Contributors

The Hamptons lost our most iconic chef and restaurateur, Starr Boggs, on March 30th. Starr was, as his name implied, a true star. He was a renaissance man in every sense of the word.

I started my culinary career at Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) where they taught me not just the basics of the culinary arts, but how to be a striving young chef and a leader.

There is quite a bit of turnover in food service these days. Staff can barely get an employee trained before they resign for another job.

Almost 10 years ago, in my book, “Here I Am!”, I asked the question: Where are all the female and minority chefs?

When Gladys Mouton Di Stefano received her diploma after five years of schooling at the Notre Dame International College of Paris, she had no idea what would come next for her.

The roles of private chef and commercial chef are very different. A private chef, for example, can determine their own schedule and prices — perks that would excite anyone looking to take their career in a new direction.

Earlier this year, we raised the argument that surging food prices could give restaurants an edge because the price gap between dining out and cooking at home had become narrower (Kwok, 2022).

Zee Moussa, also known as “Zee the Cook,’’ has been an entrepreneurial spirit her whole life. Since the age of 14, Zee has loved working and keeping busy.

A Chef and His Team: Chef David Paulstich of The Knickerbocker Club. A chef without a team behind them is just a good cook, and Chef David Paulstich knows this better than anyone.

In the past few years, it appears that more people have dogs as pets and don’t want to leave them at home when they dine out.