Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant... (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
from Grub Street Los Angeles "Mom kinda hoped this wouldn’t happen. It’s bittersweet for her to have to root for one of us over the other, but she’s told us both how proud she is that we’ve made it this far."-- Michael Voltaggio [ Capital Spice ] Read more posts by Hadley Tomicki Filed Under: top chef alumni newsletter , bryan voltaggio , dining...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Frederick rallies around native sons and 'Top Chef' standouts Bryan and Michael Voltaggio T he high school culinary arts teacher who taught Bryan Voltaggio how to put together a good bearnaise watched him "deconstruct" the sauce on national TV.
Eating L.A. (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"Top Chef" contestant Michael Voltaggio is quickly cementing a reputation as an arrogant, bad loser, despite his artistic food creations. But whatever his TV persona, his opinions about taking the job at the Langham hotel Dining Room are refreshingly direct in the latest issue of Pasadena Magazine.“My first impression was no. I don’t want to go back and work in an...
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The November issue of Pasadena Magazine has a cover star who, until recently, was more of a behind the scenes kind of guy, despite the often cocky swagger and 'tude. It's Chef Michael Voltaggio, who took over Chef de Cuisine duties this summer for The Dining Room, the swanky old-school restaurant at the Langham that's been turned upside down by Voltaggio's cheeky and innovative...
LAist (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Finalist Michael Voltaggio in the kitchen of The Dining Room at the Langham Hotel last week (Julie Wolfson/LAist) Season 6 of Bravo's Top Chef is about to come to a close, and this time around Los Angeles can root, root, root for the home team with Chef Michael Voltaggio of the Langham Hotel's Dining Room as one of the four finalists battling it out in the kitchen for the...
reality blurred (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
After taking yet another hiatus last week, Top Chef 6 narrowed the competition to its final three contestants last night. The tragic part is that the real competition just seemed to start. The final four--Kevin Gillespie, Bryan Voltaggio, Michael Voltaggio, and Jennifer Zavala--have been the inevitable final four since the beginning. The whole penultimate episode, which was set...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Bryan, Michael Voltaggio survive underdone lamb, stray bone in salmon Two brothers from Frederick overcame underdone lamb and an errant salmon bone to advance to the "Top Chef" finals.
Eating L.A. (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Jennifer's poached salmon, shrimp flan with truffles and celery root with shitake mushrooms. Padma agrees it was the most intriguing visually.There are very few smiles left in the kitchen stadium -- oh wait, that's a different show. Anyway, as the show gets underway, the mood is tense and just a little nasty, as Michael Voltaggio looks ready to throw Jennifer under the bus, sniffing,...
Serious Eats (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
[Photographs: bravotv.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch one of the final episodes of Top Chef Las Vegas. Only five cheftestants are left and chef god Thomas Keller is stopping by to guest judge. For the Quickfire they'll have to make a ballantine, or a protein within a protein within a protein. Michael Voltaggio is sous-viding bacon inside chicken inside turkey. Sweet,...
Savory Tv (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
This just in! Via our friend Chef Fabio Viviani on Facebook, he has recreated the winning Chicken Wings with a Celery Root Puree and Blue Cheese Dressing recipe from Top Chef Michael Voltaggio on the episode 10, season 6 Elimination Challenge. In this video recipe, Fabio teams up with Chef Adam Sobel of RM Seafood [...]
Serious Eats (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
[Photographs: bravotv.com] Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, come join us as we watch the eleventh episode of Top Chef Las Vegas, where cheftestants will have to whip out breakfast in bed for a bathrobe-clad Padma and guest judge Nigella Lawson. For the elimination challenge, the chefs will concoct Vegas casino-themed dishes. Michael Voltaggio gets New York New York and his brother Bryan gets Mandalay...
Eating L.A. (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... blintzes! But Padma and Nigella, luxuriating in separate beds, pronounce them too one-note. Michael Voltaggio gets over-elaborate with a Cuban-inspired dish involving crispy rice, egg, bacon bits and banana. Still, it looks pretty tasty.They still hate Robin: "I'd rather you'd just be gone right now!" Michael says to Robin while manuevering around the kitchen.Only Jennifer's...
I Dislike Your Favorite Team (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Michael Voltaggio, shot two. 15 seconds of TV later, without a break in his commentary. Different hat, different shirt and he looks ill. At first I thought maybe they interviewed him after he lost the challenge, and he had been crying. Now, I know that wasn't the case. But I'm now wondering if he isn't ill, or whether he loses next week, and they talked to him about his last good dish at that point....
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... with six contestants remaining. Among them are former D.C. and now Frederick, Md.-based chef Bryan Voltaggio, his brother and fellow culinary wizard Michael, and frontrunner Kevin Gillespie. We caught up with Isabella to talk about his approach to the season, his cooking, and why he won't be reading this interview. There seems to be a real connection between chefs of any given restaurant...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
B ryan and Michael Voltaggio might be highly accomplished chefs, but when their mom's birthday rolled around last week, she got a cake made from a mix.
