A RESTAURANT TO LOVE FROM A GUY YOU DON’T

Published Monday, June 30, 2008

Reality cooking show Top Chef scores monster ratings and spins off related ventures as fast as Bravo executives can ink the deals. But it’s been a failure as a culinary star-making machine. The contestants, household names among foodies nationwide while on the show, disappear once they’re off it. The lone exception: Season One’s Stephen Asprinio, the spaced-out sommelier who became the first in what turned out to be a series of chef/villains Top Chef audiences love to hate. But nobody’s hating his new restaurant, Forte d’Asprinio in Palm Beach, FL. It’s not just a fine ...

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August 2010

Features
- Flight Club

Editorial
- Fame & Fortune at the Aspen Classic

Ten Thoughts
- Sean Brasel

Fridge Raid
- A Napa State of Mind

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- Rick Bayless Goes Hollywood


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