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Posted by Foobooz on November 26th, 2012
Chef Sam Jacobson is leaving Sycamore in Lansdowne. Jacobson has been in the tiny but highly regarded kitchen for nearly four years and will be doing some traveling before landing somewhere else. Jacobson says he wants to get out of his comfort zone and continue to learn.
Jacobson was also the chef at NoBL, which also recently closed after a short run.
Here is his farewell post on Facebook »
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Posted by Foobooz on August 27th, 2012
Fear not, the fried chicken will not be lost.
Leigh Maida and Brendan Hartranft are bringing in their first executive chef at Local 44 this fall and that isn’t the only chef news coming from the couple behind Local 44, Memphis Taproom and Resurrection Ale House.
Resurrection’s chef Joe Chmiko is moving to New York City and Rhett Vellner, already on the staff at the Graduate Hospital bar and restaurant is stepping in as executive chef.
As Vellner adjusts to his new role, the menu will feature some of Resurrection’s favorite dishes including Philadelphia magazine’s Best of Philly 2011 pork sandwich.
Then on Wednesday, September 26th, Resurrection will be celebrating its third anniversary with complimentary samples from the new menu and an impressive special Allagash tap takeover list, including:
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Related: Events, News, Beer, chef-news, Graduate Hospital, Joe Chmiko, Resurrection Ale House, Rhett Vellner
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Posted by Foobooz on August 27th, 2012
Chef Andrew Brown is moving on from Opa. Owner George Tsiouris says that Brown who has been there since the opa-ning will be leaving at the end of this month and sous chef James Wells will be taking on the executive chef responsibilities. Tsiouris recently returned from a research trip to Greece and is looking forward to introducing a variety of new dishes this fall.
Brown who was previously executive chef at White Dog Cafe and a sous chef at Django has his next gig lined up but isn’t saying where just yet.
Opa [Official Site]
Related: Food, News, Andrew Brown, Center-City-East, chef-news, George Tsiouris, Greek, James Wells, Midtown-Village, Opa
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 17th, 2012
Lemon Hill is having an eventful August with two more events happening August 26th: a rare beer tasting and a Guest Chef Pot Luck event. The beer tasting of rare Swiss beers features Jon Medlinsky of Khyber Pass Pub and starts at 4:30 p.m. The beers to be tasted will come from Brasserie Des Franches-Mantagnes, a small brewery in Switzerland known for their Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien an annually released wine-like beer. Attendance is $52 which also covers snacks and the beer. Seating is limited, so reservations are required.
Read on for info on the Guest Chef Pot Luck »
Related: Events, News, Beer Tasting, Charity Food Events, chef-news, Fairmount, Jeff Michaud, Khyber Pass Pub, La Calaca Feliz, Lemon Hill, McCrossens-Tavern, Osteria, Scott Schroeder, South Philly Taproom, Tim Spinner, Townsend Wentz
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Posted by Foobooz on August 6th, 2012
Though Local 44 has been serving from scratch food since its opening almost four years ago, the West Philadelphia bar is just now hiring its first executive chef, Justin Bennett. The former chef de cuisine at Zinc and has also been spotted in the kitchens of Stateside, Kennett and The Corner comes to the job.
The menu changes will be rolled out slowly with the goal being to step up the food game at Local 44 and become more of a food destination.
Also of note, starting on Friday, August 10th the Bottle Shop at Local 44 will be slashing the prices on some inventory as they want to clear out some room for all of the Fall beers that are right around the corner.
Local 44 [Official Site]
Related: Food Nerd News, News, Bottle Shop at Local 44, chef-news, Justin Bennett, Local 44, West-Philadelphia
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 26th, 2012
Marc Vetri can add yet another accomplishment to his resume: blogger for the Huffington Post. Vetri debuted his column (under HuffPost Food, of course)by talking about the importance of school lunch reform.
We want our children to learn, to be social and to be productive. We buy them books and teach them to read and write. Yet, when it comes to feeding them the energy that is necessary to make their minds and bodies function better, we put them in a line, give them a tray and slop unrecognizable food onto it. If we did not put gasoline in a car would it run? If we did not plug in a computer would it work? Then why do we expect our children to grow, be productive and flourish without the right energy going inside of them?
This is just another step in Vetri’s determined campaign to overhaul school lunches. Back in 2009 Vetri, along with help from Jeff Michaud and Jeff Benjamin, started the “Eatiquette” program and their mission was simple: to bring family-style eating –all the social interaction and comfort included – to school lunches. The “Eatiquette” program has been successful in multiple region schools and camps and the Vetri Foundation continues to support it.
Setting the Table for Better Minds, Better Bodies, and Better People [Huff Post]
Eatiquette [Official Site]
Related: Food Nerd News, News, celebrity chefs, Charity, Charity Food Events, chef-news, Eatiquette, Jeff Benjamin, Jeff Michaud, Marc Vetri, Vetri Foundation for Children
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 12th, 2012
As you know University City Dining Days begins this week and City Tap House is participating. But what is special about this particular menu is that it was created under their new reigning chef, Robert Legget.
Formerly of Rembrandt’s, Legget has moved over to City Tap House and has brought his inspired menu creation with him. Part of the $30 bracket for the two-week long deal are tea-smoked pork belly sticks, ten spiced wings, a bacon-and-egg ice cream, and an “avenue hoagie” with avocado and pickled veggies. Certainly looks like Legget is bringing a refreshing change to the Tap House.
The full menu includes »
Related: Food, News, chef-news, city tap house, Events, Menu, Rembrandts, Robert Legget, University City Dining Days
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Posted by Foobooz on September 6th, 2011
On Saturday Talula’s Garden announced Sean McPaul, the chef de cuisine at the Washington Square restaurant would be the new Executive Chef. McPaul follows opening chef Michael Santoro who left in late July and Matt Moon who lasted only a moment.
McPaul has been in the Talula’s Garden kitchen from the start and has previously worked at Parc and San Francisco’s Bacar and Quince.
Talula’s Garden has a chef [The Insider]
Related: Food Nerd News, chef-news, Sean McPaul, Talula's Garden
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Posted by Foobooz on August 23rd, 2011
Rumors are flying that chef Matt Moon is out at Talula’s Garden. Anonymous tips, Twitter messages, late night texts–we’ve gotten this story every which way except officially. Repeated calls to the restaurant got us nothing but, at first, confusion, and then, later, a variety of no-comments and directions to take our annoying questions to the Starr Restaurants offices. We’ve go calls into Aimee Olexy, Starr and Moon. But so far mums the word. One thing we know for sure? Moon wasn’t cooking on Monday (which is normally his night off, apparently). And it didn’t seem like he was expected on Tuesday either.
Update: Confirmation has been received that Matt Moon is indeed out at Talula’s Garden after about two weeks on the job. Which means yet another entry in the official Talula’s Garden Timeline.
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Related: News, Center-City-East, chef-news, Matt Moon, Michael Santoro, Talula's Garden, Washington-Square-West
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