Last Last Sunday, on the lawn of
Culver Studios, the chef-tacular second annual
L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade benefit was held for pediatric cancer research. Deeply moved by Alex's story, Los Angeles chefs
Suzanne Goin(AOC, Lucques, Tavern) and husband
David Lentz (The Hungry Cat), plus Goin's business partner
Caroline Styne, have collected an astonishing group of chefs, mixologists and vintners. Everyone came out to lend a hand, a grill and a copious amount of wine and whisky to support the cause.
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Guess who said it: "A good panna cotta, if it's set right, is meant to wobble like a woman's breasts." The Contestants (above, from left) Michael Chiarello: Bottega; playing for Clinic Ole Rick Moonen: RM Seafood; Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association Nils Norén: French Culinary Institute; Friends of FCI Lachlan Patterson: Frasca Food & Wine; The Children's Hospital Quickfire Challenge: Remake Junk Food Ah, very Fancy Fast Food. How accidentally of the moment. As a Bravo tie-in, the cast and crew of Flipping Out—who often eat junk food on the show—will be judging. (You know, this doesn't really make me want to watch Flipping Out. Also: Really? We go from Doogie Howser to these clowns?) Oh, wait. They're not...
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