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Another local on Top Chef: New York

The premiere episode has run, the first two chefs have been booted, and while I know everyone in town was excited about having two locals in the game (Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef at Jax in Boulder and Melissa Harrison, sous at another Dave Query joint, Centro Latin Kitchen), how ‘bout us having thr ... More >>

Hosea Rosenberg dodges a bullet on Top Chef: New York

Seriously, dude? Canned crab? What the fuck was Hosea Rosenberg thinking? For those of you who missed the most recent episode of Top Chef: New York, let me catch you up. The chef-testants had to cook New American for fifty. The catch? They had to do it from the kitchen at Craft, judge Tom Col ... More >>

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Top Chef: Hosea Rosenberg

Well, at least someone in the restaurant industry has some money now... You've all heard that Colorado's own Hosea Rosenberg (chef at Dave Query's Jax Fish House in Boulder, at least for now...) won this year's Top Chef prize.  He walked away with a slot at this year's Food Wine Festival in A ... More >>

A few words with Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg

Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg is officially a very busy man. We all saw Rosenberg, the chef of Jax in Boulder, come out on top on Top Chef last week, and he's been on the talk-show circuit ever since. I tried to get into the West End Tavern for the final-episode party, but it was jammed. So instead, I de ... More >>

Another taste of this week's Cafe Society

Denver Restaurant Week is over, but there are still plenty of good meals and deals out there. Jason Sheehan offers a rundown on the top seven spots to grab a bite to eat on Broadway in The List. A week after his win on Top Chef, Tyler Nemkov finally caught up with Hosea Rosenberg.  Fast fo ... More >>

Centro dinner pairs Chilean wine

The Big Red F restaurant group has been making some big noise in the past few weeks, what with Hosea Rosenberg of Jax winning Top Chef and the opening of Happy Noodle House. Now Centro Latin Kitchen, whose sous, Melissa Harrison, was also a Top Chef contestant, is hosting a Chilean wine dinner on Th ... More >>

Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg spreads the wealth

A few weeks back, shortly after it was announced that Boulder chef Hosea Rosenberg had taken home the big prize and won this year's Top Chef prize on the Bravo reality show of the same name, Rosenberg mentioned in passing that he was already working with a local artisanal foods company, but wouldn't ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 26 edition

Hosea Rosenberg. Let it snow? Let it snow? Let it snow? Today in Cafe Society: • Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg spreads the wealth. • Updated: Other stirring events, now that "Soup for the Soul" is cancelled. • Desperately seeking volunteers for the IACP conference in Denver. • Co-op grocery lo ... More >>

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Highlights and lowlights from the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen

Lori MidsonTop Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg and knifed cheftestant Fabio Viviani By the time the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen ended yesterday afternoon, I'd already seen a whole posse of amateurs puke; another man suffer a seizure just after chef Michael Symor ended a fantastic cooking demo devoted ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 26 edition

Photo by Aaron ThackerayBy the time you get to see Phoenix.... So far today, all of America's remaining pop-culture icons seem to be hanging in there.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night's Show: Phoenix at The Bluebird. • Polytoxic drummer Chadzilla hitches a ride with Slim Cessna's Auto ... More >>

Boulder boy and Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg cooks tomorrow at Whole Foods SouthGlenn

Lori MidsonJust in case you missed Hosea Rosenberg, the exec chef at Jax Fish House, Boulder (928 Pearl Street), drop his jaw in disbelief when he was crowned top cooker on the season 5 finale of Top Chef, or at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen last weekend, when he edged out Top Chef: Season 4 ... More >>

Steamboat's wine festival kicks off today with appearances by Tyler Wiard, Goose Sorensen and Hosea Rosenberg

​Today marks the first day of the Wine Festival at Steamboat, a four-day food-and-wine event that includes cooking demonstrations, food and wine seminars, grand tastings, fly-fishing and mountain biking, food and wine day trips, and the uncorking of more than 800 domestic and international bot ... More >>

