"In order for us to be accepted... our food has to speak volumes." Freestyle Digital Media has posted their new 2023 trailer for the food documentary film called Ulam: Main Dish. This initially premiered in 2018 at numerous film fests and it was already released years ago just before the pandemic. Freestyle is giving it a proper digital / VOD release on all services this months, if anyone wants to give this a look. Ulam: Main Dish is the first Filipino food doc following the rise of the Filipino food movement via the chefs crossing over to the center of the American table. Made by Filipina filmmaker Alexandra Cuerdo. It was chosen by late culinary titan Jonathan Gold as a special screening for the inaugural LA Times Food Bowl in 2017. Gold called the film a "love letter to Filipino cooking in America." Featured chefs include the celebrity chef Alvin Cailan, creator of L.
- 7/2/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: TikTok star Jack Wright and Jesse Leigh (Rutherford Falls) are set to make their feature film acting debuts in the indie drama Ctrl Alt Del, marking the feature directorial debut of Eastsiders‘ Kit Williamson. The pair joins an ensemble that also includes Jason Priestley, Laurel Marsden, Elsie Fisher, Mena Suvari, Cheyenne Jackson, Angel Parker, Shiv Pai and Navia Robinson, as previously announced.
Ctrl Alt Del follows disaffected teen Ava (Marsden) and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. Wright will play Jesse, the high school athlete and heartthrob who is Cameron’s (Pai) best friend. Jesse has a crush on Ava and the feeling is mutual. Leigh portrays Lin, a 16-year-old student who identifies as trans and bears the brunt of bullying at school.
Amir Ohebsion and Arash Homampour wrote the script, and...
Ctrl Alt Del follows disaffected teen Ava (Marsden) and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. Wright will play Jesse, the high school athlete and heartthrob who is Cameron’s (Pai) best friend. Jesse has a crush on Ava and the feeling is mutual. Leigh portrays Lin, a 16-year-old student who identifies as trans and bears the brunt of bullying at school.
Amir Ohebsion and Arash Homampour wrote the script, and...
- 6/16/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For their documentary “Food and Country,” director Laura Gabbert and renowned food writer Ruth Reichl gathered a thoughtful and strikingly personable cast of characters from across the U.S. to tell their stories in the shadow of the pandemic. Some are chefs, bakers, restaurateurs. Others are independent farmers, ranchers, even a kelp harvester. Some work in big cities, like Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and New York. Others make their increasingly fragile living working fields or rearing herds in Kansas, Nebraska, Georgia and Ohio. Their collective insights tell us a great deal about our food system and serve as a warning. Yet their devotion to the work — and often their employees — is heartening, even humbling.
Before joining forces, the director and her chief protagonist had each embarked on separate projects about the duress those in the independent food industry were experiencing because of the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Gabbert, whose 2015 film “City of Gold...
Before joining forces, the director and her chief protagonist had each embarked on separate projects about the duress those in the independent food industry were experiencing because of the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Gabbert, whose 2015 film “City of Gold...
- 2/8/2023
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
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If there’s a show of the summer, it’s FX dramedy The Bear.
Joanna Calo, whose credits include BoJack Horseman, The Baby-Sitter’s Club and Hacks, recently joined TV’s Top 5 podcast hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg to discuss FX/Hulu’s culinary dark comedy The Bear. The series, created by co-showrunner Christopher Storer (Ramy), was developed as a film before being adapted for television. In the interview, Calo opens up about the challenges of bringing the food and restaurant world to scripted television, avoiding tropes and staffing a writers room with food service backgrounds in mind.
Daniel Fienberg Let’s start at the beginning. There are so many interesting creative pieces to The Bear. The series was created by Christopher Storer. You came on, you’re showrunner and director and producer; it features Atlanta veteran Hiro Murai among the executive producers.
If there’s a show of the summer, it’s FX dramedy The Bear.
Joanna Calo, whose credits include BoJack Horseman, The Baby-Sitter’s Club and Hacks, recently joined TV’s Top 5 podcast hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg to discuss FX/Hulu’s culinary dark comedy The Bear. The series, created by co-showrunner Christopher Storer (Ramy), was developed as a film before being adapted for television. In the interview, Calo opens up about the challenges of bringing the food and restaurant world to scripted television, avoiding tropes and staffing a writers room with food service backgrounds in mind.
Daniel Fienberg Let’s start at the beginning. There are so many interesting creative pieces to The Bear. The series was created by Christopher Storer. You came on, you’re showrunner and director and producer; it features Atlanta veteran Hiro Murai among the executive producers.
- 7/26/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Peel, the influential Los Angeles chef who founded Campanile with his ex-wife Nancy Silverton, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 66.
It was reported that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer just nine days ago.
Peel appeared on Top Chef Masters and as a judge on Top Chef in 2009 and 2010. Peel also made appearances on Hell’s Kitchen, Knife Fight and Kitchen Nightmares.
