March 28, 2024

Scorsese Joins “Malavita,” Cianfrance Skips “Chef”

Previously working on the project as a creative consultant, Martin Scorsese has fully come onboard as a hands-on executive producer on the Luc Besson-directed project. EuropaCorp and Relativity are producing the film in which Robert De Niro plays a retired mob boss who moves to a small town in France's Normandy with his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) … [Read more...]

Cooper, Cianfrance Re-Team For “Chef”

Bradley Cooper is in talks to reunite with his "The Place Beyond The Pines" director Derek Cianfrance on the long-gestating "Chef" at The Weinstein Company. Currently being shopped around at the AFM, "Eastern Promises" writer Steven Knight penned the script about a disgraced chef whose addiction problems lead him to lose his Michelin two star … [Read more...]

Padma Lakshmi on Travels, Top Chef, and Coffee

She hosts Top Chef, is a cookbook author and model, and she's got a killer coffee recipe. We sat down with Padma Lakshmi (new Nespresso ambassador) to talk coffee and travel. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

“Top Chef” Pop-Up Restaurant Comes to NYC

There have been tours and spin-offs, but not a Top Chef Kitchen...until now. The pop-up restaurant is set to open in NYC on Oct 16. We're thinking of it as a sort of real-life Restaurant Wars. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Top Chef Masters: On Dream Trips and Carryon Must-Haves

Top Chef Masters recently kicked off Season 4 with a premiere party in Las Vegas. So we hit the Strip and caught up with some Top Chefs (and top chefs) on the red carpet to talk all things food and travel. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Friends and colleagues mourn celebrity chef

The sudden death of a celebrity chef from North Vancouver has shocked people Anthony Sedlak was recently working with in Toronto.Kevin Porter is the general manager of Don Valley Hotel and Suites, a chain that hired the 29-year-old Sedlak to update its menus."He's a guy that had a lot of passion for what he did in his industry and you know, he not … [Read more...]

Celebrity Chef Anthony Sedlak dies

Vancouver's restaurant community has been rocked by the sudden passing of celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak. The 29-year old was found dead in his North Shore apartment on Friday evening. The cause hasn't been determined, but it is believed he had an undiagnosed medical condition. Sedlak was best-known as the host of Food Network Canada's The Main and … [Read more...]