James Beard News

Visit the New York Botanical Gardens and enjoy exceptional dining at Stephen Starr Events venues including the new Hudson Garden Grill. Enjoy menu specialties celebrating the exhibit, 'FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life.'

JetBlue Airways today launched service to its latest destination, Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport (CLE), with twice daily flights from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and daily flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). Today, the airline also introduced daily flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood to Detroit's Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW).

Chase Sapphire Preferred, a premier travel and dining rewards card from Chase, in partnership with Bon Appétit hosted the third annual Chase Sapphire Preferred Grill Challenge, Saturday, April 25, during the ninth annual Vegas Uncork'd by Bon Appétit. Celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, Emeril Lagasse, chef / proprietor of Emeril's New Orleans Fish House, Delmonico Steakhouse and more, and Michael Mina, James Beard Award-winning chef and Founder of MINA Group, faced off in the ultimate live grilling challenge. The acclaimed chefs partnered with two students from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Las Vegas, Elsa Sabellano Jenstad and Krista Burdick, during Emeril's New Orleans Seafood Extravaganza at the MGM Grand.

Ovation TV, America's only arts network, is about to reveal the unexpected side of Southern culture with a brand new original series, Southern Uncovered with the Lee Bros.

The McKittrick Hotel (542 West 27th Street) will re-open its popular rooftop bar and lounge, Gallow Green, for the 2015 season today, April 18, 2015.

?The McKittrick Hotel (542 West 27th Street) will re-open its popular rooftop bar and lounge, Gallow Green, for the 2015 season on Saturday, April 18, 2015.

Bravo Media's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning 'Top Chef' embarks on an epic gastronomic road trip through California for season 13.

LOS ANGELES, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Lifestyle brand Cheeky and celebrity chef Mario Batali are joining forces to help end hunger in America. Batali will serve as Cheeky's Chief Culinary Ambassador, inspiring consumers to choose Cheeky products as a way of giving back. For every Cheeky item purchased at Target , the brand's exclusive retailer, Cheeky helps donate a meal* through a partnership with Feeding America , the nation's leading hunger-relief organization.

Following the Sunday, May 17, 2:00pm matinee performance of Fiasco Theater's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Theatre for a New Audience will presents Shakespeare Primavera with Food Historian Francine Segan at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn.

Food festival season kicks off with Zeppelin Hall's Spring Bacon Festival, Harlem EatUp! and 2015 Taste of Asia Food Fest all happening in the New York Metro area.

Celebrity Cruises and Bravo Media have extended the popular 'Top Chef at Sea' program through 2016, and will offer 'Top Chef' fans and food lovers the opportunity to vacation with a new lineup of cheftestants on the exclusive 'Top Chef Signature Sailing' in 2015.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) presents Chicago pastry chef Mindy Segal on Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Bottom Lounge (1375 W Lake St). The James Beard Foundation award winner will discuss her highly anticipated first cookbook Cookie Love with WBEZ Chewing the Fat podcasters Louisa Chu and Monica Eng. Tickets range from $8-18 and book/ticket packages range from $30-35 and are currently on sale at chicagohumanities.org or via the CHF Box Office at 312-494-9509.

67 Wine announces the next installment of it's new 67 Wine-Book Club, to be held Friday, March 27th, from 5-7PM at their store, hosted by Eric Asimov. 67 Wine-Book Club is an interactive wine experience that invites customers to read a chosen book, then taste wines with the author. Eric Asimov, acclaimed chief wine critic for the New York Times and author of 'How To Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto,' will host this free wine tasting. This will be the first ever tasting at 67 Wine hosted by a New York Times wine critic. The tasting is open to the public*, and no reservations are required. Mr. Asimov selected wine to highlight the theme that 'this is the greatest time in history for wine, with more wines made in more styles from more grapes than ever before.' The wine chosen 'reflects this great diversity.' Those who attend will sample five interesting wines while learning the stories behind them. This theme, that we are in a golden age of wine, is one of the topics in Asimov's most recent book How To Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Eric Asimov's weekly column appears in the Food section of The Times. Before he started writing full-time about wine in 2004, Asimov wrote primarily about restaurants and food. He created The Times' '$25 and Under' restaurant reviews in 1992. In 2013, he was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America. Last August, The New York Times launched Wine School, a monthly column that invited readers to drink and discuss wine with Eric Asimov. For more information about the tasting with Eric Asimov or their weekly free tastings, please visit 67Wine.com. Established in 1941, 67 Wine & Spirits is 'New York's most trusted wine shop.' Located at 179 Columbus Avenue, New York, N.Y. (corner of 68th Street). *Please bring proof of age. You must be at least 21 year of age to attend. Contact: Sadie Flateman Sadie@67wine.com (212) 724-6767

BlueStar is proud to announce that four of the brands' All Star Chefs, Marc Vetri, Ford Fry, Slade Rushing and Brian Huston, have been named James Beard semifinalists in the 2015 Restaurant and Chef Award categories.

EXKi, the fast is the new fast-casual restaurant in New York City. They recently opened their second location in the NoMad area on Madison Avenue and 28th Street. Delicious food with fresh, locally sourced ingredients define their menu.

It's cloudy and grey in Nashville today, which is perhaps fitting as people from all over gather to mourn the passing of Bernie Arnold, the matriarch of the first family of Nashville theater. But being mournful is the last thing you can come up with when remembering Bernie and her late, devoted husband, Henry Arnold (known as 'Buddy' to his legions of fans, students and admirers). Rather, any memory of the revered pair of theatrical talents is limned with joy, amazement and unbridled admiration.

Emmy® and James Beard-award winning series Avec Eric joins the Cooking Channel weekend lineup with twelve brand-new episodes beginning Today, February 28th at 9:30am ET/6:30am PT.

Last night at the Waldorf Astoria New York, guests and a panel of culinary luminaries gathered to select the next Taste of Waldorf Astoria from five dishes created in the kitchens of Waldorf Astoria Berlin, Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian, La Quinta Resort & Club, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, and Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund. The winning dish, Celery Risotto Alla Waldorf, is the result of a week-long collaboration in Rome between Waldorf Astoria Master Chef Heinz Beck and JBF Rising Star Semi-Finalist Chef David Posey at Rome Cavalieri.

Brown will bring Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour to Boise's Morrison Center tonight, February 26, 2015. Tickets are on sale now and are available at the Morrison Center Box Office, online at MorrisonCenter.com or call (208) 426-1110.

Travel Channel announces the renewal of eight popular series, expanding its 2015 programming slate of innovative, provocative and engaging travel entertainment programming.