New York, NY (March 10, 2005) - Awarded Chefs to Serve Signature Dishes at Gala Event April 26, 2005 StarChefs.com, the magazine for culinary insiders, has named its 2005 New York Rising Stars award recipients. These up-and-coming chefs will serve their signature dishes at the Rising Stars Revue, a walk-around tasting event at Flatiron Studio in New York City April 26, 2005 from 7-9 pm. The New York Rising Stars Revue will coincide with StarChefs.com’s 10th Anniversary celebration.
StarChefs 2005 New York Rising Stars include:

Jonathan Benno – Per Se
Marco Canora – Hearth
Josh DeChellis – Sumile
Wylie Dufresne – wd-50
Brad Farmerie – Public
Shea Gallante – Cru
Noriyuki Sugie – Asiate
Sam Mason, Pastry Chef – wd-50
Pichet Ong, Pastry Chef – Spice Market & 66
Sebastien Rouxel, Pastry Chef – Per Se
Jason Kosmas, Bar Chef – Employees Only
Frederick Dexheimer, Sommelier – BLT Steak & BLT Fish

Previously honored New York Rising Stars include: Dante Boccuzzi – Aureole; Jean-Francois Bruel – Daniel; Gabriel Kreuther – The Modern; Patricia Yeo – Sapa; and Jason Licker, Pastry Chef – Fives at The Peninsula Hotel. These chefs will also serve their signature dishes at the gala tasting event.
“Rising Star Chefs are the future leaders of the culinary industry,” says Antoinette Bruno, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of StarChefs.com. “These passionate and talented chefs are pushing boundaries in the kitchen.”
The StarChefs Rising Stars Revue is a traveling series of tasting events showcasing chefs from around the country who are coming into their own as young leaders in the culinary field. Each Revue features a walk-around tasting including haute cuisine dishes created by the Rising Star Chefs, carefully paired with premium wines by the Rising Star Sommelier. A VIP Champagne and caviar reception will take place before the gala at 6 pm. Tickets cost $100 per person if purchased in advance ($125 at the door, depending on availability). VIP tickets are $150. Tickets are available online now at www.starchefs.com/risingstars.
The New York Rising Stars were recommended for selection by the StarChefs Advisory Board, which is made up of over 20 of the country's most influential chefs including Daniel Boulud, Norman Van Aken, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Todd English, Marcus Samuelsson and Bobby Flay. Final choices were made by StarChefs' editorial team.
In conjunction with the Rising Stars Revue, StarChefs and the New England Culinary Institute (NECI) are offering $80,000 worth of culinary scholarships. These scholarships will be awarded to candidates who demonstrate the potential to have a positive impact on the culinary field. Sponsors of the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue include Nicolas Feuillatte, Espiritu del Ecuador, Paramount Caviar, S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna.

StarChefs.com™ is an award-winning online culinary magazine, serving the foodservice industry and food aficionados since 1995. It is both a backstage pass to the celebrity chef world for food and wine-savvy consumers and an essential information resource for aspiring professional chefs. StarChefs.com™ features 25,000 published pages of original, chef-focused culinary content and generates monthly traffic of over 14.6 million hits a month. It has won Best of the Web awards from, among others, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, Brill's Content, and Lycos. Its Board of Advisors is made up of 20 of the country’s most influential chefs, including Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel Boulud, Norman Van Aken, Todd English, Marcus Samuelsson and Bobby Flay. StarChefs JobFinder is the leading niche job board for the hospitality industry, featuring cutting edge, interactive classifieds technology.

For more details on the Rising Stars Revue, go to www.starchefs.com/risingstars.

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