James Beard News

Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner will open their fourth restaurant that will serve literal farm-to-table cuisine, Homestead, by mid-July.

This fall The Public Theater will unveil its revitalized downtown home as the Company celebrates a milestone year that also includes the 50th anniversary of the Delacorte Theater, home to Shakespeare in the Park. The revitalization will transform the lobby into a piazza where audiences, artists, and the public will engage with one another. A central element of the project is the addition of The Library at The Public Theater, a new lounge serving food and drinks on the lobby's expanded mezzanine level. The Library at The Public Theater is named in honor of the landmark building's original use as the Astor Library, New York City's first public library.

Bravo hits the road again with the annual TOP CHEF: THE TOUR kicking off in Charlotte, North Carolina tonight, May 17.

Get ready to dive into pigeon pie in Austin, barbeque some armadillo in Central Florida and eat lambs tongue at a one-night only pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles in season six of the BIZARRE FOODS series.

Today Change.org and GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, launched a Mother's Day campaign in support of Jennifer Tyrrell, a mother of four from Bridgeport, Ohio who was ousted from the Boy Scouts of America because she is gay. Celebrities including Julianne Moore, Fran Drescher and Jane Leeves today tweeted after Josh Hutcherson, Kim Wayans, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, as well as Max Adler and Grant Gustin of Glee previously showed support for Tyrrell at the GLAAD Media Awards.

54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant announced earlier this year, today announced that Andre J. Marrero will be the Executive Chef of the nightclub and restaurant. A June opening is planned. Chef Andre trained at The French Culinary Institute in New York and went on to work in some of New York's leading kitchens with some of the best chefs in the world.

Ovation, the only network dedicated to art, artists and all forms of artistic storytelling, will premiere the second season of the critically acclaimed original series, In Search of Food, beginning tonight, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The 3-part program spotlights Jason Mraz, Ann Cooper and Joel Salatin, three heroes of the 'locavore movement' -- cooking with locally sourced ingredients.

Bravo hits the road again with the annual TOP CHEF: THE TOUR kicking off in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday, May 17.

Lookingglass Theatre, Frontera Grill and Silverguy Entertainment announce additional performances of Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner - Daring - Desire, a theatrical adventure featuring a feast, circus acts, and a love story starring celebrity chef Rick Bayless. The culinary and theatrical experience has been extended an additional week, through April 29, 2012, at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works.

Bravo Media serves up the most incredible culinary competition with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 PLATES presented by Chase Sapphire Preferred premiering on Wednesday, May 9 at 10pm ET/PT.

Ovation, the only network dedicated to art, artists and all forms of artistic storytelling, will premiere the second season of the critically acclaimed original series, In Search of Food, beginning Monday, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The 3-part program spotlights Jason Mraz, Ann Cooper and Joel Salatin, three heroes of the 'locavore movement' -- cooking with locally sourced ingredients.

On today's episode of ABC's daytime talk series THE CHEW, the cast and crew celebrated their 100th episode. The show debuted on Monday, September 26, and is an innovative and groundbreaking daytime program co-hosted by a dynamic group of engaging, fun, relatable experts in food, lifestyle and entertaining.

Tom Colicchio, will appear at the Gallo Center for the Arts on Friday, February 24 at 8:00 PM.

MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM, WHEN VACATIONS ATTACK to return in March on Travel Channel. They'll join the previously announced 'Ghost Adventures' as well as an array of new specials.

In an effort to provide healthier food to students across America, Chef'testants from Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series TOP CHEF will join First Lady Michelle Obama on one of her national tour stops celebrating the second anniversary of her initiative Let's Move this Friday, February 10th in Dallas, Texas.

Little Italy's famed IL CORTILE RISTORANTE (www.ilcortile.com) has planned a special event in February that will excite and delight the senses of food and music lovers anywhere! The event - entitled AN EVENING OF GREAT MUSIC AND FOOD - will take place on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7 PM. The star performers will be popular singer/actress Jenna Esposito, a soprano who has built a loyal following as a result of her sold-out performances at venues across America, and renowned Meistersinger Caranza, whose tenor voice has thrilled audiences in cities all over the world for more than 25 years.

Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series and the No. 1 rated food show on cable, TOP CHEF will be returning for a tenth season. Open calls for chefs interested in competing in the high-stakes culinary competition series will be held in cities across the country starting on February 21st.

Tom Colicchio, will appear at the Gallo Center for the Arts on Friday, February 24 at 8:00 PM.

Pulled guinea pig, roasted alligator, and lamb tongue, OH MY! Andrew Zimmern, the James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer and teacher, is back and this time he's ditching his passport for the good old U.S.A. 'Bizarre Foods America' with Andrew Zimmern, which premieres Monday, January 23, 2012 at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT (NOTE NEW PREMIERE DATE AND TIME), marks the first time an entire season is dedicated to taking viewers to the backyards of America while exploring the bizarre melting pot of exotic and familiar cultures our nation has to offer.

Celine Dion recently wrapped the Spring/Summer run of her chart-topping Las Vegas show with 54 consecutive sold out performances that played to 230,000 fans from March through August, 2011 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.