The fifth season of The Mind of a Chef, the documentary series from FR parent company Zero Point Zero, features Los Angeles–based chef and provocateur Ludo Lefebvre. In this clip from the new season, which begins this weekend on most PBS stations (check for your station and listings here), the classically trained chef behind such L.A.…
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Ludo Lefebvre may be the man of the moment in L.A.'s booming culinary scene, but he hasn't lost his French roots. In his home-cooking series Ludo à la Maison, the man behind Trois Mec, Trois Familia and other fine Angeleno establishments demystifies classic French dishes while dishing out a few choice French vocabulary lessons along…
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[embedImage=https://www.foodrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rollingcurtisstone-700x350.jpg] The team behind Coachella is coming off a huge success with its latest fest in the desert south of Los Angeles, but instead of resting, Goldenvoice has just announced Desert Trip, or what some have dubbed "Oldchella." The event, scheduled for October 7-9 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, boasts an all A-list…
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We’re always on the lookout for restaurant news here at Food Republic. And news we often receive — we’re constantly pitched on restaurants that have pledged to open their doors in the near future, only to eventually learn about inevitable roadblocks and delays. Such is the unpredictable nature of the restaurant world. We’ve worked diligently to…
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South by Southwest starts tomorrow, and Food Republic is in on the action. Editorial director Richard Martin will moderate a panel featuring Ludo Lefebvre, Erik Bruner-Yang and Foreign & Domestic's Alexis Chong titled "Modern Day Chefs: Paying Your Dues Upfront." The conversation will center on how changing times and social media have made it possible…
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These days, food and wine events are a dime a dozen. Every major city and even the odd minor city has one. The formula is mostly the same: A few headliner chefs appear at cooking demos and special events and do lots of schmoozing over the course of a weekend. But the All-Star Chef Classic, an annual gathering in Los Angeles…
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South by Southwest Interactive just announced that Convergence Tracks added new sessions to SouthBites (March 12-14) and SXstyle’s (March 11-13) 2016 lineups. Food Republic’s own Richard Martin will be speaking at SouthBites’ “Modern-Day Young Chefs: Paying Your Dues Upfront” panel along with Erik Bruner-Yang (D.C.'s Maketto and Toki Underground), Alexis Chong (Austin's Foreign & Domestic)…
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Save for Tony Parker and the Michelin Man, Ludo Lefebvre might just be the most famous Frenchman in America today. As a judge/mentor on ABC’s cooking competition show The Taste, he’s known for challenging upstart cooks with a razor-sharp palate — and for his thick-as-matelote-stew Bourgogne accent. But in food-world circles he’s best known for running two successful Los…
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Save for Tony Parker and the Michelin Man, Ludo Lefebvre might just be the most famous Frenchman in America today. As a judge/mentor on ABC’s cooking competition show The Taste, he’s known for challenging upstart cooks with a razor-sharp palate — and for his thick-as-matelote-stew Bourgogne accent. But in food-world circles he’s best known for…
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Save for Tony Parker and the Michelin Man, Ludo Lefebvre might just be the most famous Frenchman in America today. As a judge/mentor on ABC’s cooking competition show The Taste, he’s known for challenging upstart cooks with a razor-sharp palate — and for his thick-as-Matelote-stew Bourgogne accent. But in food-world circles he’s best known for running successful Los…
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You may have heard the news that the two-and-a-half year ban of selling foie gras in California was overturned yesterday. And you may have heard that many of the state's chefs are celebrating today, excited to be able to once again serve their beloved fatty goose liver in restaurants. Los Angeles chef Ludo Lefebvre wrote in…
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“I want to play the music that I play in my house, and if you come to my house, I put on rap. And it’s French rap.” I’ve called Los Angeles chef Ludo Lefebvre to not necessarily talk about Trois Mec, his new Hancock Park restaurant with the guys from Animal, Jon Shook and Vinny…
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Ludo Lefebvre wears many chef hats: a master of French cuisine, he's the king of the Los Angeles pop-up dining experience, a seasoned cookbook author, just wrapped a season of The Taste with last night's episode, and co-hosted Ludo Bites America on the Sundance Channel with his wife, Krissy. There's plenty more accolades where those…
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As we mentioned earlier, Sundance is getting its food on this year. One of the big names to man the kitchen in Park City during the annual indie film fest is Ludo Lefebvre, the French-born, LA-residing pop-up master behind Ludo Bites. Of course, Lefebvre is all over the news because tonight he'll premiere as one…
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Way up in the mountains of Park City, Utah, Hollywood's élite stars, agents, media moguls and their requisite hangers-on (hey, Paris Hilton!) are partying, screening films, partying some more, and, it turns out, eating very well. Just like every other festival these days that doesn't have food in front of it, Sundance is incorporating big-name…
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