Chef Joe Shaw leaves The Standard

Thanks to Chezbez for the tip.

Restaurant Week is on in Nashville

Check them out! http://www.nashvilleoriginals.com/restaurantweek.php

Restaurant Week in Nashville June 29 - July 5

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Visit the Nashville Originals website to learn more about this special week.

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THE ACORN RESTAURANT: Three-course dinner for $30.09
Closed July 5
Special menu. Reservations requested.

ALLIUM: Salad, entrée, dessert from the regular menu for $20.09
Closed July 4
Reservations recommended

CABANA: Prime Grill'In Menu, $19.99

CHA CHAH: Three-course dinner, special menu, $20.09. Reservations requested.

CROSS CORNER BAR AND GRILL: Choice of special meals for two, including a bucket of beer, $20.09

FIDO: Two daily specials (most feature local and organic produce) and two specialty coffee drinks for $20.09. Closes 4 p.m. July 4.

FLYTE WORLD DINING & WINE : $30.09, three-course dinner

GERMANTOWN CAFE: Salad, entrée, dessert from the regular menu for $20.09
Closed July 4
Reservations recommended

JACKSON'S: Special menu
Appetizer, entrée, dessert
$20.09

JIMMY KELLY'S: Special menu, three-course
dinner for $20.09
Closed July 4, July 5

MAFIAOZA'S: Chef's choice "Piccola Morsi"
$30.09

MAMBU: Three-course dinner $20.09
House wines $20.09 a bottle

MIDTOWN CAFE: Prime Grill'In menu -- $19.99

MIRROR: Three-course dinner, special menu, $25.09

NOSHVILLE: Delicatessen Meat Sampler for two, $20.09
Green Hills, Midtown, Cool Springs locations

PM: Three-course dinner for $20.09. Special menu.

PROVENCE BREAD & CAFE: $20.09, lunch for two: Any sandwich on the menu, plus an artisan side salad per person
Hillsboro Village, Downtown, Green Hills

RUMBA: Three-course dinner
Special menu
$30.09

THE STANDARD: Three-course dinner for $30.09, special menu.
Reservations recommended - mention Nashville Originals. Closed July 4.

SUNSET GRILL: Prime Grill'In menu, $19.99

tayst RESTAURANT AND WINE BAR: $30.09, three-course tasting: signature salad, local pasture chicken fricasse, and creme brullee. Reservations required. Possible surprise offerings.

TIN ANGEL: $20.09
Appetizer, choice of one of three entrees, dessert
Accompanying wines at a special price. Reservations required.
Not serving Restauarant Week menu July 5.

WILD IRIS: Three-course dinner, $20.09 and $30.09. Special menus.

THE YELLOW PORCH: Three-course dinners. Special menus. $20.09 and $30.09

ZOLA: Three-course dinner for $30.09. Special menu.
Reservations recommended. Closed July 4

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Return to your favorite spots for the food you love, or try new-to-you restaurants. And all at incredible prices: $20.09 or $30.09 for a meal to remember. (Prices do not include beverages, tip or tax.)

A Tasteful Pursuit; Chefs on Tour for Childhood Hunger

A Tasteful Pursuit

Chefs on Tour for Childhood Hunger

Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Grand Ballroom
231 Sixth Avenue North
Nashville, TN

6:00 pm - Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm - Exquisite Multi-Course Wine Paired Dinner

Host Chefs

Tyler Brown, Executive Chef, The Capitol Grille
Andrew Manchester, Pastry Chef, The Capitol Grille

Guest Chefs

Sean Brock, McCrady’s Restaurant, Charleston, SC
Hal Holden-Bache, Eastland Café, Nashville, TN
Jason McConnell, Red Pony Restaurant, Franklin, TN
Debra Paquette, Zola, Nashville, TN
Tandy Wilson, City House, Nashville, TN

LIMITED TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT NEW REDUCED PRICE OF $95.00

Tickets are also available by phone at 888.273.6141 or for more info visit http://www.strength.org/a_tasteful_pursuit/

My interview with Chef Debra and Ernie Paquette from Restaurant Zola

part one

part two

part three

Andrew Chadwick's restaurant has closed

Sad to say it but it is true, another incredible restaurant in our fair city has closed it's doors. Andrew Chadwick's at Rutledge Hill, an upscale California-inspired restaurant that was located in the southern edge of downtown was a truly unique restaurant and will be sorely missed. I wish Andrew all the best and hope he stays in Nashville and comes up with something else incredible.

He spent nearly two years restoring a Civil War-era home on Rutledge Hill near downtown Nashville before opening the restaurant in November 2007. Such a shame that all that work and passion is all for nothing now but I'm sure he will move on to bigger and better things soon.

A message on the restaurant's confirmed it, they were closed. "Unfortunately, we are no longer in business, we thank Nashville for the opportunity and hope you have a great day."

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A little bit about Andrew and his restaurant...(this comes from the restaurant's website)

The technology he used:
Andrew Chadwick's is one of only three American institutions that use a professional induction cooktop. An induction-cooker element (what on a gas stove would be called a "burner") is a powerful, high-frequency electromagnet. When a good-sized piece of magnetic material--such as, for example, a cast-iron skillet--is placed in the magnetic field that the element is generating, the field transfers ("induces") energy into that metal. Basically, the pan itself is where the heat comes from and not the elements.

About Andrew:
The majority of Andrew's culinary training took place in California, where he acquired an uncanny discernment for food and wine pairings. Prior to moving to Nashville, Andrew served as executive chef at the prestigious Meadowood Napa Valley, a private estate featuring fine dining inspired by the traditions of Napa Valley, and at the Ritz Carlton Resort St. Thomas, a Virgin Island resort offering Caribbean-inspired cuisine. Andrew also served on the prestigious culinary team providing cuisine for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

After graduating from the California Culinary Academy in 1991, he worked at acclaimed restaurants in New York, California and Europe. In New York, he helped establish a Four Star restaurant with Donald Woods. Following his tenure in New York, he served as chef of the Fine Dining Restaurant at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, where he was ranked one of the top ten chefs in Southern California. He also was an executive sous chef at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Spa.

Radius10 has closed....no, no, NOOOO

The paragraph below was in the Nashville Scene blog "Bites." I sure hope that Jason stays in Nashville and continues to work his culinary magic. This restaurant was truly a magical place to spend an evening. Nice view of the city from the patio, incredible and fun food and the chef bar that overlooked the kitchen. God I will miss this place...

Chef Jason, I do have something that I am working on and would love to talk to you at some point again. Feel free to contact me anytime.
~Corey

Within the past hour, a recorded phone message at Radius10 was updated to announce the restaurant's closing. "It is with great regret and great memories that Radius10 has decided to leave The Gulch," the voice says. "Sadly, the level of business since the economic downturn is not sufficient to sustain our operation over the long haul."

Joe Shaw will be at the Farmer's Market again

Learn more at the Farmers Market website.

Have you heard about the Nashville Scene's Iron Fork?

Win tickets to this event HERE.

Buy tickets for this event HERE.

Scenes from a late lunch at Mambu

Review to be posted on Webbspun Ideas on Monday.

Trinkets on a wall at Mambu

Fusion '08 brings all the arts together in the Gulch

The 4th annual Fusion event brings culinary, fashion, visual and musical artists together to raise money for the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation.

Visit the Fusion website for more information.

Saturday, March 29
City Hall
Project A
7:00pm