Jamie Lauren

Top Chef Season 8: All-Stars

Currently Executive Chef at Beechwood in Venice, California, Jamie’s interest in the culinary arts started at a young age, cooking with her parents in Manhattan. Jamie quickly became one of San Francisco Chronicle’s “Rising-Star Chefs” by 2005. Jamie continued to receive accolades by elevating the cuisine at Absinthe where she served as Executive Chef from 2007-2010. She went on to be named Restaurant Hospitality’s “Rising Star Chef 2008.” An honors graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Jamie has had the opportunity to work with many acclaimed chefs including: Anita Lo of Annisa in New York City; Lance Dean Velasquez formerly of Bendean in Berkeley; and Jean-Michel Bouvier of L’Essential in Chambéry, France. Jamie credits these chefs for teaching her how to meld exotic flavors and ingredients. Jamie’s menu at Beechwood highlights her commitment to organic, locally grown, seasonal ingredients.

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  • Is this photo a Top Chef spoiler?
    Is this photo a Top Chef spoiler?
    2011-03-04 / US News Portal
    ...pictured: Jamie, Marcel. Traditionally (or, as much as you can use that word for a reality show reunion episode), the cast has been seated (roughly) in chronological order of finish. The couch on the right has held the winner for the last four seasons. So, does this mean Richard or Carla has prevailed? Is this the Top Chef... Zapruder film? Where are Jamie and Marcel? Are they lost in that grassy knoll of a shag carpet? Where is our Jim Garrison? We'll get answers March 30 when the finale ...
  • Recap: Jamie Oliver brings cooking competition to the streets
    Recap: Jamie Oliver brings cooking competition to the streets
    2011-02-15 / Los Angeles Times
    ... Chef" episode, including a surprise secret ingredient (avocados), a short time limit of 30 minutes, and celebrity chefs judges Jonathan Waxman ("Top Chef") and Michael Symon ("Iron Chef") assessing the dishes. Jamie's squad West Adams High School ended up winning... first place, awarded $1,000 scholarships and a trip to visit the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Oliver admitted that "nothing in L.A. has gone according to plan," but he has adapted to his reality show...
  • Scenes From Jamie Oliver's Weekend Cooking Competition
    Scenes From Jamie Oliver's Weekend Cooking Competition
    2011-02-14 / Eater LA
    British chef and television personality Jamie Oliver brought his Food Revolution-mobile to Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade this past Saturday. After some back and forth with the city, it was quite a show that Oliver hosted with 32 students from the Los Angeles County High School. Seven local chefs -- Ben... Susanne Tracht -- served as mentors for the high school students. Michael Symon from the Food Network’s Iron Chef America and Jonathan Waxman of Bravo’s Top Chef: Masters judged the competition. Green Giant was on hand to spread the good word about green vegetables. Groups of...
  • 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' Happening Now in Santa Monica
    'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' Happening Now in Santa Monica
    2011-02-12 / LAist
    ...Tracht. Michael Symon from the Food Network’s Iron Chef America and Jonathan Waxman of Bravo’s Top Chef: Masters are judging the competition. There’s still plenty of parking and the fist round of the competition will be going until 1:30 p.m. The top three teams will move on to round two, which ... teams are: Arcadia, El Rancho, Lynwood, Rowland, Alhambra Unified, Santee, Temple City and West Adam Prep. Come by and cheer on your favorite school, celebrity chef or Jamie himself for this latest effort to help the kids and families of Los Angeles to cook and eat more healthfully.
  • Top Chef All-Stars Episode Six-What a Little Bloodline Can Do
    Top Chef All-Stars Episode Six-What a Little Bloodline Can Do
    2011-01-17 / D Magazine
    ...Top Chef , after all). Although there was not a Quickfire challenge on this episode, the Cheftestants fought for the win from the beginning. The Elimination...home, but the chefs were facing a double elimination. jump for the full recap… Immediately, after arriving in Montauk, the chefs.... Alas, a winner must be chosen and that winner was Carla. Carla...Jamie, Tiffani F, Fabio, Blaze, and Marcel, although the judges said her Porgy Po-boy was the best dish of the evening. Her demise can be attributed to the dead weight... was definitely the best episode of the season, but the ending was such a let...
