Chef Eric Ripert in Napa Valley, CA
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Rutherford, March 10th, 2012
After judging the Mystery Basket challenge of the 10th edition of the S.Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef competition, held a few weeks ago at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, Calif., chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin restaurant in New York and I are about the enter Inglenook Winery’s chateau for a gala dinner.
Congratulation to Ripert as Le Bernardin restaurant has just been named of one GAYOT.com’s 2012 Top 40 Restaurants in the US!