Chef Talk

Ludo Lefebvre spent the weekend cooking for celebs at Sundance. After the premiere of Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson's The Taste on ABC tonight, Ludo, who is one of the show's four judges, may be a celeb himself. Here, he tells us what went down at the Samsung Galaxy Lounge, whether he actually saw any films and whether Bourdain is food's answer to Simon Cowell.

Angelo Elia is the Italian-born restaurateur and chef behind five establishments around Florida including the wildly popular Casa D’Angelo — operating in both Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Elia’s culinary skills has earned him national accolades, including inclusion in Zagat’s America’s Top Restaurants and Wine Spectator’s Best of Award of Excellence each of the past 12 years. We caught up with Elia as he prepared an “Italian Christmas” meal at The James Beard House in New York.

If you're any kind of food enthusiast, Ming Tsai's smiling face should be a familiar one. I tagged along for the short but baller Escalade ride from NBC studios, where he'd just finished cooking on The Today Show, to a radio station in the financial district. There's nothing like being stuck in Chinatown traffic, asking Ming Tsai how he cooks his Thanksgiving turkey.