Amar Santana,  chef of Vaca and The Hall Global Eatery at South Coast Plaza, and Broadway in Laguna Beach, is back on “Top Chef.” But this time he won’t be competing. He has been selected as a member of a rotating judging and dining panel, made up of winners and…

Careers through Culinary Arts Programs (C-CAP), the workforce development nonprofit that teaches culinary, life and job skills to 15,000 under-resourced middle-and-high school students in six cities/regions, announced its annual spring benefit will be virtual this year. Hosted by C-CAP’s longtime co-chair and celebrity chef, Marcus Samuelsson, the online benefit to…

This Sunday, the Phoenix chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier (LDE) will present Talks With Desert Dames — an online event packed with some award-winning Valley chefs and mixologists discussing food strategies in the desert.  Seven women from Phoenix’s culinary scene, called Dames for this event, will take the virtual stage. Here’s…

This year’s C-CAP competition will be executed a little differently, but the top prize — a full ride to culinary school — remains the same. In recent years, cooking competitions have saturated television, pitting everyone from children to grandmothers against each other for a chance to win a pot of…

There are so many powerful books to read during Black History Month. Similarly, there are plenty of cookbooks out there paying homage to Black history. Award-winning chefs like Lazarus Lynch, Marcus Samuelsson and Ayesha Curry, to name a few, are all sharing their perspectives through food. Their recipes — covering…