Samuelsson and Ripert Sell New York to the Tourists

Posted 04/29/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed

The chefs are among the new wave of celebrities tapped for the city's "Just Ask The Locals" ads.

Tags: aquavit, blue ribbon brasserie, eric ripert, great ny noodeltown, jean georges, le bernardin, marcus samuelsson, peasant, peter luger, republic, wo hop

Sam Talbot (Formerly) of ‘Top Chef’ Splurges at Nobu

Posted 01/26/07 in Grub Street: The New York Diet

Around the time he helmed the kitchen at Williamsburgh Café, before becoming an executive chef at Punch and then a contestant on Top Chef, Forbes named Sam Talbot one of the city’s up-and-coming chefs and Zink declared him one of its sexiest: “He is like a girl when it comes to shopping and grooming himself,” his Bravo bio reads. Unfortunately this didn’t cut it with the judges, and Sam was kicked to the curb on this week’s penultimate episode. Admirers will be happy to hear, however, that he’s still zipping around on his Vespa and consulting with the owners of Fat Baby on their two new Lower East Side restaurants. We asked him what he ate this week and learned that he likes his food cheap but solid — aside from his monthly splurge at Nobu.

Tags: aki, blue ribbon brasserie, john's, momofuku noodle bar, nicky's vietnamese, nobu, republic, sam talbot, top chef