Special thanks to Andre, Chefs and Guests
This
past Sunday, the culinary world came together at
Andres
French Restaurant downtown to
celebrate the life of an icon, Jean-Louis
Palladin who touched the lives of each chef that
participated. The stories from the chefs were
illustrated and connected as
Robin Leach
conducted the live Auction – auctioning off
special package dinners among other amazing
gifts during the
Jean-Louis
Foundation Fundraiser.
Participating chefs included
Wolfgang Von
Wieser, Bruno
Davaillon, Barry S Dakake, Jean John, Joung Sohn,
Laurent Pillard, Hubert Keller, Vincent Pouessel,
Mark Purdy, Greg Engelhardt, Michael Demers,
Rick Moonen, Paul Bartolotta, Luciano Pellegrini,
Michael and Wendy Jordon, Eric Damidot, Sven
Mede, Jean-Philippe Dufoin, Sean DiCicco, Megan
Romano and Geno Bernardo.
The Vegas Eye
would like to give a special thanks to all the
chefs, especially
Chef Andre
Rochat , who is responsible for
organizing this event each year!
Palms Places finds their GM
Palms
Place
has announced
Mathew
Pargament as General Manager of
the multi-million dollar, 47-story hotel,
condominium and spa tower is set to open early
2008 as the latest addition to the Palms Casino
Resort. A graduate of the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, Pargament returns to southern Nevada
to join Palms Place after a long and varied
career in hotel operations that spanned coast to
coast with Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts and
Morgans Hotel Group. More recently Pargament
proved successful in general management at the
Mondrian in West Hollywood. “We couldn’t be more
pleased to have Mathew Pargament onboard for the
opening of Palms Place,” said Palms owner
George
Maloof. “His years of diverse
experience across highly visible properties will
be an extraordinary asset as we continue to
expand the Palms and develop Palms Place as the
pinnacle of resort living in Las Vegas.” Palms
Place is currently accepting reservations for
2008 with many dates already sold out. For more
information on bookings and group reservations
call (866) 942-7773 or visit
www.palmsplace.com.
Hagars Cabo is Coming to Fremont?
Rumors have it that
Downtown Las Vegas
may be the
next location
for
Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina.
Marco Monroy, Vice President of Cabo Wabo
Cantina
has been spotted
on Fremont Street
preparing for a Vegas location at
Neonpolis
on the corner of Fremont and Las Vegas Blvd.
Marco
became a contender and the ultimate
winner in
Sammy’s competition to find just the right
architect for the Cantina, so he
built
the club.
Having seen the other
worldly appeal
of the Cabo Wabo lifestyle well
ahead of the general public,
Marco
largely left the
world of
architecture behind to
become part
owner and full-time manager of the Cabo Wabo
Cantina.
His love of architecture still inspires Monroy
to continue to
design select
beautiful buildings and homes in Baja, Mexico.
What does Monroy have in store for the
Vegas
outlet of
cabo Wabo Cantina? I am sure it will be
a home run!! Monroy has worked side by side
with Sammy for over 17 years; including making
sure that Cabo Wabo Tequila production goes
smoothly, and results in the
smoothest
product!
She told us not to tell!!
Susan
Rispoli
owner and chef of
JR's Place
an
Italian Kitchen and Gaming
on Durango, has the most
authentic
NY Italian
eatery that you are going to get
in Las Vegas.
Susan Rispoli
is in the kitchen preparing her own recipes
with her kitchen staff, while you are playing
video poker or sitting in the dinning room with
friends and family. The outside is very
deceiving. JR's appears to be a PUB. Walk in
and you find your self in a comfortable villa in
tuscany. By the way, another secret of JR's is
that the
machines are hitting big!! It is worth your while to
make
JR's a regular weekly stop.
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