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Celebrity Chef Designs 2-Course Summer Prix Fixe Dinner At Hudson Valley Eatery Celebrity Chef Designs 2-Course Summer Prix Fixe Dinner At Hudson Valley Eatery
Celebrity Chef Designs 2-Course Summer Prix Fixe Dinner At Hudson Valley Eatery A famous chef whose group runs multiple restaurants across the Hudson Valley has designed a delicious two-course summer prix fixe at a popular Northern Westchester restaurant. Chef Peter X. Kelly, the owner of Xaviars Restaurant Group, designed the prix fixe for Apropros restaurant in Peekskill at 900 Fort Hill Rd., a Michelin-recommended eatery located at The Abbey Inn.  Related Report - 'Lovely' Restaurant Inside 120-Year-Old Abbey In Peekskill Added To Michelin Guide Kelly now serves as the restaurant's culinary director, helping to design a menu featuring meals…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Chef From Hudson Valley Voted World's Best Chef From Hudson Valley Voted World's Best
Chef From Hudson Valley Voted World's Best A celebrated chef from the region has been named the world's best by an association of highly-rated restaurants, according to a new report.  Les Grandes Tables Du Monde, an association of 179 restaurants across 23 countries, announced that Chef Daniel Boulud, a resident of Northern Westchester County, was voted the world's best restaurateur, according to AFP news. Boulud opened his flagship restaurant, "Daniel," in New York City in 1993. "At the heart of Manhattan, Restaurant Daniel is a celebrated culinary destination that blends refinement and sophistication with New York style and …

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Pomona Baker TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Pomona Baker
TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Pomona Baker It might have taken a couple of years to make it to the spotlight, but a 24-year-old area resident and baker will be able to watch herself on TV, along with her cousin, bake up a storm on  "Bake it Like Buddy." A "Cake Boss" fan since she was a child, Rockland County's own Amarachi Onwumelu couldn't believe it when months after applying to be on the show back in 2017, she received a call in 2018 from a producer of the show asking if she was still interested. "It is still so surreal," Onwumelu said with a laugh from her home in Pomona. "I can remember baking with my mother as a little k…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Daniel Tvert, Longtime Chef In NY/NJ, Dies At 36 Daniel Tvert, Longtime Chef In NY/NJ, Dies At 36
Daniel Tvert, Longtime Chef In NY/NJ, Dies At 36 Longtime chef Daniel R. Tvert of Yonkers died on Thursday, May 31. He was 36. The son of Stanley and Sharon Tvert, Daniel graduated from Saunders High School and Westchester Community College.  An avid lover of food, he worked as a chef in many restaurants in New York and New Jersey. Daniel is survived by his brothers Steven and wife Ana (Rocha), his twin brother Scott & wife Jennifer (Cacciatore), niece Ava, nephews Nicholas, Christopher and Matthew, his uncle Ron and aunt Meg, his cousins Lori, Blake and Cole. Daniel’s parents predeceased him. Final disposition was private. 

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by Daily Voice