Lola's Jamey Fader tells all

​Today marks the first day of the Wine Festival at Steamboat, a four-day food-and-wine event that includes cooking demonstrations, food and wine seminars, grand tastings, fly-fishing and mountain biking, food and wine day trips, and the uncorking of more than 800 domestic and international bot ... More >>

Hosea Rosenberg hosts Colorado harvest dinner at Jax Boulder

​Jax Boulder exec chef and Top Chef New York winner Hosea Rosenberg isn't hanging out a whole lot in the People's Republic of Boulder these days. His Facebook page says he's "heading into San Fran to find the city's best Bloody Mary," but presumably he'll accomplish that goal before 6:30 p.m ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 16 edition

​Picture this. Today in Backbeat Online: • Flier of the Week: Lipgloss. • Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of September 14, 2009. Today in Cafe Society: • Amnesia wins the Mix Master Bartender contest, appropriately enough. • Hosea Rosenberg hosts Colorado harvest dinner at ... More >>

Let's get real: Who are Denver's top ten reality TV stars?

​Picture this. Today in Backbeat Online: • Flier of the Week: Lipgloss. • Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of September 14, 2009. Today in Cafe Society: • Amnesia wins the Mix Master Bartender contest, appropriately enough. • Hosea Rosenberg hosts Colorado harvest dinner at ... More >>

Bitter Bar's James Lee places fourth

​ Hosea Rosenberg may have won last season's Top Chef, but his luck didn't hold for Big Red F colleague James Lee, the Boulder mixologist who placed fourth at this weekend's Iron Bar Chef contest at the annual Santé Restaurant Symposium in New York. Which means Lee didn't get the $1,000 priz ... More >>

Today's hit of Hosea Rosenberg hilarity

Lori MidsonTop Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg with fellow contestant Fabio Viviani​Okay, so Jax-Boulder superchef Hosea Rosenberg wins Top Chef: New York and, along with the top title, gets $100,000 to blow on opening a new restaurant. Except he hasn't opened a new restaurant. In fact, as I rep ... More >>

Dorm cooking with Hosea Rosenberg

​ As I reported earlier today, Jax-Boulder chef Hosea Rosenberg is the official grand marshal at the University of Colorado at Boulder's 2009 homecoming on Friday, October 30. And one of the perks (if you can call it that) of living in the residence halls, at least on Friday, is that the coll ... More >>

Silver and Gold

​ As I reported earlier today, Jax-Boulder chef Hosea Rosenberg is the official grand marshal at the University of Colorado at Boulder's 2009 homecoming on Friday, October 30. And one of the perks (if you can call it that) of living in the residence halls, at least on Friday, is that the coll ... More >>

Reality bites for Colorado and Richard Heene

​ As I reported earlier today, Jax-Boulder chef Hosea Rosenberg is the official grand marshal at the University of Colorado at Boulder's 2009 homecoming on Friday, October 30. And one of the perks (if you can call it that) of living in the residence halls, at least on Friday, is that the coll ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Sheila Lucero from Jax Fish House

Lori MidsonSheila Lucero and her kitchen crew​"I get such an adrenalin rush when I'm in the kitchen and there's great satisfaction in making it all happen in a very small and hot environment and having people leave happy about their decision to eat here," says Sheila Lucero. The newly promoted ... More >>

Cafe Society: Week in review

​What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were getting your morning groove on at the new Rise & Shine Biscuit Kitchen and Cafe, which opened right around the same time as the Denver Biscuit Company. Cupcakes: out; biscuits: in. After hyping and hyping and hyping the two- ... More >>

Tonight: Booze it up at Zolo or Second Home

​Zolo Southwestern Grill, at 2525 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, wraps up its 151 Days of Tequila with El Jefe de Tequila, a dinner featuring tequila as an ingredient in each course prepared by chefs Brett Smith, Kelly Kingsford, Jaime Martinez, Hosea Rosenberg and Erik Rollings.

