Trina Gregory-Propst of Se7enbites won the championship on the Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games. The show, also known as Triple G or GGG, is hosted by Guy Fieri and involves chefs running around grocery aisles, or something like that. The show has aired but you can watch it online if you sign in with your cable provider. It’s also available on Discovery+. If you want to be surprised at the outcome, don’t read the first line above.
World champion pastry chef Laurent Branlard of the Swan and Dolphin was also on Food Network Sunday participating in something called Buddy Vs. Duff. Branlard was on two episodes called Baker Battle: Fairy Tale and Sweet Rides. You can watch those episodes the same way.
- Just as it said it would, DoveCote reopened Monday after being closed due to a problem with the kitchen’s ventilation hood system. No word on the status of a dispute with the landlord, who when we last checked was trying to evict the French restaurant for hosting large groups.
- Sorry to report that AJ’s Press, the charming Longwood breakfast and sandwich shop, has closed. Monday was its last day. The owners cited “rising costs and other factors out of our control” to shut down. The restaurant had recently celebrated its fourth anniversary.
- New York restaurateur Danny Meyer announced last week that he will require vaccinations of all staff and customers in his restaurants, which include Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern and Maialino. His company, Union Square Hospitality Group, is offering staff members eight hours of pay to get the vaccinations. Customers will have to show proof that they’ve received the full dose of an approved vaccine. Meyer told Delish: “We know right now that the vaccine works and it’s time to make sure this economy moves forward. There’s just no going back.”
Meyer is also the founder of Shake Shack, but that chain will not be included in the policy. Even if it was, it would not fly in Florida where the governor has declared vaccination mandated verboten.
- José Andrés is giving out $50 gift cards to customers who can prove their vaccination status, but it’s only for the people in the Washington, D.C., area until 70 percent of the populace is jabbed. His Disney Springs restaurant, Jaleo, isn’t part of the promotion.
- And a restaurant owner in Huntington Beach, Calif., is taking the opposite approach. He has announced that he will only serve people who have not been vaccinated. First thought is how the restaurant would be able to prove a customer is vaccinated. But seriously, why would people who trust the science and have gotten the vaccine want to dine in a room full of people who haven’t?
