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Independent Chefs

How Can the Restaurant Community Guard Against Homogenization?

Indie Chefs Week recently convened in Los Angeles, showcasing the collective talents of 21 leading American chefs during the course of three dinners. Chef Ned Elliott and restaurateur Grover Smith co-founded the event in...
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Indie Chefs

What Does It Mean to Be an Indie Chef?

Indie Chefs Week recently convened in Los Angeles, showcasing the collective talents of 21 leading American chefs during the course of three dinners. Chef Ned Elliott and restaurateur Grover Smith co-founded the event in...
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Podcasts

Which Podcasts Do L.A. Chefs Download?

I recently asked 10 leading L.A. chefs, “Which podcasts do you listen to and what do you like about them?” Learn what they listen to at home, while commuting, working out, or on the...
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Restaurant Logo Los Angeles

How Los Angeles Chefs + Restaurateurs Stay Eco-Friendly

The environment has never been under more duress. With that in mind, leading chefs and restaurateurs are taking sustainable steps to benefit their businesses, diners, and the greater community. I recently asked nine chefs...
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Chef Los Angeles

Which Sport Teams Do Leading Chefs Cheer?

At L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, which raised $1 million to battle childhood cancer, I asked 19 participating chefs, If you could only root for one sports team, what would it be and why? David...
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Restaurant Los Angeles

Chefs Leave, Then What?

Chefs leave. It’s inevitable. They leave to open their own restaurants. They’re fired. They leave the industry entirely. In the past two years, some of my favorite chefs have left L.A. restaurants. Since I’m...
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