Category: Media

The Food Network’s ‘‘Restaurant: Impossible’’ and host Robert Irvine will revisit Ginger Monkey Gastropub, the south Chandler restaurant and bar it featured in February 2020, in a new episode airing Thursday, March 31. Ginger Monkey, located on the southwest corner

Valley chef Lawrence “L.T.” Smith, whose resume includes stints at Tempe Public Market Cafe and Ghost Ranch, will compete on Tuesday night’s ‘‘Chocolate Frenzy’’ episode of the Food Network show ‘‘Chopped.’’ Smith currently operates Chilte, a taco stand at farmers

After a three-year absence, Arizona PBS kicks off a ninth season of its most popular show, ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona,’’ at 7 p.m. Thursday. The 30-minute show, which features three guests reviewing restaurants with host Mark Tarbell each week, had been

For what it’s worth, WalletHub, an online site that ranks the top U.S. cities in various categories each week, has released a ranking of the ‘‘foodie-friendliest’’ cities. The criteria: WalletHub says it used 29 indicators, ranging from the cost of

Ginger Monkey, a 3-year-old restaurant and bar on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo in south Chandler, will be featured on an upcoming episode of the Food Network’s ‘‘Restaurant: Impossible.’’ The TV show spends two days and $10,000

Congrats to Valley chef Nick LaRosa, who picked up $10,000 by winning Tuesday night’s episode of the Food Network reality-competition show ‘‘Chopped.’’ LaRosa is executive chef and part-owner of the Blueprint Hospitality Group, which operates Nook Kitchen Downtown, Nook Kitchen Arcadia, Dilly Dally Lounge,

‘‘Plate and Pour,’’ Arizona PBS’s replacement for its popular TV show ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona,’’ makes its debut at 7 tonight on Channel 8. The 30-minute show is hosted by Valley chef Mark Tarbell (pictured), who also hosted the final season

West Alley BBQ in downtown Chandler makes an appearance on the Cooking Channel’s ‘‘Man Fire Food’’ at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 (although the showtime may vary depending on your TV provider). According to the cable network’s description of the episode:

Happy New Year! Before we roll onward into 2018, let’s take one last look at what made news in the East Valley food and beverage scene in 2017. Here are last year’s top 10 posts, ranked by the number of

‘‘Gonormous Food,’’ a new Food Network show that seeks out ‘‘the biggest and tastiest foods in America,’’ filmed for nearly eight hours today at El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Chandler. The show, which debuted in January, focused its spotlight on El

Former Arizona Republic restaurant critic Howard Seftel, who parted ways with the newspaper in 2015, has returned to the Valley food scene with a new online video series. Entitled ‘‘Turning the Tables with Howard Seftel,’’ the five-minute videos are intended to give

Kudos to Valley food writer Gwen Ashley Walters, who won one of the top awards Wednesday at the annual Association of Food Journalists conference in Seattle. Walters took first place for Best Non-Newspaper Food Feature for ‘‘Saintly Stockers,’’ which appeared in

When Channel 8’s popular ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona’’ returns in January, the TV show will have a new host – Mark Tarbell. The longtime Valley chef and restaurateur (pictured above), best-known for his eponymous Tarbell’s at 32nd Street and Camelback, will replace

If you’re a fan of train-wreck television, you’ll probably want to check out this weekend’s episode of ‘‘Bar Rescue’’ on Spike TV. The show, hosted by nightlife expert and Frankenstein’s monster lookalike Jon Taffer, visited the former Baseline Sports Pub

‘‘Extra Virgin Americana,’’ a Cooking Channel show chronicling a season-long family road trip by actress Debi Mazar and her chef/husband Gabriele Corcos (pictured), makes a couple of stops in Gilbert on Wednesday. In an episode entitled “Fear and Cooking in the

When Mouth by Southwest created its Facebook page back in 2010, the social media platform had a simple philosophy: If you “liked” a page, you got to see the posts from that page on your timeline. Today, of course, Facebook

Restaurant critic Laura Hahnefeld has given her notice at Phoenix New Times, and the ever-shrinking alt-weekly appears to be eliminating the position of full-time dining critic. Hahnefeld made the announcement today in a Facebook post. She was hired as dining critic in April