IN THE NEWS: The New York Times’s Florence Fabricant reports that Hung Huynh, last season’s ‘Top Chef’ winner, has signed a one month contract as executive chef of the kosher Mediterranean/Asian restaurant Solo (Sony building at 550 Madison Avenue near 55th Street), starting March 2… Fabricant also features family bakery Sugar Bun (156-22 Cross Bay […]

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IN THE NEWS: GlobeSt.com reports that celebrity chef Bobby Flay (Mesa Grill)  is launching an upscale hamburger chain called Bobby’s Burger Palace, his business partner revealed at the International Council of Shopping Centers New York National Conference. Flay is planning five to 10 new Burger Palaces a year. … The New York Times’s Kim Severson […]

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