James Beard News

Bravo has secured partnerships with Toyota, Dial NutriSkin, Samsung, Kikkoman and Snyder's of Hanover as official sponsors for the seventh season of Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series and the No. 1 food show on cable, 'Top Chef,' premiering Wednesday, June 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. These multi-platform deals provide an unprecedented level of brand exposure through exclusive in-show product integration along with a major on-air and online presence, marking the largest digital play in Bravo's history. The announcements were made by Susan Malfa, Senior Vice President, Ad Sales, Bravo Media and Oxygen Media.

Great art knows no limits. Tune in to Bravo's 'Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist' Wednesday, June 9 at 11p.m. ET/PT. This colorful new series assembles fourteen of the art world's most talented, up-and-coming artists to compete for a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum and a cash prize of $100,000. In the premiere episode, the artists are randomly put into pairs for their first elimination challenge. They learn that after only one night together, their mission is to create a piece of art that captures the essence of a fellow competitor. Host and judge China Chow, alongside series judges Bill Powers, a New York Gallery owner, Jerry Saltz, senior art critic for New York Magazine, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, gallerist Salon94 gallery in New York City must determine who makes the cut and who is not 'The Next Great Artist.'

Great art knows no limits. Tune in to Bravo's 'Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist' Wednesday, June 9 at 11p.m. ET/PT. This colorful new series assembles fourteen of the art world's most talented, up-and-coming artists to compete for a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum and a cash prize of $100,000. In the premiere episode, the artists are randomly put into pairs for their first elimination challenge. They learn that after only one night together, their mission is to create a piece of art that captures the essence of a fellow competitor. Host and judge China Chow, alongside series judges Bill Powers, a New York Gallery owner, Jerry Saltz, senior art critic for New York Magazine, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, gallerist Salon94 gallery in New York City must determine who makes the cut and who is not 'The Next Great Artist.'

Due to popular demand, the New York Philharmonic has added a fifth dinner to its series of post-concert Musical Suppers. Kurt Gutenbrunner - chef and proprietor of New York City restaurants Wallsé, Café Sabarsky, and Blaue Gans and the wine bar The Upholstery Store - will design the menu to be served on Friday, May 28, 2010.

Acclaimed chef Rocco DiSpirito partners with Bravo for development on a weekly cooking competition series, 'Rocco's Dinner Party,' in which DiSpirito sizes up some of the country's most promising aspiring chefs to see if they have the chops to impress at a private dinner party attended by his discriminating guests.

On May 24, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum will celebrate its 22nd year as a cultural institution with a gala dinner and live auction. The event will honor stage and screen actress Tovah Feldshuh; her husband, Andrew Levy, whose roots extent to a family-run dry goods store on Rivington Street; and chef Pichet Ong, whose cuisine blends the flavors of his native Southeast Asia with traditional American foods.

Taste the culinary power on the seventh season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series 'Top Chef: Washington D.C.,' premiering Wednesday, June 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. The 17 new chef'testants come face to face in the nation's capitol for the ultimate power play that will determine just who has the chops to become Top Chef.

On May 24, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum will celebrate its 22nd year as a cultural institution with a gala dinner and live auction. The event will honor stage and screen actress Tovah Feldshuh; her husband, Andrew Levy, whose roots extent to a family-run dry goods store on Rivington Street; and chef Pichet Ong, whose cuisine blends the flavors of his native Southeast Asia with traditional American foods.

Bravo celebrates the Kentucky Derby with the second annual 'Ladies First: Bravo at the Kentucky Derby' special live from Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY., airing on Friday, April 30 at 5 p.m. ET/PT. This one-hour special, produced by NBC Sports and hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen, celebrates the very best in food, fashion and the celebrity experience associated with the 136th running of the Kentucky Oaks. Dina Manzo from 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey,' and Jeff Lewis and Jenni Pulos from 'Flipping Out' join Cohen to celebrate a day for women and to give viewers a history on the fashion and festivities before and after the Oaks race. Isaac Mizrahi, renowned designer and host of Bravo's 'The Fashion Show' will dress 'Today' show correspondent Natalie Morales for the festivities, and 'Top Chef' stars Michael Voltaggio, Jennifer Carroll and Eli Kirshtein will be cooking from the Infield Club.

Bravo celebrates the Kentucky Derby with the second annual 'Ladies First: Bravo at the Kentucky Derby' special live from Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY., airing on Friday, April 30 at 5 p.m. ET/PT. This one-hour special, produced by NBC Sports and hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen, celebrates the very best in food, fashion and the celebrity experience associated with the 136th running of the Kentucky Oaks. Dina Manzo from 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey,' and Jeff Lewis and Jenni Pulos from 'Flipping Out' join Cohen to celebrate a day for women and to give viewers a history on the fashion and festivities before and after the Oaks race. Isaac Mizrahi, renowned designer and host of Bravo's 'The Fashion Show' will dress 'Today' show correspondent Natalie Morales for the festivities, and 'Top Chef' stars Michael Voltaggio, Jennifer Carroll and Eli Kirshtein will be cooking from the Infield Club.

