Archive for April, 2010
S.Pellegrino’s World’s Best Restaurants 2010
Special Congrats to our friends at Langdon Hall!!!
“The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010 have now been announced. The list is the result of an extensive poll of the world’s most celebrated chefs, renowned food critics, leading restaurateurs and well-travelled gourmands – collectively they are The World’s 50 Best [...]
IACP Cookbook Awards
The International Association of Culinary Professionals recently held their annual cookbook awards, honoring the best in food writing, photography, design and journalism over the last year.
Winners included John Besh for My New Orleans in the “American” category, Thomas Keller and Dave Cruz for Ad Hoc at Home in the “Chefs and Restaurants” category, Rose Levy [...]
Food Network Expands with the Cooking Channel (nytimes.com)
Looks like the Food Network is launching a spin off network.
“Called the Cooking Channel, it is lining up low-key programs targeted at a hipper crowd interested in the grass roots of food culture.” http://nyti.ms/cah1k0
Restaurants See Slow Recovery From the Recession (nytimes.com)
“Restaurants all over the country are beginning to see signs of a potential recovery after a dismal 2009. Sales at some restaurants have risen in the last few months, and the industry has hired thousands of additional workers.
“There’s no question about this,” said Harry Balzer, chief industry analyst at the NPD [...]
R&I’s Top 100 Independent Restaurants: The New Normal
Top 100 Independent operators see a ‘new normal’ where exceptional guest service/experience is the key to driving their top-lines.
The “new normal” means doubling down on service, searching for innovative ways to market to value-conscious customers and making sure the restaurant yields every possible penny of profit.
“My sense is that our industry is confronting [...]
