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Chef Los Angeles

Foods Los Angeles Chefs Don’t Like

On March 4, longtime LA Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Gold gathered about 50 of his favorite chefs at the Petersen Automotive Museum for Gold Standard 2012, a flavorful sendoff before he moved across town...
Chef Napa Valley

Off Duty Drinking: All-Star Chefs

On July 24, Brady Lowe culminated three years of pork-fueled Cochon 555 events with All-Star Cochon, which featured 11 past winners/fan favorites and four renowned butchers in The Cosmopolitan’s Chelsea Ballroom. I asked all...
Saw Los Angeles

Lindy & Grundy Host Lamb Butchering Demo at Terroni

Amelia Posada and Erika Nakamura, the Los Angeles butchers better known as Lindy & Grundy, hosted a butchering demo on March 28 in Terroni‘s back room. Posada provided commentary while Nakamura and an assistant...
Chef Los Angeles

Off Duty Drinking with Los Angeles Chefs (Part 2)

On June 12, Taste of the Nation gathered chefs from nearly 50 of L.A.’s best restaurants at Culver City’s Media Park to help combat childhood hunger. It’s not very often that much culinary firepower...
Chef Los Angeles

Favorite Outdoor Activities for Los Angeles Chefs

On June 12, Taste of the Nation gathered chefs from nearly 50 of L.A.’s best restaurants at Culver City’s Media Park to help combat childhood hunger. It’s not very often that much culinary firepower...
Chef Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara Farmers Market with Coast Chef Brian Parks

Brian Parks is executive chef of Coast, the signature restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara’s Canary Hotel. During a recent trip to Santa Barbara, we met on April 19 at the north end of the...