ICA: Forgione vs. Wong
There are lots of tricks and treats in this sweet Halloween battle, as Iron Chef Marc Forgione is challenged by Chef Lee Anne Wong. Judges are Kathy Griffin, Donatella Arpaia Stewart (bun clearly still in oven) and Kelly Ripa. Chef Wong was a semi-finalist on “Top Chef” and appears on Cooking Channel’s “Unique Eats.”
How crappy have the last few Sundays been on Food Network? Obviously scripted taco truck challenges and Halloween candy cook-offs? Oy vey! Well your Sundays will stop sucking soon enough when Next Iron Chef 4 begins next week but you don’t have to wait for Kitchen Stadium drama as Iron Chef Forgione faces off against Top Chef veteran Lee Anne Wong in Battle: Halloween Candy.
Since she traded her fashion career for the culinary world, Chef Lee Anne Wong, has been bringing her modern-global fusion cuisine to the people. Born and raised in Troy, New York, Lee Anne is a 2nd generation Chinese- American. After graduating from The French Culinary Institute (The FCI), Lee Anne worked for several years at Aquavit, and later served as part the opening staff at Jean Georges Vongrichten’s Chinese venture, restaurant 66.
She has also cooked and staged in critically acclaimed kitchens all over the world. After returning to The FCI as the Executive Chef of Event Operations, Chef Wong brought her culinary skills to an even wider audience when she appeared as a cheftestant on Season One of Bravo’s Flagship Series “Top Chef”. She returned to the show as a Supervising Culinary Producer on Top Chef, and its spin-off Top Chef Masters. She has also worked as a culinary consultant for movies and tv programs. Chef Wong has used her culinary skills to help further charitable causes, such as Women Chefs and Restaurateurs (WCR), Project By Project, and she sits on the Board of Directors for The Gohan Society.
Donatella and her husband, Dr. Allan Stewart, welcomed a son on Thursday, September 15th. They haven’t announced a name yet but did say their sweetest addition weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces.An impressive resume to be sure but will be enough when she enters Kitchen Stadium?
Check below for the outcome.
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Forgione Wong
Taste: 23 Taste: 27
Plating: 15 Plating: 12
Originality: 13 Originality: 13
Total: 51 Total: 52
Colicchio And Another Son
Cheflebrity birth week continues. A few days ago I took great pleasure in announcing that Cooking Channel star Roger Mooking and his wife welcomed a new daughter to their family. Today comes word that Top Chef star Tom Colicchio and his wife Lori Silverbush has given birth to their third son. Top Chef’s top chef Tweeted the new arrival.
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Roger Mooking – a New Baby Girl!
Musician, chef and Cooking Channel star Roger Mooking and his wife just added to their family with a beautiful, baby girl today. Roger made the announcement this morning on his facebook page with this simple statement, “She is so beautiful. Wow.” Congratulations to the Mookings!
To celebrate such wonderful news amongst the depth of gloom on the nightly news enjoy Roger’s song UMEUS (you, me, us) that also serves as the theme to his show Everyday Exotic:
