by Steven Doyle
I ran into Angelo Sosa this week having dinner with Private Social’s Tiffany Derry and her husband at Village Marquee. Sosa is a fellow Top Chef alumnus and was featured in season 7, the same as Tiffany. He also made it to the Top Chef Masters.
Sosa owns several restaurants in New York including Social Eatz and Añejo Tequileria in Hell’s Kitchen. I had a chance the next day to sit down with the chef to chat about his career and his new photo heavy cookbook. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Rocco Milano has pulled a Green Acres on us. Milano is the engaging barmen at Private Social and until recently he lived very close to the Uptown restaurant where he works. Now his commute is a bit longer as he drives in from his 60-acre farm in Valley View just north of Denton.
“Yesterday I spent about 10 hours digging and dropping in a bunch of fruit bearing trees. I have a bunch of berry shrubs I am putting in next. I have this spectacular herb garden. Right now the chocolate mint is flourishing like you can’t imagine,” said Milano, “How cool is that to see these plants grow from a seed and take them to the final product?”
Filed under Bartenders, Party!, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
Make reservations now to attend this special dinner at Private Social hosted by chef Tiffany Derry as she prepares a special evening with Top Chef buddy Anjelo Sosa, chef-owner of Social Eatz and the new Añejo Tequileria in Hell’s Kitchen. Dinner will include a signed copy of Sosa’s book, Flavor Exposed, and the four course meal priced at $125 per person.
Reservations are required as space is limited. Call 214.754.4744 today.
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by Jayne M. Chobot photos by Robert Bostick (taken at Private Social event)
I love my job. I learn and grow with every project I do, with every interaction I have. It has allowed me to have some amazing experiences that I may not have had without it. When I leave my company this September, I will have traveled around the world, spoken one-on-one with world leaders, played with schoolchildren in Cape Town, toured a chocolate factory in Vancouver, danced at a gala in Prague, and biked through Montmartre just hours the after the Dallas Mavericks won the 2011 NBA Championship. I even met my soon-to-be husband through my company, 3 years ago this month. I have the pleasure to work for over a hundred top executives around the world, the smartest and most successful in their industry. My job requires me to function well in high-stress situations, to be diplomatic, organized and self-motivated, and to work collaboratively with a wide variety of people from many different cultures and backgrounds.
Whenever I end up explaining exactly what it is that I do, which is quite often, the next question I am almost always asked is “what kind of background do you have to get a job like that?”
I always smile and simply tell them that I worked in hospitality. Continue reading
Filed under Cafe Momentum, chefs, Crave, Dallas, Jayne Chobot
by Steven Doyle photos by Susan Migdol
You know we have been all excited about the state of crawfish in the DFW area. We will continue to report any exciting sightings of upcoming parties, but in the mean time we bring you photos from ace craveDFW photographer Susan Migdol who attended the luncheon at Private Social with Tiffany Derry. Continue reading
Filed under beer, chefs, Crave, Crawfish Boil, Steven Doyle, Susan Migdol
by Steven Doyle
Last evening most of the Dallas food related media was treated to an evening at Private Social with Padma Lakshmi, the super sweet model/actress turned hostess of Top Chef. She started her career as a model at a young age to pay off her student loans, and continued as a cookbook author and eventually actress. Continue reading
Filed under chefs, Crave, Dallas, Padma Lakshmi, restaurant news, Steven Doyle, Top Chef
