Sunday, February 24, 2013
Myles Anton, currently the chef at Traverse City's Trattoria Stella, was nominated for a 2013 James Beard Award, sometimes known as the 'Oscars' of food.
Talk about good food coming from Michigan. Myles Anton, a former chef at Birmingham's Townsend Hotel and Rugby Grille, has been nominated for a 2013 James Beard Award. Referred to as the "Oscars" of the food world by the Huffington Post, the James Beard Foundation annually recognizes chefs and restaurants across the country for excellence. Semifinalists were selected from more than 44,000 online entries in 20 categories. Anton is currently the executive chef at Traverse City's Trattoria Stella but before that, he worked his way up to sous chef at the Townsend Hotel under head chef Louai Sharkas in the 1990's, according to Anton's profile on CrushMichigan.com. From there, he opened D'Amato's in Ann Arbor in 1999 and in 2002, opened Bunker's…
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Bloomfield Open Hunt Club, located on Long Lake Road, will host the annual dinner featuring the area's best culinary talent, including the new executive chef at the Townsend Hotel.
Some of the most sophisticated palates in the culinary arts will be in Bloomfield Hills Sunday for the James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour. And the chefs and staff at the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club, the host of the event, are up for the challenge, said Catering Director Sue Helzer. "We have never hosted an event like this and are very honored to be selected," Helzer said. "Our Chef Kevin Peasgood was nominated to participate and host this event, and we have our in-house staff as well as our banquet staffing company sending additional staff to accommodate such a high-end dinner." Featured at the event are a tasty line-up of local and national chefs Jonathon Sawyer, Aaron Butts, Jeremy Ashby, Matt Danko, Tom Sheridan and the Open Hunt's Chef …
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Forest Grill's David Gilbert is one of 20 semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Foundation's award for the best chef in the Great Lakes region.
Birmingham is home to one of the best chefs in the region — Forest Grill Executive Chef David Gilbert has been named as one of 20 semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Foundation award for the best chef in the Great Lakes region. The awards bestowed by the James Beard Foundation are some of the highest honors given for food and beverage professionals in North America. The foundation promotes culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists and cookbooks across the country. The foundation also offers workshops, classes and conferences for aspiring chefs. Gilbert is one of three semifinalists in Michigan, being recognized alongside Luciano Del Signore of Bacco Ristorante in Southfield and Matthew Miller of The Reserve in …
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Townsend Hotel will host a seven-course special event with the Midwest's celebrity chefs Thursday.
Jim Bologna, executive chef of the Rugby Grille at the Townsend Hotel, once aspired to be a Navy fighter pilot. When his plans to attend the U.S. Naval Academy fell through, he recalled, “My mom said, 'You like food and people.’ ” And so he went from flying to flambé, enrolling in Michigan State University‘s hospitality program. “My first cooking class, I took to it like a duck to water,” he said. This Thursday, he will host some of the Midwest's top culinary talents as the Rugby Grille presents the only Michigan edition of this year’s Celebrity Chef Tour. Guests will enjoy a seven-course dinner, fine wines and the best in Belgian beers and have the opportunity to talk informally with chefs Bologna, David Gilbert of Birmingham's Forest …
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Alan Stamm
6:39 am on Friday, February 24, 2012
Chef Gilbert has been in the running two straight years after being among Michigan's four 2011 semifinalists. Alex Young of Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor wound up as the regional winner in that 20-chef field, more ›