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Celebrity Chef Michele Ragussis and Chef Jimmy were back on the Coca Cola Stage for The Sun Wine & Food Fest 2025 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Chef Michele Ragussis always makes something delicious for her annual appearance at the 4-day festival, and this year she demoed how to make Oysters Rockefeller. Every chef puts their own spin on this classic dish that originated in New Orleans, and Chef Michele jazzes her Oysters Rockefeller with pancetta and Swiss chard. …

If you watch Food Network shows, you have seen Chef Maneet Chauhan as a top competitor as well as a judge. A passionate, culinary dynamo, Maneet Chauhan is an award-winning chef, cookbook author, television personality and competitor, and a restauranteur. Attendees at The Sun Wine & Food Fest 2025 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut had the opportunity to watch Chef Maneet Chauhan in action as she demoed how to make Samosas. After having attended her demo where she demystified …

We had the pleasure of meeting Executive Chef Tony Moustakas and experiencing his fabulous food during the special Italian Feast, a curated 5-course Chef Dinner held at City Winery Hudson Valley in Montgomery, New York on Saturday, January 18, 2025. After dinner we met with him to learn more about this very interesting and passionate chef. Chef Tony Moustakas graciously shares his delectable recipe for Mushroom Bruschetta to tempt your palates into making a trip to City Winery Hudson Valley …

We had a sensational dinner at the attractive Perrine at The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where Executive Chef/Culinary Director Michael Mignano is the talent in the kitchen. After dinner, Chef Michael Mignano took time to speak with Luxury Experience and share three wonderful recipes, Coronation Chicken Salad, Pierre Scones, and Double Chocolate Chip Cookies to tempt your palate into making a reservation at the restaurant. Bon Appetit!  After dining at Perrine at …

The Westchester Wine & Food Festival 2024 Grand Tasting Village at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, New York, had great chef demos including one by Restaurateur and Chef David Burke of Red Horse by David Burke in White Plains (and many more restaurants as well) who showed how to butcher a whole chicken, then created “Chicken Three Ways.” He also held the audience in the palm of his hand with his outrageous and hilarious stories as he cooked. The Wegman’s …

If you watch the Food Network’s Chopped series, you know Chef Amanda Freitag as one of the fabulous Chef Judges. On January 27, 2024, foodies had the opportunity to watch Chef Amanda Freitag in action at the stove during her culinary demo during the Grand Tasting at The Sun Wine & Food Fest at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut where she demoed how to make Classic French Onion Soup. Of course, Luxury Experience was there taking notes so that …

Followers of the highly creative Chef Dan Latham, formerly of the Latham House, will definitely want to dine at his new restaurant The Table at 3 Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey, which opened the first week in July 2023. We had dinner at The Table at 3 Acres in late August, and it was well worth the drive from Connecticut. The ambience is hip and contemporary with its industrial chic ambience of exposed pipes, tile and exposed brick wall, …

Talk about a gorgeous location! If The Wharf Restaurant at the Madison Beach Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton inMadison, Connecticut was any closer to the Long Island Sound, it would be located on a boat. Certainly, a desirable location for guests as well as for Connecticut native Executive Chef Brian Warmingham who is the inspired talent in the kitchen. After enjoying a starter of Charred Shishito Peppers with Gochujang Vinaigrette and Pickled Raisins, we asked Chef Brian Warmingham if he …

Chef Rafael Palomino, owner of Sonora restaurant in Port Chester, New York took our palates on a delectable gastronomic trip with his demo on how to make Palomino Paella, a lovely mélange of rice, lobster, clams, mussels, and chorizo, during Westchester Magazine’sWine & Food Festival. Chef Rafael Palomino generously provides his paella recipe to tempt your palates into making his wonderful recipe and visiting Sonora restaurant.

Westchester Magazine’s Wine & Food Festival 2023 held at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, New York on June 10, 2023, provided foodies with the opportunity to sample wonderful food, wine, and spirits, attend wine seminars by wine expert Kevin Zraly and chef demos provided by the area’s top chefs. We attended a very tasty demo from Award-Winning Chef Peter X. Kelly of X2O Xaviars on the Hudson in Yonkers, New York where he prepared Shrimp Sauté with Pernod, Tarragon & …