featured chefs
- Clinton Drake, head chef, Singita Lebombo Lodge, Kruger National Park, South Africa
01/01/2008
Cape Town-born Clinton Drake, a 27-year-old rising talent, has no idea where he’ll be in five years. He’s always aspired to be good at what he does, and his efforts thus far have earned him international recognition. So what’s next? Drake says he’s not after celebrity chef status... More - Noriyuki Sugie, chef de cuisine, Asiate, Mandarin Oriental, New York City
12/01/2007
He shelved his dreams of becoming a rock guitarist to orchestrate a new wave in the hotel industry’s culinary scene More - Nick Oltarsh, executive chef of Twelve Hotel & Residences
11/01/2007
An expert in reinventing time-honored dishes with bold new flavors... he is one of the major forces behind new-concept hotel food. More - Van Aken Returns To Key West With Split Personality
By Derek Gale, Senior Associate Editor, 11/01/2007
James Beard Award winner Norman Van Aken, who started his career in Key West, returns... More - Eric Briffard, executive chef of Les Elysées du Vernet Restaurant at the Hotel du Vernet, Paris
10/01/2007
Frommer’s Review calls the restaurant a gastronomic wonder.’’ See what makes the right recipe for winning... More - Robert Gerstenecker, executive chef of the Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta
09/01/2007
Eating Chef Robert Gerstenecker’s cooking feels a little like watching an Olympic skater... More - Rick Gresh, Executive Chef, The James Hotel, Chicago
08/01/2007
What it takes to make a stand-out restaurant experience and what will be the must-have new items More - Peter Rudolph, executive chef, Campton Place, San Francisco
06/01/2007
Rudolph's "high-concept technique," "stunning" plating and "playfulness" earned him honors... More - Kevin Hickey, Executive Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
04/01/2007
Working his way up the culinary ladder in the "school of hard knocks,"... More
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