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Questlove DJing the Great Chefs Afterparty (And That’s Not Even The Big News)

So yes, the Vetri Great Chefs event is coming up on June 10. Yes, there’s going to be an afterparty at Alla Spina. And yes, […]

A rendering of Bart Blatstein's Provence casino.
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Is Philadelphia’s Next Casino Just a Spoonful of Slots to Make the Restaurants Go Down?

One of the things that struck us about Bart Blatstein’s Provence casino proposal from the day it was announced was the function the casino would […]

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Blatstein Introduces Two Celebrity Chefs for Casino Complex

Two star New York chefs whose restaurants sparked neighborhood revivals, Tom Colicchio and Andrew Carmellini, will establish operations in Philadelphia as part of developer Bart […]

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Provence Casino Would Bring Nationally Acclaimed Chefs

If Bart Blatstein lands Philadelphia’s remaining casino license he will bring two nationally known chefs to town. Bart Blatstein told the assembled media at the […]

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Top Chef New Orleans Episode 1: Show Us Your Grits!

At the risk of being contrarian, I’ll just go ahead and say that I loathe the Geico commercial with the talking camel. However, I’d be […]

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Top Chef Finale Recap: A Tale In Two Parts

So this is it. The big finale. The big reveal. And in order to do justice to this momentous occasion, we here at Foobooz HQ […]

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Top Chef Recap: Guess Who’s Back In The Motherf@#kin’ House…

…with some Asian cooking for your mother@#kin’ mouth? That’s right. Beverly Kim’s power of positive thinking has put her in the same category as cockroaches […]

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Top Chef Recap: I Learned It By Watching You

Austin.  Home of SXSW, the Salt Lick, Vince Young’s alma mater and, now, 10 cheftestants whose first task is to elude a chainsaw-wielding maniac wearing […]

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Top Chef Episode 5: A Sweaty Progression

Off to Dallas we go with 14 chefs left. Some cheftestants continue to fly way under the radar (who the hell is Whitney Otawka?), while […]

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Great Chefs Event Was a Great Event

Last night I attended the Vetri Foundation’s Great Chefs Event at Urban Outfitters headquarters in the Navy Yard. The star-studded event raised a boat load […]