  • Top Chef: All-Stars Recap
    Top Chef: All-Stars Recap
    2011-01-17 / Box Office Prophets
    ... performances in the early part of the season, I thought he would have been outta here long ago...and yet, in the span of a few weeks, I have him at the #4 spot after showing great culinary dexterity in adapting his Italian roots for last week's dim sum challenge. Carla, Tiffany and Antonia's "home... all the cheftestants were expecting Jamie to be eliminated. Alas, front-of-the-house Casey had her neck on the chopping block instead. How much longer will this travesty continue? How much longer will Jamie continue her undeserved run on Top Chef: All Stars? Of course, Jamie isn't the only one who...
  • Top Chef Exit Interview: Jamie Lauren
    Top Chef Exit Interview: Jamie Lauren
    2011-01-15 / TV Fanatic
    Star feel about her depiction on the season? Not very well. And that might be an understatement. Below, we've excerpted portions of Jamie's I think it went downhill in the editing. I know everything that happened because I was there. I didn't want to watch. It's sort of like watching a trainwreck, watching ... further. I didn't even think about it. The medic said I needed stitches. She didn't give me another option. Hey... Can you guys PLEASE stop posting the eliminated contestant in the title of the articles?!? For this of use who live in Canada, we are three weeks behind on TopChef, and you've...
  • Top Chef recap: Gone fishing
    Top Chef recap: Gone fishing
    2011-01-14 / US News Portal
    ... from under the covers. And yet, this is how "Top Chef" rousts their reality show stars out of bed, the sun not yet peeking into their stylish Brooklyn condo. Up and at 'em, chefs, someone has dreamed up a new way to perform culinary torture upon your tired bodies. As the groggy group... Tiffani were told to pack their knives. Takeaway: A collective "FINALLY!" could be heard across the land as Jamie Lauren, who had spent the majority of the season on the bottom or not being judged, was eliminated. A funny presence on her previous season, she was the victim of the jerk "edit" (though she used ...
  • Top Chef: All-Stars - Conference Call with Jamie Lauren
    Top Chef: All-Stars - Conference Call with Jamie Lauren
    2011-01-14 / Realitywanted
    ...Jamie Lauren was sent home this week on Top Chef: All-Stars . After a tumultuous run during her second Top Chef session, Jamie caught up with RealityWanted and other reporters to talk scallops, cut fingers and the power of editing. Q. Michael, RealityWanted: Ok, Jamie... Eric Ripert's Bravo TV video blogs, he offered to bring you to Le Bernarndin to finesse your fish cooking skills. Do you have a comment on that? A. Jamie: I just heard about ...Q. When there are activities like fishing on the show, is that actually fun or are you too busy to enjoy it? A. Jamie: That was one of the first times, for...
  • 'Top Chef All-Stars' Recap: Go Fish
    'Top Chef All-Stars' Recap: Go Fish
    2011-01-13 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
    ...night's episode of Top Chef All-Stars . Most contestants behaved in typical fashion; for example, we've come to expect Mike Isabella and Marcel Vigneron to act like a-holes and they never fail to deliver. But others -- in fact, one in particular -- are decidedly out of character this season. Maybe it's a... good time to ask the question on everyone's mind: What in the world is wrong with Jamie ? Jamie Lauren was one of my very favorite chefs on Season 5. One of the original members of Team Rainbow, she was fun, adorable, bubbly, not to mention completely hilarious. Oh, and talented to boot...
