Nick Elmi
Top Chef: New Orleans Premiers Tonight
Just a quick reminder, folks. The new season of Top Chef debuts tonight, featuring two of Philly’s finest: Nick Elmi and Jason Cichonski. Do we […]
Jason Cichonski Finishes Early on First Episode of Top Chef New Orleans
Bravo’s Top Chef returns on Wednesday, October 2nd. Season 11 is based in New Orleans and includes local chefs Nick Elmi and Jason Cichonski. In the […]
Last Reservations for Rittenhouse Tavern
The writing has been the wall at Rittenhouse Tavern for quite some time. When Nick Elmi announced he was leaving the attractive restaurant tucked into […]
Fidel Gastro Pens a Top Chef Ditty
Fidel Gastro is excited for Top Chef New Orleans and the TV premieres of Jason Cichonski and Nick Elmi. So excited, he’s written a song previewing the […]
Six Pack: Eat Where Top Chef Contests Nick Elmi and Jason Cichonski Cooked
Yes, we still have some time before the first episode of the new season of Top Chef, featuring Nick Elmi, Jason Cichonski and a bunch […]
Top Chef Contestant Nick Elmi Opening Laurel on East Passyunk
Michael Klein has the story that Nick Elmi (formerly of Le Bec Fin and Rittenhouse Tavern) is opening his own restaurant at 1617 E Passyunk […]
Who Goes Further on Top Chef New Orleans: Cichonski or Elmi?
So now that it is official that Jason Cichonski and Nick Elmi are competing on season 11 of Top Chef. We wonder, who do you think […]
Cichonski, Elmi Confirmed For Top Chef 11
Okay, so now it’s official: Both Jason Cichonski and Nick Elmi will be competing on this year’s Top Chef, premiering Oct. 2 on Bravo. This […]
Sbraga’s Share Our Strength Dinner in Pictures
Last night Kevin Sbraga hosted a charity dinner benefitting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. And each participating chef seemed bent on creating a better looking dish […]
UPDATE: Now That Nick Elmi Is Out Of A Job, Sbraga’s S.O.S. Dinner Features All Unemployed Chefs
Remember back a couple weeks ago when we wrote about Kevin Sbraga’s No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength charity dinner? Of the five chefs that Sbraga […]
Kevin Sbraga Hosting Charity Dinner with Four Chefs Without Restaurants
Kevin Sbraga is hosting a charity dinner benefitting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. The $150 dinner will feature five courses from five different […]
The Final Collaboration Among Elmi, Kearse, Styer and Cichon
And then there was one. The last eight-course collaboration dinner between power houses Jon Cichon (Lacroix), Lee Styer (Fond), Nick Elmi (Rittenhouse Tavern), and Chris […]
Two More Big Collaboration Dinners Coming Soon
So we just posted a couple hours ago about the Puchowitz/Sabatino/Moore collaboration and wine dinner coming up at Matyson on the 17th. Looks cool, right? […]
Nick Elmi Brings Life to Rittenhouse Tavern
Trey Popp checks in on Le Bec Fin alum Nick Elmi to see what he’s doing at Rittenhouse Tavern, the latest restaurant to live in […]
About Last Night: Hop Chef
Last night I was lucky enough to judge Ommegang’s Hop Chef competition at World Cafe Live. Six excellent local chefs put their best foot forward […]