Campanile was a favorite among Hollywood power players in the 23 years it was open. The James Beard-winning restaurant stood at 624 South La Brea before closing its doors in 2012. The late, venerated food critic Jonathan Gold wrote of the restaurant, “It is hard to overstate Campanile’s contributions to American cooking. It wasn’t the first fine restaurant in the country to operate with a grill at its heart, but it codified the style, as well as the practice of reinterpreting simple dishes — steak and beans,...
It was reported that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer just nine days ago.
Peel appeared on Top Chef Masters and as a judge on Top Chef in 2009 and 2010. Peel also made appearances on Hell’s Kitchen, Knife Fight and Kitchen Nightmares.
Campanile was a favorite among Hollywood power players in the 23 years it was open. The James Beard-winning restaurant stood at 624 South La Brea before closing its doors in 2012. The late, venerated food critic Jonathan Gold wrote of the restaurant, “It is hard to overstate Campanile’s contributions to American cooking. It wasn’t the first fine restaurant in the country to operate with a grill at its heart, but it codified the style, as well as the practice of reinterpreting simple dishes — steak and beans,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Peel, the influential longtime Los Angeles chef and restaurateur who founded Campanile with his ex-wife Nancy Silverton, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 66.
His daughter told the Los Angeles Times that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer just nine days ago.
Peel appeared twice on “Top Chef Masters” and was a “Top Chef” judge in 2009 and 2010. He also made appearances on shows such as “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Knife Fight” and “Kitchen Nightmares.”
For 23 years, James Beard-award winning Campanile was a favorite spot for Hollywood power lunches and celebratory dinners. Built on La Brea Avenue in a historic building that was built for Charlie Chaplin’s offices, Campanile closed in 2012 and the building now houses Republique.
When Campanile closed, Jonathan Gold, who was married at the restaurant and freely admitted he couldn’t possibly be unbiased when writing about it, wrote, “It is hard...
His daughter told the Los Angeles Times that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer just nine days ago.
Peel appeared twice on “Top Chef Masters” and was a “Top Chef” judge in 2009 and 2010. He also made appearances on shows such as “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Knife Fight” and “Kitchen Nightmares.”
For 23 years, James Beard-award winning Campanile was a favorite spot for Hollywood power lunches and celebratory dinners. Built on La Brea Avenue in a historic building that was built for Charlie Chaplin’s offices, Campanile closed in 2012 and the building now houses Republique.
When Campanile closed, Jonathan Gold, who was married at the restaurant and freely admitted he couldn’t possibly be unbiased when writing about it, wrote, “It is hard...
- 6/21/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
In the latest season of Top Chef, executive producer and co-host Padma Lakshmi brought together a group of All-Star chefs for a fresh set of culinary challenges, taking the show to Italy for the first time, and paying tribute to the late Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold.
A nine-time Emmy nominee, Lakshmi has appeared on the Bravo reality series since 2002, bringing constant passion and curiosity to the kitchen, while using her platform for the good of others.
This past June, Lakshmi launched a new series, Taste the Nation, on Hulu, aiming to introduce viewers to immigrant communities through their food, while serving up a deeper understanding of the lives they live. “I felt like there was so much negativity coming out of Washington, D.C. about immigrants, and immigrants weren’t really allowed a big platform to speak for themselves in a thorough way,” the host says of the series’ genesis.
A nine-time Emmy nominee, Lakshmi has appeared on the Bravo reality series since 2002, bringing constant passion and curiosity to the kitchen, while using her platform for the good of others.
This past June, Lakshmi launched a new series, Taste the Nation, on Hulu, aiming to introduce viewers to immigrant communities through their food, while serving up a deeper understanding of the lives they live. “I felt like there was so much negativity coming out of Washington, D.C. about immigrants, and immigrants weren’t really allowed a big platform to speak for themselves in a thorough way,” the host says of the series’ genesis.
- 8/19/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Colicchio wants to tell me a story.
The year is 2007 and Colicchio has just opened Craft LA. Having been in the restaurant business for a while, the chef had established a friendly rapport with Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic and Los Angeles icon Jonathan Gold, and yet hadn’t received a review for the restaurant from the writer, then working at L.A. Weekly.
So Colicchio waited. For years. And not only did Gold never review Craft LA, but it never appeared on his list of 100 best restaurants in L.A. The restauranteur was flummoxed.
“Finally, after years of this, I called him up,” Colicchio said during a recent phone interview. “I called him up and I said, ‘Jonathan, what happened here? Did something happen?”
The answer was yes. Something had happened. And here’s what it was:
Gold told Colicchio that he had gone to Craft LA, ordered, received his food,...
The year is 2007 and Colicchio has just opened Craft LA. Having been in the restaurant business for a while, the chef had established a friendly rapport with Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic and Los Angeles icon Jonathan Gold, and yet hadn’t received a review for the restaurant from the writer, then working at L.A. Weekly.
So Colicchio waited. For years. And not only did Gold never review Craft LA, but it never appeared on his list of 100 best restaurants in L.A. The restauranteur was flummoxed.