  • EPISODE 06 | 'Make food for the f---ing people'
    EPISODE 06 | 'Make food for the f---ing people'
    2011-01-13 / Entertainment Weekly
    ...dish on the high seas. Hey, Top Chef junkies! Mallika Rao here again. You... trying to rap. This confused me. The show was literally only moments in and already someone seemed...Jamie, went home. "Sucks for her," Jamie said, "I feel bad." She swiftly reconsidered: "But at the same time it's like, whatever." Whatever indeed! Casey, who looks like Tami Taylor and is coincidentally also from Texas, probably went to some sunny place where she can wear all the fuchsia lipstick she wants, and perform... don't know how you guys do/ in your f---ing season/but I embrace the challenges/& I make food for the f---...
  • Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 6: Fish or cut bait
    Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 6: Fish or cut bait
    2011-01-13 / Washington Post Blogs
    ...the winner had she not been on the team with the two weakest dishes -- Jamie's and Tiffani's. And it's at this point I know those two are headed home and I can barely watch the rest of the episode because I'm leaping around in joyful celebration that Stitch is heading home. Tiffani...final four? I'm thinking it's Richard, Angelo, Antonia and Carla? Or, Dale? Can't decide who my fourth is. What about you? Hallelujah­!!! Jamie is gone! Sadly, they could have given it a little more mystery. Jamie wasn't eliminated with the full bang she deserved. http://foo­diegossip.­blogspot.c­om/2011/01­/top-chef...
  • 'Top Chef All-Stars': Episode 6 Recap, "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat"
    'Top Chef All-Stars': Episode 6 Recap, "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat"
    2011-01-13 / Wall Street Journal Blogs
    ...Jamie Still On This Show?”, we come back to the chefs where we left them, grumbling that another competent chef (Casey) was sent home, leaving behind our anti-heroine, sulky Jamie. When the chefs...be no quick fire challenge this week, but a double-elimination instead. Some chefs, life Dale and Fabio, come to the fishing challenge ...flakes, she could have been the week’s winner, she’s cruelly told. Instead, Jamie’s dish is bland and watery, while ...8230;.Jamie, finally . We haven’t been this relieved since Robin left the Las Vegas season. Next week: Restaurant Wars! ...
  • 'Top Chef': One dish, two dish, who cooked blue fish?
    'Top Chef': One dish, two dish, who cooked blue fish?
    2011-01-13 / The Marquee Blog
    ... watched "Top Chef," you know that Judge Colicchio hates it when teams don't make enough dishes. It doesn't matter how complicated your dish is (and in this case, it was too complicated), going the "less is more" route hardly ever works. But Fabio, the human quote machine ... that's exactly what Colicchio brought up as Tiffani was eliminated. Jamie's exit seems long overdue, and Tiffani's elimination means that Season 1 is the first one to lose all of its representatives. With just 10 chefs remaining, it seems like the show is finally hitting its stride, which should bode especially well for next...
  • 'Top Chef's' Jamie calls 'All-Stars' unfair
    'Top Chef's' Jamie calls 'All-Stars' unfair
    2011-01-13 / msnbc.com
    ...at Bravo are thinking of inviting Jamie Lauren back for another round of "Top Chef," they probably shouldn't waste their time. Jamie is not a happy camper. Sure, she was one of the two cheftestants sent home on "All Stars" last ...you ever think they'd go as far as you say they did? No, especially since I did the show the first season. Everything was fine. I'm the exact same person. They managed to make me look like I didn't want... stitches later."...Do I have regrets about that? No. No, I don't. WATCH: Which Top Chef contestant got engaged after getting the boot? Find out in Marc's video blog!
  • Top Chef's Jamie: I Got a Bad Edit
    Top Chef's Jamie: I Got a Bad Edit
    2011-01-13 / TV Guide
    ...to a group of 200 people later that night - and face a double elimination. Find out what castoff Jamie Lauren thought of the judges calling her dish too watery, why she was so shocked that she didn... days, but they probably didn't show that either. I loved my dish. I thought it was a great dish. Last week you looked pretty shocked that you weren't sent home. Why was that? Jamie: In the dim sum challenge, ...I was stirring the chickpeas. My dish had great flavor and it probably could have helped the team win. It's just disappointing in the way it got shown. But whatever. Thank you. Your abuse report...
