Louisville Chefs on First All-Female Council at Atlanta Food and Wine Festival
Louisville’s chef Annie Pettry of Decca was one of more than 60 women named to the first ever all-female advisory council at The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, which will be held May 31...
Get in the Derby spirit: create a burger!
The Derby prep races are under way. Futures betting has started.  The C-J has run a story about Derby hats—men's hats. And now, the third annual Derby Burger Challenge!
The Kentucky Beef Council, always looking...
Apron, Inc Awards Ballotin’s Paul Tuell, Chef Ellen Gill McCarty
Apron, Inc held its annual fundraiser "Taste of Independents" on Sunday at the beautiful Olmsted. As people wandered and enjoyed the band, silent auction and tasting of many bites and beverages, Apron, Inc announced...
It’s starting to look a lot like Derby
Perhaps the cold weather will have retarded the blossoming of the dogwoods enough so that that mystical concurrence, Derby and dogwoods in bloom, might actually happen this year.
As we wait to see, Derby Festival...
The Bourbon Review lauds 8 Louisville bars
The Bourbon Review, a Lexington-based publication whose coverage is easily deduced from its name, has surveyed the country region by region to determine the 60 top bourbon bars nationwide. Eight of them are in...
Cuvée Wine Table garners the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence — and sister restaurant...
Wine Spectator has released its 2019 Restaurant Award Winners, among which appears Cuvée Wine Table (3598 Springhurst Boulevard), a first-time recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.
According to Wine Spectator, this is the...
Winston’s John Castro looking to win big at breakfast
John Castro, executive chef at Winston’s and culinary instructor at Sullivan University, has entered a contest, the Hometown Breakfast Battle, sponsored by Thomas’s English Muffins, hoping to beat out the 135 other chefs competing...
Sullivan Students compete in Culinary Olympics in Germany
Four student chefs from Louisville’s Sullivan University are headed for Erfut, Germany, on Friday, to compete in the World Culinary Olympics.
Today they met with Mayor Greg Fischer, who wished the students a bon voyage,...
Decca chef receives kudos; Dragon King’s Daughter food truck ready to roll
Two unrelated issues joined only by alphabetical proximity in my notes nonetheless deserve mention. A local chef has gained a modicum of national attention for her ambitious efforts in her NuLu restaurant, and a...
James Beard Award Finalists announced
The James Beard Foundation has released their 2019 list of semifinalists for the James Beard Awards, and one Kentuckian has made the list. While non of our state's fine chefs are on the list...
