Masaharu Morimoto Celebrates First Anniversary at MGM Grand November 3-4

Masaharu Morimoto will celebrate his eponymous restaurant’s first anniversary at MGM Grand November 3-4 with a weekend full of opportunities for guests to hang out with the famed Japanese chef and star of Food Network’s “Iron Chef America.”  “Las Vegas has been so good to me this past year, I wanted to repay the favor,” […]

Morimoto Las Vegas Grand Opening Takes Over MGM Grand with Lion Parade, 100-Foot Maki Roll and More

Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto raised his glass and yelled “Kanpai” as he officially welcomed Morimoto Las Vegas to MGM Grand on Thursday, November 3 (Pictured: Jenni Lee folds paper cranes – Photo credit: MGM Resorts International).  Photo credit: MGM Resorts International. In true Las Vegas fashion, the grand opening celebration was a spectacle-filled evening with a lion […]

Morimoto Smashes Sake Cask to Celebrate First Las Vegas Restaurant at MGM Grand Opening Friday, October 21

Japanese Chef Masaharu Morimoto will welcome his first Las Vegas restaurant Friday, October 21 with a celebration. The “Iron Chef America” star will host Kagami Biraki, a traditional Japanese sake ceremony where the lid of a new sake barrel is broken open (Photo credit: MGM Resorts, International).  Photo credit: MGM Resorts, International. The rice wine is then served to […]

James Beard Foundation Taste America at The Mirage in Las Vegas

The James Beard Foundation’s Taste America made its stop in Las Vegas on 9/27 – 9/28, 1 of 10 cities tour. The festivities culminated in a tasting gala at The Mirage Pool which featured all-star chef Masaharu Morimoto (of Food Network’s Iron Chef America), as well as other celebrated James Beard Award winning chefs and […]

James Beard Foundation’s Taste America Traveling Food Festival Comes to Las Vegas Sept. 27-28

Tickets are now on sale for The James Beard Foundation’s Taste America: “Local Flavor from Coast To Coast,” a national traveling food festival which will visit Las Vegas on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28 (Epicurean Charitable Foundation scholarship recipients).  The five-weekend festival will visit 10 cities from September 20 through October 19, 2013. […]

Kanpai! UNLVino’s Sake Fever Entertains Thousands at The Mirage’s Pool

Last night, UNLVino continued its line-up of world-class beverage tastings with Sake Fever at The Mirage’s resort pool (Photo credit: © Tom Donoghue / Tom Donoghue Photography).  Chef Masaharu Morimoto, known to millions as the star of Iron Chef and Iron Chef America, was honored with the Dom Pérignon Award of Excellence for his recent […]

UNLVino Kicks Off with ‘Bubble-licious’ at The Venetian

Last night, UNLVino kicked off four days of world-class beverage tastings with Bubble-Licious at The Venetian (Photo credit: © Tom Donoghue / Tom Donoghue Photography).  Photo credit: © Tom Donoghue / Tom Donoghue Photography. Legendary chef Thomas Keller of Bouchon was honored with the Dom Pérignon Award of Excellence for establishing a collection of restaurants […]

Miss Universe 2012 Red Carpet Arrivals at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas

Miss Universe 2012 is the 61st Miss Universe pageant and was held on December 19, 2012, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas (Photo: © Erik Kabik/ www.erikkabik.com).  These photos are of celebrities arriving on the red carpet prior to the event.  We’ll have photos of the new Miss Universe shortly.  She’s the former […]

Chefs Masaharu Morimoto and Guy Fieri Dine at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace

TV personalities Masaharu Morimoto and Guy Fieri dined at Chef Gordon Ramsay’s second Las Vegas restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace, on its opening night, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 (Photo credit: © Scott Roeben).  During their dinner, they enjoyed the lamb T-bone with pistachio mustard-stilton cheese crust and mint lamb-jus along with the […]