“Finally, after years of this, I called him up,” Colicchio said during a recent phone interview. “I called him up and I said, ‘Jonathan, what happened here? Did something happen?”
The answer was yes. Something had happened. And here’s what it was:
Gold told Colicchio that he had gone to Craft LA, ordered, received his food,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
As TV’s flagship reality shows grow up and evolve — and, in many cases, face down the production changes imposed by Covid — their hosts do, too. And this year set a surprising benchmark for ingenuity among the talent in the hunt for the reality host Emmy.
To wit: With in-person taping suspended for the time being, RuPaul hosted a reunion and finale for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” entirely remotely, shepherding conversation among the show’s contestants as well as leading a lip-sync competition among the finalists, each performing from their respective living rooms. Jeff Probst of “Survivor” similarly engaged his show’s castaways over remote technology, as did Ryan Seacrest of “American Idol” and Carson Daly of “The Voice.”
Daly relocated to California full time from New York City; after that, he and the production had to figure out “how do we do it better than anybody else out there.”
Daly...
To wit: With in-person taping suspended for the time being, RuPaul hosted a reunion and finale for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” entirely remotely, shepherding conversation among the show’s contestants as well as leading a lip-sync competition among the finalists, each performing from their respective living rooms. Jeff Probst of “Survivor” similarly engaged his show’s castaways over remote technology, as did Ryan Seacrest of “American Idol” and Carson Daly of “The Voice.”
Daly relocated to California full time from New York City; after that, he and the production had to figure out “how do we do it better than anybody else out there.”
Daly...
- 7/8/2020
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles,” the latest documentary film from “City of Gold” Laura Gabbert.
“Cakes of Versailles” follows the London-based Israeli chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi as he preps to organize a food gala for the Met exhibit “Visitors to Versailles.” In preparation, he travels to the actual Palace of Versailles and is possessed by a child-like curiosity as he gets a glimpse of the French monarchy’s decadence.
IFC Films plans to release “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” in September 2020.
Also Read: The New Look of Documentary Film in a Coronavirus World
The documentary was produced by Steve Robillard and Mohamed AlRafi and executive produced by Paula Manzanedo-Schmit and Original Productions’ Jeff Hasler, Ernie Avila, and Brian Lovett.
Also appearing in the documentary is the mastermind of the “cronut” Dominique Ansel, and together he and Ottolenghi...
“Cakes of Versailles” follows the London-based Israeli chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi as he preps to organize a food gala for the Met exhibit “Visitors to Versailles.” In preparation, he travels to the actual Palace of Versailles and is possessed by a child-like curiosity as he gets a glimpse of the French monarchy’s decadence.
IFC Films plans to release “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” in September 2020.
Also Read: The New Look of Documentary Film in a Coronavirus World
The documentary was produced by Steve Robillard and Mohamed AlRafi and executive produced by Paula Manzanedo-Schmit and Original Productions’ Jeff Hasler, Ernie Avila, and Brian Lovett.
Also appearing in the documentary is the mastermind of the “cronut” Dominique Ansel, and together he and Ottolenghi...
- 6/26/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles,” a documentary about one Isreali chef’s attempts to recreate some of the French Monarchy’s most delicious desserts.
The film is the latest work from Laura Gabbert, who previously teamed with IFC Films on “City of Gold,” a look at the late food critic Jonathan Gold and his connection to the culinary scene of Los Angeles. “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” will be released in September 2020.
The film follows Yotam Ottolenghi, the London-based Isreali chef and celebrated author of the cookbooks “Jerusalem” and “Plenty,” as he is enlisted by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to organize a food gala inspired by the museum’s exhibit “Visitors to Versailles.” In preparation for the event, Ottolenghi travels to the Palace of Versailles to conduct his research. He teams with famous pastry chefs such as...
The film is the latest work from Laura Gabbert, who previously teamed with IFC Films on “City of Gold,” a look at the late food critic Jonathan Gold and his connection to the culinary scene of Los Angeles. “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” will be released in September 2020.
The film follows Yotam Ottolenghi, the London-based Isreali chef and celebrated author of the cookbooks “Jerusalem” and “Plenty,” as he is enlisted by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to organize a food gala inspired by the museum’s exhibit “Visitors to Versailles.” In preparation for the event, Ottolenghi travels to the Palace of Versailles to conduct his research. He teams with famous pastry chefs such as...
- 6/26/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Let’s dish! Which ‘Top Chef’ Season 17 elimination challenge most tickled your TV taste buds? [Poll]
What’s cooking? The Season 17 finale of “Top Chef,” that’s what. The finale arrives this Thursday, June 18, on Bravo as the three competing chefs left standing — Melissa King, Stephanie Cmar and Bryan Voltaggio — each prepare a four-course meal. They will be joined by eliminated chefs Lee Anne Wong, Brian Malarkey and Kevin Gillespie, who will each be paired with one of the three finalists as helpers as the season concludes in Italy –hence the episode title “Finito!”
