The signature moment in each episode of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated “Chef’s Table” is no more than a succession of plates. Composer Duncan Thum’s melodramatic strings herald abstractions of texture and color, labeled as if on view at the Met: A rough pile of gray shards and purple flowers spattered with orange liquid (Grant Achatz’s “Graffiti, Carrot Spray Paint, Wild Mushrooms”); a wood husk filled with delicacies in the guise of dirt, twigs, and moss (Dominique Crenn’s “A Walk in the Forest”). Each montage is an expression of the belief that haute cuisine is high art, one shared by the series’ renowned subjects. “There [are] other disciplines that we can draw on for inspiration,” Achatz remarks. “There are no rules. Do whatever you want.”
For a series defined by cuisine that defies convention, however—gold-leafed ants and pillows of nutmeg air, flights of fancy and sleights of hand...
For a series defined by cuisine that defies convention, however—gold-leafed ants and pillows of nutmeg air, flights of fancy and sleights of hand...
- 8/10/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
Rihanna might not be about the "Work" all the time. After her sold-out Anti concert in Miami on Tuesday - during which the singer surprised fans with a steamy performance with Drake - the duet partners partied together late into the night at The Miami Beach Edition, a source tells People. Drake, 29, reserved the Basement Bowl club inside Ian Schrager's hotel for a private afterparty for RiRi and their friends, the insider reveals. The duo bowled, ice skated, and according to a witness, were "definitely flirty" while snapping numerous selfies and "dancing together all night." "He is a really good ice skater,...
- 3/21/2016
- by Becky Randel
- PEOPLE.com
Ladies and gentlemen, you have yourselves a brand new Top Chef. After four months and 15 episodes set in multiple cities throughout the state of California, host Padma Lakshmi has crowned the Top Chef season 13 winner. Miami, Fla. chef Jeremy Ford and Orange County, Calif. chef Amar Santana went head-to-head in the Las Vegas finale. But who emerged victorious? Ford, the 30-year-old Chef de Cuisine at South Beach's Matador Room, is your newest Top Chef! We got our first taste of his cooking prowess in the season 13 premiere when he won the very first Elimination Challenge of the season, followed by two more Elimination Challenge wins, two high placements, and three Quickfire wins. He defeated Santana,...
- 3/18/2016
- E! Online
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