Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, has announced the addition of chef Michael Symon to its fine-dining roster. With the anticipated fall 2016 debut of his new Borgata Italian restaurant, Symon joins fellow Iron Chefs Bobby Flay and Geoffrey Zakarian, as well as legendary chef Wolfgang Puck in a star-studded culinary lineup. Chef Stephen Kalt’s Fornelletto, an Italian restaurant, will close in the fall.
Symon is known for his appearances on Iron Chef on the Food Network and as co-host on ABC’s The Chew. Since being named a Best New Chef by Food & Wine magazine in 1998, the Cleveland native has been awarded numerous honors: in 2000, Gourmet magazine chose Lola as one of “America’s Best Restaurants;” in 2009, The James Beard Foundation awarded Symon with Best Chef: Great Lakes; and in 2010, Bon Appetit magazine included B Spot on their list of “Top 10 Best New Burger Joints.”
CHEF PETER ANGELAKOS
Chef Peter Angelakos has returned to Bacari Grill, 800 Ridgewood Road, Washington Township (201-358-6330). He was the executive chef there from 1997 to 2000 and again in February 2007. He has also worked as the executive chef of Italiana’s in New City, NY, Roxanne’s in Mahwah and Varka Estiatorio in Ramsey.
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