Mr. Kass's appointment should please chefs like Alice Waters, who have lobbied the Obamas to set an example for the rest of the country by emphasizing food that is healthy, local and sustainable.
Curiously, while they displayed criminal incompetence in the matter of interior design, they discovered good taste when it came to the appointment of the current chef, Aiden Byrne.
In addition to delivering meals, the concierge staff can arrange housekeeping services, personal catering and chef services, pet sitting, event planning, appointment scheduling, gift coordination, travel bookings and shipping and delivery services.
In contrast, SideTour uses an appointment system — a professional chef, for example, would specify exactly which night they were going to be making that homecooked meal, and then people buy tickets to that event.
On his second night in Hanoi, however, he kept an unusual appointment: dinner with Anthony Bourdain, the peripatetic chef turned writer who hosts the Emmy-winning travel show "Parts Unknown," on CNN.
Joel Robuchon has anounced the appointment of Christophe Bellanca as the new executive chef for L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in the Four Seasons Hotel in New York.
Their first appointment was at City Center, with Drew Terp, the executive chef at BarMasa and Shaboo, a pair of new restaurants by Masayoshi Takayama, whose New York flagship, Masa, has three Michelin stars.
Bloomberg reports that Ted Cruz, former Trump rival and innovative bacon chef, was also on the short list for the AG appointment, but Cruz received a call Thursday night letting him know that Sessions was making the final cut.
Before the appointment of Mr. Lourenço, Vistas featured Jaime Perez, a protégé of Mr. Adrià at El Bulli, as head chef.
