Richie Farina

'Top Chef: Texas': Fixin' to get interesting

2011-11-24 16:35:42

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A potluck kind of year

2013-01-03 00:00:00

If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...

Top chefs have 'A Taste for the Arts'

2012-05-18 08:12:00

Student performances and Top Chef stations were the main attractions at "A Taste for the Arts" benefiting the Chicago Academy of the Arts. More than 350 attended the free performances by students and alumni May 10 at the Harris Theater. The show opened...

Top Chef Week 5 Recap: Over and done

2011-11-30 22:53:00

Probability, you fickle law. Here we are to think more Chicago chefs competing means a greater chance a Chicagoan would be crowned Top Chef, and we forget its inverse, that Chicagoans also have a greater chance of being eliminated. Four weeks ago, the...

Dining highlights: Chicago contestants dominated last season's "Top Chef": Chris Jones, from left, Sarah Grueneberg, Richie Farina, Heather Terhune (background), Beverly Kim (foreground), Chuy Valencia. Grueneberg finished in second place among the 16 finalists.

2013-01-02 14:09:15

Six Chicago chefs competed on "Top Chef: Texas." Pictured from left: Chris Jones, from Moto, Sarah Grueneberg, of Spiaggia, Richie Farina, also of Moto, Heather Terhune (background), of Sable, Beverly Kim (foreground), of Aria, and Chuy Valencia, of Chilam Balam.

2012-05-08 10:05:00

Farina is chef de cuisine at Moto

2012-03-26 00:00:00