Online Presence
Authenticity is Currency on Social Media
Interview with Chef Dave Critchley of Lu Ban Liverpool about the importance of mental health in the restaurant business and learning to be himself online.
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Thought Leaders
10 Inspirational BIPOC Chefs & Restaurateurs Share The Top Things You Need To Succeed As a Chef
BIPOC restaurant industry leaders offer their experience and advice on how to break through as a chef.
By Vicky Colas
Thought Leaders
Award-Winning Chef Kwame Onwuachi Is Too Busy to Eat Breakfast
The passionate chef and entrepreneur is on a mission to make great food and to make careers in the kitchen more accessible for future great chefs.
By Dan Bova
Entrepreneurs
5 Science-Proved Reasons Vacation Will Boost Your Brain
Get your next big idea on picturesque Nassau Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Business News
CEO of Culinary School PlantLab Charged With Embezzling $2.4 Million
The 35 felony charges against Adam Zucker include money laundering and grand theft by embezzlement.
By Hayden Field
Business News
CEO of Culinary School Who ‘Disappeared’ Appears to Have Spent a Week in Jail
PlantLab CEO Adam Zucker said he'd been dealing with a 'catastrophic' personal issue for more than a week when his staff was unable to contact him. The time coincides with the arrest and incarceration of a person by the same name on embezzlement charges.
By Hayden Field
Thought Leaders
The CEO of a Culinary School Is Missing. Students Are Now on the Hook for Thousands Paid in Tuition.
PlantLab says its CEO, Adam Zucker -- a former colleague of celebrity chef Matthew Kenney -- is unreachable. They've canceled all upcoming classes.
By Hayden Field
Thought Leaders
Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain Found Dead at 61. 3 Things to Know Today.
Stay in the know in 60 seconds.
By Hayden Field
Business News
A ‘Top Chef’ Shares a Quick Recipe That Can Help You Reduce Food Waste
Planning a Super Bowl party this Sunday? Here's an idea to rescue your leftover nachos.
Buying a Franchise
This Franchisee Is Cooking up Some Lessons in Life for Her Young Clientele
Nora Wachter-Lerner survived cancer and decided that for her next gig, she was leaving the corporate world and going back to the kitchen.
By Joan Oleck
Building a Business
This Luxe Kitchen Knife Just Raised $1 Million on Kickstarter
With only hours to go, the Misen blade is cutting its way to crowdfunding success.
Marketing
Ruth’s Chris Sends Cease and Desist to Parody Indian Steakhouse Pop-Up
Ruth Krishna's Tandoori Steakhouse has been renamed Randy Krishna's for David Chang's satiric one-night pop-up restaurant event.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Chef Sentenced to Three Years in Jail for Spitting in Customer’s Food
The New Jersey cook spat on an overly demanding customer's roll.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
How BentoBox Is Ending the Era of Badly Designed Restaurant Websites
The company, which has built a platform for restaurants to create and manage their websites, recently graduated from Techstars New York City and is in the process of raising its seed round.
By Laura Entis
Buying a Franchise
How El Pollo Loco Churns Out New Menu Items Crazy Fast
El Pollo Loco's executive chef spills on crafting dozens of new menu items a year and transforming the chain from a fast-food joint into something more.
By Kate Taylor