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Top Chef New Orleans Episode 1: Show Us Your Grits!

At the risk of being contrarian, I’ll just go ahead and say that I loathe the Geico commercial with the talking camel. However, I’d be […]

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Top Chef: New Orleans Premiers Tonight

Just a quick reminder, folks. The new season of Top Chef debuts tonight, featuring two of Philly’s finest: Nick Elmi and Jason Cichonski. Do we […]

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Jason Cichonski Finishes Early on First Episode of Top Chef New Orleans

Bravo’s Top Chef returns on Wednesday, October 2nd. Season 11 is based in New Orleans and includes local chefs Nick Elmi and Jason Cichonski. In the […]

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Fidel Gastro Pens a Top Chef Ditty

Fidel Gastro is excited for Top Chef New Orleans and the TV premieres of Jason Cichonski and Nick Elmi. So excited, he’s written a song previewing the […]

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Six Pack: Eat Where Top Chef Contests Nick Elmi and Jason Cichonski Cooked

Yes, we still have some time before the first episode of the new season of Top Chef, featuring Nick Elmi, Jason Cichonski and a bunch […]

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Who Goes Further on Top Chef New Orleans: Cichonski or Elmi?

So now that it is official that Jason Cichonski and Nick Elmi are competing on season 11 of Top Chef. We wonder, who do you think […]

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Cichonski, Elmi Confirmed For Top Chef 11

Okay, so now it’s official: Both Jason Cichonski and Nick Elmi will be competing on this year’s Top Chef, premiering Oct. 2 on Bravo. This […]

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Tomorrow: Cochon Epic Re-Do At Ela

Noted pig-hugger, Jason Cichonski, is not letting the porkish glow of Cochon Epic fade so quickly. For those of you who missed the big event […]

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Jason Cichonski Scores a Pig

  Jason Cichonski of Ela scored his pig for next week’s Cochon Epic from Country Time Farm. As you can see, it’s just about the […]

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Jason Cichonski Gets Some Ink

Jason Cichonski–chef at Ela and (alleged) Top Chef season 11 chef-testant–appears to have found some time to show his undying love for his first restaurant. […]

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Ela Goes Late With A New Bar Menu And More

It’s summer hours at Ela with a new happy hour schedule, a new menu, new drinks and a new beer list. The big draw? Jason […]

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Drunken Brunch Alert: Whiskey & Waffles At Ela And SPTR

  Apparently Jason Cichonski likes a “girly” shot aptly named “Pancakes & Syrup,” and that will be the first course of the Whiskey & Waffles […]

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Ela Adds Brunch Starting This Sunday

This Sunday Jason Cichonski kicks off brunch at Queen Village’s Ela. Biscuits, Benedict, bone marrow and butternut squash highlight the fall flavors, and that’s just […]

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Lacroix’s 10th Anniversary Dinner

To celebrate Lacroix’s 10th anniversary the restaurant will be holding a special dinner on September 17th(dinner has been changed to Monday, September 24th). The dinner […]

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About Last Night: Hop Chef

Last night I was lucky enough to judge Ommegang’s Hop Chef competition at World Cafe Live. Six excellent local chefs put their best foot forward […]