But since these chefs were all All-Stars who participated on previous seasons but never won, the show seemed to demand more from this crop of 15 contestants. Many of the sometimes brutal elimination challenges that took place in Los Angeles were tied to notable landmarks, award-winning local chefs, scenic locales and popular eateries.
See‘Top Chef’ secret revealed: All-Star Gregory Gourdet’s back woes were far worst than what fans saw during ‘Lucca...
But since these chefs were all All-Stars who participated on previous seasons but never won, the show seemed to demand more from this crop of 15 contestants. Many of the sometimes brutal elimination challenges that took place in Los Angeles were tied to notable landmarks, award-winning local chefs, scenic locales and popular eateries.
See‘Top Chef’ secret revealed: All-Star Gregory Gourdet’s back woes were far worst than what fans saw during ‘Lucca...
- 6/17/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Don’t you love it when reality show celebrities pop up on another TV talent contest? If so, you will want to see what happens when “American Idol” winner and coach for “The Voice” Kelly Clarkson puts in an appearance in the “Top Chef” kitchen and mingles with the 12 remaining All-Star contestants this season. She is currently promoting her animated film “Trolls World Tour,” which is going straight to video-on-demand on April 10 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In the preview clip above, host Padma Lakshmi introduces Clarkson as a guest judge for the main challenge round. The chefs are delighted about the news. “I’m Kelly Clarkson, nice to meet you,” although clearly everyone already knows there is musical greatness in their midst. As a thrilled Karen Akunowicz says, “She’s amazing!” However, there is less enthusiasm in the room when Padma reveals that their menus for the challenge must be vegetarian.
In the preview clip above, host Padma Lakshmi introduces Clarkson as a guest judge for the main challenge round. The chefs are delighted about the news. “I’m Kelly Clarkson, nice to meet you,” although clearly everyone already knows there is musical greatness in their midst. As a thrilled Karen Akunowicz says, “She’s amazing!” However, there is less enthusiasm in the room when Padma reveals that their menus for the challenge must be vegetarian.
- 4/9/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
On the second episode of the All-Star edition of “Top Chef,” three All-Stars committed culinary sins of varying degrees that landed them on the bottom of the 14 remaining contestants.
For a challenge in honor of the late Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold, Stephanie Cmar made what host Padma Lakshmi called an “Indian taco,” which she claimed “didn’t taste like anything” and later said the dish was missing “tart flavors.” Guest judge Ruth Reichl offers that the addition of chutney would’ve “woken it up.” Eric Adjepong, who missed out on buying the last duck after Lisa Fernandes grabbed it at Whole Foods, instead paired his scallops with forlorn-looking and soggy red cabbage. Judge Gail Simmons said Eric’s plate wasn’t cohesive.
See‘Top Chef’ preview: Laughter and fine art are on the menu along with ‘a Michelin star dish’ [Watch Video]
Meanwhile, Angelo Sosa couldn’t find annatto seed to make his Thai curry,...
For a challenge in honor of the late Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold, Stephanie Cmar made what host Padma Lakshmi called an “Indian taco,” which she claimed “didn’t taste like anything” and later said the dish was missing “tart flavors.” Guest judge Ruth Reichl offers that the addition of chutney would’ve “woken it up.” Eric Adjepong, who missed out on buying the last duck after Lisa Fernandes grabbed it at Whole Foods, instead paired his scallops with forlorn-looking and soggy red cabbage. Judge Gail Simmons said Eric’s plate wasn’t cohesive.
See‘Top Chef’ preview: Laughter and fine art are on the menu along with ‘a Michelin star dish’ [Watch Video]
Meanwhile, Angelo Sosa couldn’t find annatto seed to make his Thai curry,...
- 4/1/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
When Atlanta-based restaurateur Kevin Gillespie, 37, competed on the sixth season of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” he ended up in third place. But he came in first in the hearts of viewers when he earned the title of Fan Favorite. No less than Wolfgang Puck declared him his favorite of all the “Top Chef” alums.
This time Kevin is even more determined to win. As he said in the second episode of season 17, which pits a line-up of returning All-Stars against one another, he has a very good reason why he was psyched for another chance to show off his culinary stuff. “It’s to prove to myself that I am not dying.” Kevin had surgery to remove a tumor from his kidney and spent a year fighting to recover. After overcoming such a serious health issue, this guy with a dry sense of humor clearly has a fire in his belly to succeed.
This time Kevin is even more determined to win. As he said in the second episode of season 17, which pits a line-up of returning All-Stars against one another, he has a very good reason why he was psyched for another chance to show off his culinary stuff. “It’s to prove to myself that I am not dying.” Kevin had surgery to remove a tumor from his kidney and spent a year fighting to recover. After overcoming such a serious health issue, this guy with a dry sense of humor clearly has a fire in his belly to succeed.
