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JOËL ROBUCHON (the restaurant, not the man) is not something most people would like a steady diet of.
ELV of course, is something (and someone) else entirely.
Tag: Joel Robuchon
Desert Companion’s Best of Vegas
Featuring:
Best tapas (in a town suddenly filled with tapas): Julian Serrano
Best bread: Joel Robuchon (Note to “Mad Man” Mancini (who wrote the entry): Our staff thinks it’s a toss up between JR and Guy Savoy.)
Best dessert: Canneles de Bordeaux at SAGE (Unpleasant update: Shawn McClain informed us last night (2.4.11), that canneles were no longer on the menu, and Lura Poland was no longer with the restaurant.) ;-(
The Guy Who Cooks The Food
The protege in Robuchon’s kitchen
The Chef of the Century’s name is above the door, but this is the guy who’s really cooking dinner
“French chefs are so well trained, they don’t know how not to make it right.” – Laurent Tourondel
I first met Steve Benjamin in January 2005, shortly after Joël Robuchon had opened his two stunning restaurants at the MGM Grand. Benjamin was pointed out to me as the fellow who would be taking over executive chef duties at L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, once Robuchon and his Parisian team were satisfied that this second installment of J.R.’s restaurant empire was performing up to Chef of the Century standards. Continue reading “The Guy Who Cooks The Food”