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Award-Winning Chef Bringing New Restaurant To Hawthorne Award-Winning Chef Bringing New Restaurant To Hawthorne
Award-Winning Chef Bringing New Restaurant To Hawthorne An award-winning chef is bringing his take on American fine dining to North Jersey. Chef Adam Weiss, who hails from a line of experienced cooks starting with his grandmother and mother, will be opening F1RST Restaurant in Hawthorne on Tuesday, July 25. Weiss earned Bachelor’s Degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, and went on to complete his culinary internship at Ruga Restaurant in Oakland, where his focus on New American cuisine, according to the restaurant's website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by F1…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Popular Dish-Washer Turned Chef Gives New North Jersey Eatery Special Twist Popular Dish-Washer Turned Chef Gives New North Jersey Eatery Special Twist
Popular Dish-Washer Turned Chef Gives New North Jersey Eatery Special Twist A popular North Jersey restaurateur who broke into the industry as a dish-washer is expanding his pasta and sandwich shop — this time with a twist. Michael Carrino's "Mike’s Pasta and Sandwich Shoppe" in Nutley will transform into Mike’s Pasta Shoppe for its upcoming Park Avenue location in East Rutherford, BoozyBurbs reports. The exact opening date was not known. Carrino is known for both his French-centric and Modern American cuisines. He commands the kitchens at a country club and formerly owned Pig & Prince in Montclair. "A graduate of the acclaimed Culinary Institut…

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by Nic Acosta & Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
ON TV: Watch Bergen County Mom, Chef Compete On 'CHOPPED' ON TV: Watch Bergen County Mom, Chef Compete On 'CHOPPED'
ON TV: Watch Bergen County Mom, Chef Compete On 'Chopped' A Bergen County mom who teaches cooking classes will be competing on an episode of Food Network's "CHOPPED" this week. Hillsdale's Rama Ginde, who owns WannaBee Chef, will be on the Tuesday, May 25 episode airing at 9 p.m. Ginde was trained at the French Culinary Institute and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She also graduated from the Columbia University’s Teacher’s College, and Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. She opened WannaBee in 2012 and recently transitioned to virtual classes. View this post on Instagram A po…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Leonia Native Anthony Bourdain Dead From Apparent Suicide At 61 Leonia Native Anthony Bourdain Dead From Apparent Suicide At 61
Leonia Native Anthony Bourdain Dead From Apparent Suicide At 61 Leonia native and chef, author, and television personality Anthony Bourdain was found dead of an apparent suicide in a French hotel Friday. He was 61. Having graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School in 1973, Bourdain became most known as host of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” TV show.  A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, Bourdain returned to CIA last year where he was awarded an honorary doctorate. Bourdain also attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. He was regarded as one of the most well-known and influential chefs in the world.

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by Cecilia Levine