- 3/29/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
“That was not just a little scary. That was like wicked scary.” That is how Boston-based “Top Chef” All-Star Stephanie Cmar describes her experience of being one of the bottom three during this week’s elimination challenge that honored L.A. food critic Jonathan Gold for what Padma Lakshmi dismissed as an “Indian taco” (watch video below).
“I thought it lacked salt. I thought it lacked acid. It lacked a point of view” was the show’s host blunt critique of her dish at the judges’ table. Stephanie tells fellow chefs Karen Akunowicz and Nini Nguyen, “Just that ounce of doubt — it grows.”
See‘Top Chef’ recap: The 14 remaining All-Star chefs try to live up to ‘The Jonathan Gold Standard’
Karen observes, “So much of the competition is mental. If you have a bad cook you get into a bad head space.” Nini adds, “The women here are so talented.
“I thought it lacked salt. I thought it lacked acid. It lacked a point of view” was the show’s host blunt critique of her dish at the judges’ table. Stephanie tells fellow chefs Karen Akunowicz and Nini Nguyen, “Just that ounce of doubt — it grows.”
See‘Top Chef’ recap: The 14 remaining All-Star chefs try to live up to ‘The Jonathan Gold Standard’
Karen observes, “So much of the competition is mental. If you have a bad cook you get into a bad head space.” Nini adds, “The women here are so talented.
- 3/28/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
A second All-Star cheftestant was eliminated on “Project Runway” at the end of episode two, “The Jonathan Gold Standard.” That meant the launch of “Last Chance Kitchen,” in which eliminated chefs compete for an opportunity to return to the competition. Watch the episode above.
See‘Top Chef’ recap: The 14 remaining All-Star chefs try to live up to ‘The Jonathan Gold Standard’
Joe Sasto was eliminated in the season premiere for an unfortunate seafood dish on flatbread. Angelo Sosa was ousted in “Gold Standard” for drowning a piece of tuna in super-sweet broth. So it was time for what Sasto called “an Italian throw-down bro-down” between the two chefs looking for redemption. And what better way to redeem themselves after their bad seafood than to make new fish dishes to be judged by renowned seafood chef Michael Cimarusti, who himself was a favorite of food critic Jonathan Gold.
“This is my shot.
See‘Top Chef’ recap: The 14 remaining All-Star chefs try to live up to ‘The Jonathan Gold Standard’
Joe Sasto was eliminated in the season premiere for an unfortunate seafood dish on flatbread. Angelo Sosa was ousted in “Gold Standard” for drowning a piece of tuna in super-sweet broth. So it was time for what Sasto called “an Italian throw-down bro-down” between the two chefs looking for redemption. And what better way to redeem themselves after their bad seafood than to make new fish dishes to be judged by renowned seafood chef Michael Cimarusti, who himself was a favorite of food critic Jonathan Gold.
“This is my shot.
- 3/27/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Top Chef” producers couldn’t have guessed where the world would be when the episode “The Jonathan Gold Standard” aired on Thursday night, March 26. It was intended as a tribute to Jonathan Gold, the beloved Los Angeles food critic who died in 2018 at age 57, but it ended up also being an unexpected tribute to local, independently owned restaurants at a time when the restaurant industry has been greatly threatened by the coronavirus pandemic.
See‘Top Chef’ Season 17: All-Stars Ranked Worst To Best
Over the course of his career, Gold wrote for La Weekly, Gourmet and the Los Angeles Times, and in 2007 he became the first food critic ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons pointed out, Gold was less about criticism than he was about uplifting the restaurants and chefs that he loved, and often that meant shining a light on traditional immigrant establishments.
See‘Top Chef’ Season 17: All-Stars Ranked Worst To Best
Over the course of his career, Gold wrote for La Weekly, Gourmet and the Los Angeles Times, and in 2007 he became the first food critic ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons pointed out, Gold was less about criticism than he was about uplifting the restaurants and chefs that he loved, and often that meant shining a light on traditional immigrant establishments.
- 3/27/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last week on the premiere of the 17th season of “Top Chef,” Joe Sasto was sent packing for his soggy open-fire flatbread. However, he will get a chance to get back into the game by competing with the next eliminated player in the web-only show “Last Chance Kitchen.”
This week, the Los Angeles-based edition of the Bravo reality series is inspired by beloved Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold, who died in 2018. The first food critic to ever win a Pulitzer was fond of small traditional immigrant eateries. Read on for our minute-by-minute takes on the second episode of the season, “The Jonathan Gold Standard.”
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10:01 p.m. Host Padma Lakshmi tells the chefs, who are still on the same beach from the previous episode, that there will be no quickfire challenge this week. Why you ask? “You...
This week, the Los Angeles-based edition of the Bravo reality series is inspired by beloved Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold, who died in 2018. The first food critic to ever win a Pulitzer was fond of small traditional immigrant eateries. Read on for our minute-by-minute takes on the second episode of the season, “The Jonathan Gold Standard.”
