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Turkey Time at the Heathman Restaurant and Bar : PDX Food Press

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Recipient of the James Beard Best Chef: Pacific NW award in 2001, Philippe Boulot partners with the region’s select growers, producers and vintners to find the highest quality ingredients. Boulot was honored by the Academie Culinaire de …

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Tanioka, Takashi

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Takashi TaniokaHilton NagoyaNagoya, Japanhttp://www.hilton.com Born in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1948, Takashi Tanioka joined Hilton International in 1971 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. In 1973, following his desire to gain experience in Europe, he moved to the Brussels Hilton, and a year later moved to the distinguished restaurant La Reserve in Bordeaux, France. Returning [...]

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LeBorgne, Michel

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Michel LeBorgneInn at Essex/New England Culinary InstituteMontpelier VThttp://www.neci.edu In 1968, Michel LeBorgne, now the vice-president of culinary affairs at the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont, became executive chef at Yale University. Perhaps that is why Yale is not known for student protests in the late 1960s. The students may have been politically discontented, but [...]

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Taquet, Jean Francois

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Jean Francois Taquet Restaurant Taquet Wayne PA http://www.taquet.com Jean-Francois Taquet categorizes his restaurant, Restaurant Taquet, as a brasserie, but realizes that Americans do not readily understand the connotation. In an effort to explain, the words rush out of him. ‚“A brasserie is fancy,‚” he says. ‚“It has an expensive look, an inexpensive menu, it is [...]

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Willer, Christian

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Christian Willer La Palme d’Or, Hotel Martinez Cannes, France http://www.hotel-martinez.com Since the middle of the ‚Äò80s, Chef Christian Willer has presided over the restaurants at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes, and more particularly over La Palme d´Or with its two Michelin stars. Willer brings a lifetime of experience with fine food to his kitchens. He [...]

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Roux, Albert

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Albert Roux House of Albert Roux, Ltd. Le Gavroche London, England http://www.albertroux.co.uk To launch his culinary career, French-born Albert Roux apprenticed at Patisserie Leclerc in Paris for three years, then spent a year at Patisserie Bras, also in Paris. Roux is a founding member of the Academie Culinaire in Great Britain. In 1968 he was [...]

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Turkey Time at the Heathman Restaurant and Bar « PDX Food Press

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Recipient of the James Beard Best Chef: Pacific NW award in 2001, Philippe Boulot partners with the region’s select growers, producers and vintners to find the highest quality ingredients. Boulot was honored by the Academie Culinaire de …

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