  • Recap: 'Top Chef All-Stars' - 'We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat'
    Recap: 'Top Chef All-Stars' - 'We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat'
    2011-01-13 / HitFix
    ...three, because we’ve seen how well these chefs work in teams. Oh, and it’s a double elimination. Why not just kick sand in their faces ...to get nervous, which makes him look even more like a ferret. Finally, Fabio gets a bite, as does Mike, and the tide is turned. This ...are the best of the night. The winner gets a trip to Amsterdam, which is a pretty good prize. Not a car, but still. The winner is… Carla! Go, Carla! ...rsquo;t want him to gut any chefs, unless he wants to give Marcel a knick or two. Do you think Jamie and Tiffani deserved to go home? Do you think Fabio, Richard ...
  • Gail Simmons blogs 'Top Chef: All-Stars' episode 6
    Gail Simmons blogs 'Top Chef: All-Stars' episode 6
    2011-01-13 / Entertainment Weekly
    ...those fishes people shy away from because it’s quite a pungent, oily fish — and showed us something really delicious. It was smart. She gave it this New York spin — ...idea worse than poor execution? That’s a constant question we deal with every single episode on Top Chef . There are two components to creating great food. There’s the conception: Is it a ...season. Tiffani is often right on top of things, but you have one bad day and that’s all it takes. What did you guys think? Did Jamie and Tiffani deserve to go home? And are you happy Carla won the Elimination...
  • Top Chef recap: Chinatown meltdown
    Top Chef recap: Chinatown meltdown
    2011-01-06 / US News Portal
    ...For knocking out the winner in 8:37 he got immunity and a new Toyota Prius. Elimination challenge: Here's ...Top Chef" fan is saying the exact same thing right now: How is Jamie still on the show? If it hadn't been for Casey's chicken feet being cooked wrong, she would have gone home. She's in danger of turning into this season's Lisa Fernandes (season 4) or Robin Leventhal (season...Top Chef." Ultimately, chefs will stay or go based on what they cook, so they have little incentive to pull together in a total team effort. It was evident in this episode when they were being crushed by the weight...
  • 'Top Chef All-Stars,' Episode 5 Recap: 'Dim Sum Lose Some'
    'Top Chef All-Stars,' Episode 5 Recap: 'Dim Sum Lose Some'
    2011-01-06 / Wall Street Journal Blogs
    ...Jamie makes a plea to serve dim sum sea scallops, as a montage of her season plays “Jamie’s Scallops Greatest Hits.” “This is not Top...packed dining room awaits, including guest judge and “Top Chef Masters” finalist Susur Lee. The first few ...can even be a winner, since the service went so badly. This week’s low performers: Casey, Jamie, Carla, Antonia and...Jamie’s week. But no, it’s Casey. While we’re not keen on chicken feet, we still wish we’d be rid of Jamie once and for all. A blog can dream… Next week: A double elimination...
  • Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 5: Large talons
    Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 5: Large talons
    2011-01-06 / Washington Post Blogs
    ...winner gets immunity in the Elimination Challenge, as well as a Toyota Prius. Man, the prizes are really good this season, aren't they? When they cut to Marcel saying, "Immunity? Pffsshhh, I'm not worried about going home" I think -- nay, I yell -- "FOR THE LOVE OF CHARLES NELSON REILLY, Bravo, STOP SPOILING THIS SHOW!!!!!" As the chefs...audacious. Antonia and Jamie are criticized for the beans, and Jamie again for the gross dumplings, so I'm thinking it's finally time for Stitch to go home. But sadly, it's one of my favorites, Casey, who is sent packing. And I kind of hate Top Chef. Up Next ...
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