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10:01 p.m. Host Padma Lakshmi tells the chefs, who are still on the same beach from the previous episode, that there will be no quickfire challenge this week. Why you ask? “You...
- 3/27/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Chef and restaurateur Brian Malarkey, who was a finalist on season 3 of “Top Chef,” apparently thrives on chaos, according to a preview clip of this week’s episode of the elimination challenge. The 14 remaining chefs madly rush into L.A.’s Union Station with just an hour before guests arrive. We witness season 12’s Melissa King taking care of some last-minute chopping chores for her beef tartare.
She notes that Brian is also making beef tartare and admits that she isn’t sure what he is putting on there. “I do know the guy is kind of Add, he has a lot going on in his head.” We witness Brian taken out fermented egg yolks from a container. “Everything’s coming together,” he says. “Chop up a few things, some herbs. I’m going to be ready right on time.”
See ‘Top Chef’ 17: A super-sized 70% say that Lee Anne Wong...
She notes that Brian is also making beef tartare and admits that she isn’t sure what he is putting on there. “I do know the guy is kind of Add, he has a lot going on in his head.” We witness Brian taken out fermented egg yolks from a container. “Everything’s coming together,” he says. “Chop up a few things, some herbs. I’m going to be ready right on time.”
See ‘Top Chef’ 17: A super-sized 70% say that Lee Anne Wong...
- 3/26/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Welcome to the IndieWire Watch List, a weekly feature that takes everything the site’s critics and editors are currently obsessed with and collects it all together in one place. From the best new movies and shows to can’t-miss streaming content and whatever else we can’t get out of our heads, consider this your one-stop shop for what to watch this weekend.
This week’s highlights include “The Lion King”, a tasty new exploration of the wide world of the taco, and Ari Aster’s horrifying (and also very funny) new film “Midsommar.”
8. Ashley O & Ally, “On A Roll / Why Did You Do That” Mashup [Web Video]
Pop music is a gift. Satirical, borderline trash-pop music by fictional artists is even better. This addicting viral YouTube mashup of “On a Roll” by Miley Cyrus’ “Black Mirror” caricature Ashley O and “Why Did You do That?” by Lady Gaga’s Ally...
This week’s highlights include “The Lion King”, a tasty new exploration of the wide world of the taco, and Ari Aster’s horrifying (and also very funny) new film “Midsommar.”
8. Ashley O & Ally, “On A Roll / Why Did You Do That” Mashup [Web Video]
Pop music is a gift. Satirical, borderline trash-pop music by fictional artists is even better. This addicting viral YouTube mashup of “On a Roll” by Miley Cyrus’ “Black Mirror” caricature Ashley O and “Why Did You do That?” by Lady Gaga’s Ally...
- 7/12/2019
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, Ann Donahue, Ben Travers, Hanh Nguyen, Libby Hill, Steve Greene and Leah Lu
- Indiewire
If you’re like me, and you’re a fan of the 2014 film Chef, I’ve got a treat here for you today. Jon Favreau and chef Roy Choi are teaming up for a new Netflix cooking series called The Chef Show!
Favreau and Choi worked together on the movie Chef, and in this series the two friends “experiment with their favorite recipes and techniques, baking, cooking, exploring and collaborating with some bold-face names in the entertainment and culinary world. The two will go from sharing a meal with the Avengers cast in Atlanta, to smoking brisket in Texas with world-renowned pit-master Aaron Franklin, to honoring the legendary food critic Jonathan Gold in Los Angeles.”
Some of the guests on the show include Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Burr, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Holland, Kevin Feige, The Russo bros., Andrew Rea, Evan Kleiman, Jazz Singsanong, Robert Rodriguez, David Chang, Aaron Franklin and more.
Favreau and Choi worked together on the movie Chef, and in this series the two friends “experiment with their favorite recipes and techniques, baking, cooking, exploring and collaborating with some bold-face names in the entertainment and culinary world. The two will go from sharing a meal with the Avengers cast in Atlanta, to smoking brisket in Texas with world-renowned pit-master Aaron Franklin, to honoring the legendary food critic Jonathan Gold in Los Angeles.”
Some of the guests on the show include Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Burr, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Holland, Kevin Feige, The Russo bros., Andrew Rea, Evan Kleiman, Jazz Singsanong, Robert Rodriguez, David Chang, Aaron Franklin and more.
- 5/21/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
“Iron Man” director Jon Favreau and award-winning chef Roy Choi are teaming up for “The Chef’s Show,” a new cooking series that launches June 7 on Netflix, the streamer announced Sunday. Watch the trailer below.
“The Chef’s Show” reunites Favreau with Choi — who inspired and served as a technical adviser on Favreau’s 2014 dramedy “Chef” — and, per the official description, will feature the duo experimenting “with their favorite recipes and techniques, baking, cooking, exploring and collaborating with some of the biggest names in the entertainment and culinary world.”