On April 24, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre invites you to step into the spotlight for the world premiere of its new gala: ONSTAGE! This theatrical feast for the senses celebrates Berkeley Rep's emergence as one of the nation's most innovative cultural organizations and 20 years of leadership by Susan Medak, the nonprofit's managing director. The Theatre's neighbors at Chez Panisse have shown the same commitment to excellence and exploration as they've renewed America's love affair with food. So now five celebrated chefs from the Chez Panisse family unveil a sensational four-course meal to benefit Berkeley Rep - served live on the renowned Roda stage.

The new IFC Original Series DINNER WITH THE BAND is the first cooking show to combine culinary delights, musical performances and conversations with select acclaimed indie music artists. DINNER WITH THE BAND debuts April 27 at 10:30 pm ET/PT in IFC's Tuesday night AUTOMAT programming block, following two new back-to-back 15-minute episodes of FOOD PARTY.

The New York Philharmonic will inaugurate MUSICAL SUPPERS, four post-concert suppers featuring menus created by world renowned chefs Alain Ducasse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Lidia Bastianich, and Daniel Boulud. The Friday-evening suppers, to be hosted by food critic Mimi Sheraton, will be prepared by Restaurant Associates and will take place at Arpeggio Food and Wine in Avery Fisher Hall on January 8, 2010 (Ducasse); February 12 (Vongerichten); April 16 (Bastianich); and June 4 (Boulud).

Today, Bravo announced the official third annual kick-off for its highly anticipated and widely successful 'Top Chef: The Tour,' a 21-city tour, that for the first time ever expands to the Pacific Northwest with stops in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Sponsored by Dial Nutriskin, the annual tour brings the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning, No. 1 food show on cable, 'Top Chef,' to fans and foodies nationwide, beginning Wednesday, April 14th, with its first stop at Soulard Farmers Market in St. Louis, Missouri. This year's tour will feature an updated, restaurant-style format with table seating for 64 guests, bringing fans a fuller, more enjoyable culinary experience as they interact with their favorite chef'testants.

Chef Rick Moonen has achieved an unprecedented culmination of culinary feats starting with the much-anticipated unveiling of Rick Moonen's rm seafood upstairs, the fine dining element of his two-story eponymous restaurant. That announcement was soon followed by a James Beard semi-finalist nomination for 'Best Chef Southwest' and news that he will be avenging his untimely Season One elimination from Bravo's Top Chef Masters as a returning contestant on the second season of the highly rated show, premiering April 7.

Gordon Ramsay announced today that restaurateur wine maker Joe Bastianich and four-star chef Graham Elliot Bowles will join him as judges on MASTERCHEF, premiering Thursday, July 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Bastianich is a partner of Mario Batali and has established some of New York's most-celebrated restaurants, including Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, Lupa Osteria Romana and Del Posto. Bowles is the youngest four-star chef in the U.S. and the mastermind behind Chicago's first 'bistronomic' restaurant, Graham Elliot. With Ramsay at the helm of the competition, Bastianich and Bowles will coach and judge the contestants along the way.

Chef Rick Moonen has achieved an unprecedented culmination of culinary feats starting with the much-anticipated unveiling of Rick Moonen's rm seafood upstairs, the fine dining element of his two-story eponymous restaurant. That announcement was soon followed by a James Beard semi-finalist nomination for 'Best Chef Southwest' and news that he will be avenging his untimely Season One elimination from Bravo's Top Chef Masters as a returning contestant on the second season of the highly rated show, premiering April 7.

Today, Bravo announced the official third annual kick-off for its highly anticipated and widely successful 'Top Chef: The Tour,' a 21-city tour, that for the first time ever expands to the Pacific Northwest with stops in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Sponsored by Dial Nutriskin, the annual tour brings the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning, No. 1 food show on cable, 'Top Chef,' to fans and foodies nationwide, beginning Wednesday, April 14th, with its first stop at Soulard Farmers Market in St. Louis, Missouri. This year's tour will feature an updated, restaurant-style format with table seating for 64 guests, bringing fans a fuller, more enjoyable culinary experience as they interact with their favorite chef'testants.

On April 24, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre invites you to step into the spotlight for the world premiere of its new gala: ONSTAGE! This theatrical feast for the senses celebrates Berkeley Rep's emergence as one of the nation's most innovative cultural organizations and 20 years of leadership by Susan Medak, the nonprofit's managing director. The Theatre's neighbors at Chez Panisse have shown the same commitment to excellence and exploration as they've renewed America's love affair with food. So now five celebrated chefs from the Chez Panisse family unveil a sensational four-course meal to benefit Berkeley Rep - served live on the renowned Roda stage.

Due to popular demand, the New York Philharmonic has added a fifth dinner to its series of post-concert Musical Suppers. Kurt Gutenbrunner - chef and proprietor of New York City restaurants Wallsé, Café Sabarsky, and Blaue Gans and the wine bar The Upholstery Store - will design the menu to be served on Friday, May 28, 2010.