Le Bernardin’s pastry chef, Michael Laiskonis, is leaving the restaurant after eight years on the job to pursue other projects and “reach a wider audience.”
[Diner’s Journal]
Eric Smith, a former five-star chef in New York, is now broke and serving food for Occupy Wall Street.
[Grub Street]
Tien Ho, of Má Pêche, is taking his leave, putting the restaurant in the hands of his sous chef, Paul Carmichael.
[Eater]
Swedish-born chef Marcus Jernmark is now a partner at Aquavit, the Midtown Scandinavian restaurant.
[Eater]
Chris Cipollone has left Tenpenny just two months after the restaurant’s GM, Jeffrey Tascarella, left. No word yet on where he is going.
[Eater]
Top Chef alum Ed Cotton is out at Plein Sud, reportedly an amicable split. He has plans for a restaurant called Alfonsina in the West Village.
[Eater]
Joe Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga’s father, is teaming up with the chef Art Smith to to open Joanne, a restaurant in the old Vince and Eddie’s space.
[Grub Street]
Legendary Brooklyn chef Alan Harding will be at the helm of a new clam shack, Littleneck, in Gowanus.
[Brooklyn Paper]