The series will see the duo trying culinary and cultural fare from across the country, including a meal with Favreau’s Marvel Cinematic Universe cast mates in Atlanta, a tribute to food critic Jonathan Gold in Atlanta, and smoking brisket with pitmaster Aaron Franklin in Texas. Guests throughout the first season include: Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Burr, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland,...
“The Chef’s Show” reunites Favreau with Choi — who inspired and served as a technical adviser on Favreau’s 2014 dramedy “Chef” — and, per the official description, will feature the duo experimenting “with their favorite recipes and techniques, baking, cooking, exploring and collaborating with some of the biggest names in the entertainment and culinary world.”
The series will see the duo trying culinary and cultural fare from across the country, including a meal with Favreau’s Marvel Cinematic Universe cast mates in Atlanta, a tribute to food critic Jonathan Gold in Atlanta, and smoking brisket with pitmaster Aaron Franklin in Texas. Guests throughout the first season include: Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Burr, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Fans of the 2014 film Chef will get another taste of the team of Jon Favreau and Roy Choi. That’s thanks to a new Netflix production, The Chef Show, that reunites them to explore culinary delights. Watch the first trailer above.
In the show, which launches June 7 on the streamer, the two friends experiment with their favorite recipes and techniques, baking, cooking, exploring and collaborating with some bold-face names in the entertainment and culinary world. The two will go from sharing a meal with the Avengers cast in Atlanta, to smoking brisket in Texas with world-renowned pit-master Aaron Franklin, to honoring the legendary food critic Jonathan Gold in Los Angeles.
Guests on The Chef Show include Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Burr, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Holland, Kevin Feige, and the Russo brothers, Andrew Rea, Evan Kleiman, Jazz Singsanong, Robert Rodriguez, David Chang, Aaron Franklin and many more.
The drama-comedy that spawned...
In the show, which launches June 7 on the streamer, the two friends experiment with their favorite recipes and techniques, baking, cooking, exploring and collaborating with some bold-face names in the entertainment and culinary world. The two will go from sharing a meal with the Avengers cast in Atlanta, to smoking brisket in Texas with world-renowned pit-master Aaron Franklin, to honoring the legendary food critic Jonathan Gold in Los Angeles.
Guests on The Chef Show include Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Burr, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Holland, Kevin Feige, and the Russo brothers, Andrew Rea, Evan Kleiman, Jazz Singsanong, Robert Rodriguez, David Chang, Aaron Franklin and many more.
The drama-comedy that spawned...
- 5/19/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Morgan Neville and David Chang’s food-themed docuseries Ugly Delicious has been picked up for a second season by Netflix. The news was revealed by the Momofuku founder on Thanksgiving while millions of Americans were preparing one of the biggest meals of the year.
The pickup for Ugly Delicious, which follows Chang around the globe looking at what we eat as a bridge between cultures, comes eight months after the release of the series’ eight-episode first season.
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel, Ali Wong, Eric Wareheim, former Walking Dead star Steven Yeun, food critic Jonathan Gold, and chefs Roy Choi and Nina Compton were among the guests in Season 1. Ugly Delicious is produced by Neville, Chang, Tremolo Productions,...
The pickup for Ugly Delicious, which follows Chang around the globe looking at what we eat as a bridge between cultures, comes eight months after the release of the series’ eight-episode first season.
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel, Ali Wong, Eric Wareheim, former Walking Dead star Steven Yeun, food critic Jonathan Gold, and chefs Roy Choi and Nina Compton were among the guests in Season 1. Ugly Delicious is produced by Neville, Chang, Tremolo Productions,...
- 11/23/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Tutta la pasta fatta in casa” is Italian for “All pasta is made in house,” and unless you have an Italian grandmother, rolling and crafting your own pasta in your home is a dying art.
But acclaimed Los Angeles chef Evan Funke walked away from his hit restaurant Bucato three years ago and traveled to Bologna, Italy, to learn how to make handmade pasta straight from the masters.
In an exclusive clip from the new documentary “Funke,” which makes its world premiere at the L.A. Film Festival on Sept. 26, the master talks pasta as part of the journey he had to opening his blockbuster Venice, Calif., restaurant Felix in 2017.
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Evan Funke
“I’ve been waiting years to make these pastas in a true authentic matter,” Funke says in the clip. “I spent a...
But acclaimed Los Angeles chef Evan Funke walked away from his hit restaurant Bucato three years ago and traveled to Bologna, Italy, to learn how to make handmade pasta straight from the masters.
In an exclusive clip from the new documentary “Funke,” which makes its world premiere at the L.A. Film Festival on Sept. 26, the master talks pasta as part of the journey he had to opening his blockbuster Venice, Calif., restaurant Felix in 2017.
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Evan Funke
“I’ve been waiting years to make these pastas in a true authentic matter,” Funke says in the clip. “I spent a...
- 9/24/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Los Angeles Times said today it is planning a public tribute for restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning and longtime fixture of L.A.’s diverse food scene, who died July 21 at age 57. The events set for August 26 include the debut of unseen footage from Laura Gabbert’s documentary City of Gold, which bowed in 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by IFC Films.
