teams of public school teens against each other in a live timed culinary competition in the New York Institute of Technology’s auditorium. Hosted by George Duran, star of TLC’s Ultimate Cake Off, the event was part of a larger fundraiser for the nutrition and culinary non [...]

  TEEN  BATTLE  CHEF  INVITATIONAL — LIVE @ “Kitchen Stadium” on Broadway: Student Competition with Celebrity Chef George Duran Supports Youth Health & Career Development   NEW YORK, NY- Aprll 21, 2011 — FamilyCook Productions, a national nonprofit that brings people of all ages together around delicious fresh food, while positively impacting their health and [...]

  The Culinary Historians of New York commemorated the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War with a lecture by Andrew F. Smith, author of the recently published book “Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War.” A pre-lecture reception featured mingling over drinks and a spread of Southern dishes [...]

Vegetarians, vegans and omnivores (like myself) waited up to three torturous hours for entry into the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival on Sunday. For those who didn’t collapse outside from soy deprivation or exhaustion, you’re reward was a day long celebration with food, cooking demonstrations, speakers, eating competitions, music and even belly dancing. Once inside the [...]

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe threw their wildly successful “A Taste of Home” benefit hosted by Executive Chef and Food Network personality Alex Guarnaschelli. The event featured an exclusive tasting from five renowned NYC chefs, as well as Dos Caminos’ guacamole. This particular post is recapped via a slideshow in honor of my first attempt to [...]

Congrats to Lisa Lebowitz for winning two tickets to A Chef Tasting and Benefit Party hosted by Food Network’s own Alex Guarnaschelli. Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks again to Housing Works Bookstore Cafe for letting me give away some fantastic tickets! You can still buy tickets for this event by visiting their website here

Would you like a pair of tickets to attend a Chef Tasting and Benefit Party at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe valued at $130.00? To enter to win, write a comment on this post listing the two restaurants at which Alex Guarnaschelli is Executive Chef. Hint – See below press release. You must have a valid [...]

It’s another full house at The Bell House, the scene of the latest cook off competition hosted by Nick Suarez and Theo Peck of The Food Experiments. Booze is the theme du jour, with beer or booze infused dishes (savory and sweet) for the eating. I spent my time with a few boozy dessert competitors [...]

24 sliders in 5 minutes Four brave souls stepped up to the plate (literally) for The Burger Bowl –  a gut busting slider eating competition – held at The Burger Bistro in Bay Ridge. Hosted by the League of Amateur Competitive Eaters (LACE), this event catered to amateurs and first timers only. Each competitor stared down [...]

I declare this the best concept food event ever! The Next Big Small Brand contest, presented by Rooster Design Group, featured small food start ups that haven’t hit it big yet. A sell out crowd packed the front room at Brooklyn Winery to meet the contests’ five finalists and taste samples of their artisan products. [...]