• Chef Daniel Boulud accused of putting food coloring in his pasta

    Chef Daniel Boulud accused of putting food coloring in his pasta

    Any good memoir contains some juicy secrets — but some are almost too sordid to repeat. Bill Buford makes the stunning claim in his new book “Dirt” that famed chef Daniel Boulud puts food coloring in his pasta to make it look more yellow. “When I later found myself in Boulud’s kitchen, and I was …
  • Naomi Campbell’s personal chef says she avoids dairy, chicken and gluten

    Naomi Campbell’s personal chef says she avoids dairy, chicken and gluten

    No dairy. No chicken. No gluten, and lots of spices is Naomi Campbell’s mantra when it comes to her diet, according to her personal chef Sean John. “I have cooked for her for over 10 years. She has her own stuff at home, but I prepare one really good meal a day, and it’s super …
  • New app delivers food for out-of-work chefs

    New app delivers food for out-of-work chefs

    All they wanted was a home-cooked meal and now they’re helping out-of-work chefs survive the coronavirus pandemic. Israeli entrepreneurs Oren Saar and Merav Kalish Rozengarten founded WoodSpoon out of a desire find food like grandma used to make. “We missed the food from home, like real homemade hummus, and kunefe,” Saar says, referring to the …
  • Shayna Taylor dishes up fancy salads and CBD dressings

    Shayna Taylor dishes up fancy salads and CBD dressings

    Shayna Taylor likes jazz up dinner parties with … salad. The chef and influencer, 28, told Page Six while promoting her CBD brand Bottle & Stone that salads aren’t as “basic” as one might think — and that she likes to use CBD in dressings. “What’s funny is you would think this is like such …
  • Eleven Madison Park chef will keep feeding needy New Yorkers after coronavirus

    Eleven Madison Park chef will keep feeding needy New Yorkers after coronavirus

    Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park will be changing the way he runs his restaurant after the pandemic lifts to better help feed the hungry, Side Dish has learned. Humm, whose three-starred Michelin restaurant was named the world’s best in 2017, is amping up his role at a non-profit, Rethink Food NYC, to become its top …
  • Out-of-work chefs are leaving NYC to cook for billionaires

    Out-of-work chefs are leaving NYC to cook for billionaires

    Chefs from some of New York City’s top restaurants are leaving the business to work for billionaires after losing their jobs to the coronavirus, Side Dish has learned. Out-of-work chefs from Jean-Georges, Daniel, Eleven Madison Park, Per Se and Gramercy Tavern are being poached by talent agents and even real estate brokers to work for …
  • All-star chefs contribute to e-book benefiting restaurant workers

    All-star chefs contribute to e-book benefiting restaurant workers

    Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Danny Meyer, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller and more all-star foodies have contributed recipes to upcoming e-book “Serving New York” to benefit ROAR and the Robin Hood foundation’s restaurant-worker relief fund. Angie Rito of Village eatery Don Angie submitted a pasta e fagioli recipe, and told us: “It’s something that our mothers and grandmothers …
  • Chefs fight back as insurance companies deny restaurants business-protection payouts

    Chefs fight back as insurance companies deny restaurants business-protection payouts

    Daniel Duckett, owner of the Lazy Claire patisserie in Belfast, was hoping for an insurance payout of up to $123,460.00 to cover losses during the coronavirus lockdown. Now he fears for the future as he battles for the compensation. Duckett is one of thousands who have called their insurers to claim on business disruption policies …
  • Chef Geoffrey Zakarian hosting starry ‘Great New York Foodathon’ special

    Chef Geoffrey Zakarian hosting starry ‘Great New York Foodathon’ special

    Celeb chef Geoffrey Zakarian will host a “Great New York Foodathon” special on Fox5 on Friday, we exclusively hear — with expected virtual guests including John Legend, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Strahan and Whoopi Goldberg. The Lambs Club chef is producing the show with Jaret Keller to benefit City Harvest. Top toques including Giada De …
  • Gordon Ramsay breaks silence to promote YouTube series after laying off staff

    Gordon Ramsay breaks silence to promote YouTube series after laying off staff

    Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay axed 500 staffers from his London restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic — and then went on social media to promote his latest business venture. The 53-year-old announced last week that his 12 London restaurants were temporarily shuttering in “this time of great uncertainty.” “Huge love and thanks to our amazing staff …