Top Chef Pig Roast

Several former Top Cheftestants are participating in an event for Share Our Strength No Kid Hungry. Nyesha Arrington's Pig Roast will be held on April 28th, 2013, at Wilshire Restaurant, 2454 Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, CA from 1-4pm.

Guest chefs will include Ilan Hall, CJ Jacobsen, Alex Reznik, Marcel Vigneron, and Brooke Williamson from Top Chef and Danielle Keene from Top Chef Just Desserts.

Tickets are $55 and can be purchased here.


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Los Angeles Top Chef Contestants Present "A Backyard Pig Roast"

Chefs Nyesha Arrington of Wilshire Restaurant and Chris Crary of Whist Restaurant announced Wednesday a "backyard" pig roast to help fight childhood hunger at a benefit to be hosted April 22 at Wilshire Restaurant.

The potluck-style lunch will also feature barbecue sides and desserts from Alex Reznik, Antonia LaFaso, Ilan Hall, Jamie Lauren, Sally Camacho, Marcel Vigneron, CJ Jacobson, Danielle Keene, Mark Peel, and Suzanne Tracht.

Click here for tickets.

Proceeds benefit Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation.

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All Top Chef Interview with Nyesha Arrington

Chef Nyesha talks about her experience on the Bravo show.


Click here to learn more about Wilshire Restaurant.

Click below to play the podcast.

Thank you Chef Nyesha!

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Bravo Exit Interview - Nyesha Arrington

Watch the interview here.

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ATC Love to Chefs Nyesha Arrington and Dakota Weiss

This week's Elimination Challenge involved cooking game, and Chefs Arrington and Weiss were assigned venison. While their plate had good flavors, including a great squash and beet gratin, the venison was severely undercooked. These two chefs had been doing so well in the competition so far, Chef Weiss especially, and we're very sorry to see both of them go so soon. Best of luck in Last Chance Kitchen, and in the future!

This post is only for positive comments about Chefs Arrington and Weiss. If you have anything negative to say, please do so on our Reactions post.

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Top Chef News, Shoes, and Shows

Zac Young of Just Desserts 1 at the James Beard Foundation annual gala and auction: “I promised if the bidding went high enough, I'd cook in Gail's shoes. It did and La Simmons handed over the goods.”

We mentioned yesterday that we spotted TC: Texas contestant Nyesha Arrington on last Sunday’s “sneak peak” at the new Food Network show, Chef Hunters. Now comes word TC Masters Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger will be looking to hire an executive chef for their restaurant Border Grill on the show’s official premiere this Thursday night at 10:00 Eastern.

And if that’s not enough, there’s a 1980s-era sit-com in the works based on Too Hot Tamales Mary Sue and Susan’s long-standing friendship and business partnership (and there's that husband they have in common . . .)

Missing Anthony Bourdain as a judge on the new season of Top Chef? Never fear. His new show, The Layover, premieres on the Travel Channel Monday, Nov. 21. Click here for video of his segment this week on Letterman, where he explains how The Layover is different from No Reservations, and why “the smell of failure is French toast.”

Bourdain will also make an appearance, as it were, on The Simpsons this Sunday (Nov. 13 at 8:00 Eastern on Fox), in which Marge becomes, yes, a food blogger. Grub Street has a great interview with the show’s executive producer about the episode (don’t miss the slideshow).

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Top Chefs Sam Talbot, Brian Malarkey, and Nyesha Arrington - Out, Expanding, and Doing Double Duty

Sam Talbot is out at NYC’s Imperial Number Nine at the Mondrian, according to reports here and here.

Brian Malarkey is opening three new fabric-themed restaurants in San Diego. In addition to Searsucker and Burlap, you can read about Herringbone, Gingham, and Gabardine here.

Did you catch the sneak peak of Chef Hunters on the Food Network Sunday night? Top Chef: Texas contestant Nyesha Arrington competed on that reality food show as well. Video here, or catch the show’s official premiere Thurs. night at 10:00 Eastern.

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Meet the Chefs - Nyesha Arrington

HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA (Panorama City)
AGE: 29
PROFESSION: Executive Chef, Wilshire Restaurant, Santa Monica, CA
CULINARY EDUCATION: Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA
FAVORITE SIMPLE FALL DESSERT RECIPE: Pumpkin pie

Arrington works as the new Executive Chef at Wilshire, one of Santa Monica’s most popular restaurants. Nyesha worked with her mentor, Josiah Citrin, at Mélisse in Santa Monica. Her resume also includes work with legendary French chef Joël Robuchon at his Michelin and Mobil award-winning Las Vegas restaurants, L’Atelier and The Mansion. With both master chefs, she feels fortunate to be guided by extremely talented cooks, who taught her a wide range of important skills in a very professional environment. Arrington, an ardent believer in using fresh, seasonal products, considers several important factors in creating her menu, including the weather, what’s in season, and the availability of locally-grown food. Nyesha comes from an artistic family; both her father and sister are musicians, and before pursuing a culinary career she aspired to be a sculptor. Her creative upbringing is reflected in Nyesha’s approach to cooking, which she considers an art.

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