The event will be held on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall downtown beginning at 5:30 Pm and will include food trucks, and remembrances from friends and family including plenty of chefs and Times staffers. Gabbert will be there for the screening, the paper said, as will Evan Kleinman, host of Kcrw’s “Good Food.”
The city paid tribute to Gold by lighting up City Hall, the Santa Monica Pier’s ferris wheel and other landmarks in gold July 28 after his death from pancreatic cancer,...
The event will be held on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall downtown beginning at 5:30 Pm and will include food trucks, and remembrances from friends and family including plenty of chefs and Times staffers. Gabbert will be there for the screening, the paper said, as will Evan Kleinman, host of Kcrw’s “Good Food.”
The city paid tribute to Gold by lighting up City Hall, the Santa Monica Pier’s ferris wheel and other landmarks in gold July 28 after his death from pancreatic cancer,...
- 8/17/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Jessica Vogel, a former contestant on the Fox cooking competition series “Hell’s Kitchen” has died at age 34.
Vogel, who competed on Season 12 of the series airing in 2014, died on Monday. Her fiance, John Michael Keyser, told NorthJersey.com that Vogel was being treated for the inflammatory bowel disease colitis at a New Jersey hospital when “her heart gave out.”
Keyser added that he and Vogel “were planning to open a restaurant together,” adding, “My heart is breaking.”
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Vogel, who grew up in Spring Lake, New Jersey, attended culinary school in Denver and was working at creperie and bakery in California when she auditioned for the series, which stars hot-tempered celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
An obituary for Vogel described her as a “local legend for foodies in Bergen County,” adding that she had struggled with alcohol and drug use,...
Vogel, who competed on Season 12 of the series airing in 2014, died on Monday. Her fiance, John Michael Keyser, told NorthJersey.com that Vogel was being treated for the inflammatory bowel disease colitis at a New Jersey hospital when “her heart gave out.”
Keyser added that he and Vogel “were planning to open a restaurant together,” adding, “My heart is breaking.”
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Vogel, who grew up in Spring Lake, New Jersey, attended culinary school in Denver and was working at creperie and bakery in California when she auditioned for the series, which stars hot-tempered celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
An obituary for Vogel described her as a “local legend for foodies in Bergen County,” adding that she had struggled with alcohol and drug use,...
- 8/1/2018
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Jonathan Gold, the first restaurant critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 57 of pancreatic cancer. The Los Angeles Times said he died Saturday at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Gold was the subject of Laura Gabbert’s 2015 documentary “City of Gold,” that showed the Los Angeles food scene through the eyes of the L.A. native.
He is survived by his wife, a Los Angeles Times editor Laurie Ochoa, and two children.
Gold was the subject of Laura Gabbert’s 2015 documentary “City of Gold,” that showed the Los Angeles food scene through the eyes of the L.A. native.
He is survived by his wife, a Los Angeles Times editor Laurie Ochoa, and two children.
- 7/22/2018
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Among a trove of secrets spilled Friday night in Beverly Hills at a panel discussion featuring former competitors and a producer of <em>Top Chef,</em> the most fascinating was the existence of a grueling psychiatric test that potential “cheftestants” on the Bravo series undergo.
Questions posed by psychiatrists — in an attempt to weed out people who might prove unstable under pressure — include, “Did you ever want to light a cat on fire?”
Luckily, none of the participants on the panel hosted by <em>Los Angeles Times</em> food critic Jonathan Gold reported answering yes. Held at the Paley Center ...
Questions posed by psychiatrists — in an attempt to weed out people who might prove unstable under pressure — include, “Did you ever want to light a cat on fire?”
Luckily, none of the participants on the panel hosted by <em>Los Angeles Times</em> food critic Jonathan Gold reported answering yes. Held at the Paley Center ...
- 5/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Chef and restaurateur David Chang has a way with words. His Momofuku culinary brand was named after the Japanese words for “lucky peach” with a nod to ramen inventor Momofuku Ando. But Chang has also acknowledged that it’s no accident that Momofuku sounds very similar to “motherfucker.”
Contained in that auspicious, delicious, and mischievous moniker are clues of what to expect in his Netflix food series with its own colorful name, “Ugly Delicious.” While each of the eight episodes focuses on one specific comfort food such as pizza or fried chicken, the series examines far more than just plating and recipes. The spotlight dish also serves as a tasty vehicle by which to examine historical and social issues, and hopefully build bridges across politics and continents.
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Through the episode “Pizza,...
Contained in that auspicious, delicious, and mischievous moniker are clues of what to expect in his Netflix food series with its own colorful name, “Ugly Delicious.” While each of the eight episodes focuses on one specific comfort food such as pizza or fried chicken, the series examines far more than just plating and recipes. The spotlight dish also serves as a tasty vehicle by which to examine historical and social issues, and hopefully build bridges across politics and continents.
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Through the episode “Pizza,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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