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Craft beer, anniversary parties and benefits

A Flickr photo.​Between the craft beer, anniversary parties and benefit events, there's plenty to fill your plate with foodie events this week. Here's a taste of what's coming up: Monday, May 17: Celebrate American Craft Beer Week, which highlights the industry and culture of craft beer, th ... More >>

Tonight: Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg cooks up a theme dinner

Hosea Rosenberg serves up a series.​Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl Street in Boulder, kicks off a new dinner series tonight. Every month, Top Chef champion Hosea Rosenberg will host a dinner based on a different theme. Tonight's is "Found in Translation: Inspiration from Hong Kong." Dinner starts ... More >>

Get ready for meals on wheels

Hosea Rosenberg serves up a series.​Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl Street in Boulder, kicks off a new dinner series tonight. Every month, Top Chef champion Hosea Rosenberg will host a dinner based on a different theme. Tonight's is "Found in Translation: Inspiration from Hong Kong." Dinner starts ... More >>

Hosea Rosenberg's Streat Chefs aims to take mobile global

​The Airstream trailer that will hawk Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg's tricked-out street food has yet to hit the road, but his business partner, Laura Rice, already has bigger plans. Think global, eat mobile, urges the Streat Chefs website.

Tonight: Taste the South at Jax and Interstate

Hosea Rosenberg heads back to home base. ​Each month, Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl Street in Boulder, has been welcoming back Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg for the aptly named Hosea Rosenberg Monthly Dinner Series. June's theme: "New Found Love for New Orleans." Dinner starts at 6 p.m. tonight ... More >>

Tonight: StrEat Chefs get rolling at Chautauqua

​Boulder's Chautauqua provides the stunning setting for StrEat Chefs, a sampling of street food from all over the world, from the roads of Bangkok to the beaches of Mexico, delivered straight to your plate. Tonight, Hosea Rosenberg (the Top Chef winner who's introducing his own StrEat Chefs ... More >>

Hosea Rosenberg will dish on beer and street food at the Great American Beer Festival

​The Great American Beer Festival has snagged Boulder chef and Top Chef Season 5 winner, Hosea Rosenberg, who will give a presentation on street-food trends and beer. Rosenberg recently partnered with Laura Rice to open StrEAT Chefs, a tricked out Airstream trailer that cruises Boulder, servi ... More >>

Presenting the Hosea Rosenberg photo album and your chance to vote on your favorite mug

Sometime between February of last year and now, Hosea Rosenberg, the Boulder cooker who won Top Chef: New York, got himself a Girl Friday personal assistant, name of Rachel Bachman, who doesn't approve of our photo choices -- specifically the photo below, which I snapped during a viewing party at th ... More >>

Tonight: Dinners at both Jax locations and McCormick's Fish House

​Get in the swim tonight at a seafood dinner at Jax Fish House in Boulder, which is hosting another Hosea Rosenberg monthly dinner, or Jax Fish House Denver, which is hosting its own seafood dinner. And across the street, McCormick's Fish House & Bar also has a multi-course dinner planned.

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Rick Bayless, fresh hops and craft spirits

WTTW11Rick Bayless​This week, Rick Bayless, the Top Chef Masters winner, will be hanging around the Highlands Ranch/Parker area for some special events; other foodie fun includes the Fresh Hop Celebration and Breckenridge's Craft Spirits Festival. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Jax Fish House Boulder rolls out a new menu under new chef de cuisine Adam Watts

​We've long been fans of happy hour at the Boulder outpost of Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl Street, where we can put down dozens of cold, briny oysters at just a dollar a pop. But if it's seafood you're after, the kitchen once run by Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg is probably your best b ... More >>

Tonight: Five-course tequila dinner at El Diablo

A Flickr photo.​Creating fine tequila is an art in and of itself, and when fine tequila is paired with special dishes designed to match the alcohol, it takes the much-maligned margarita staple to a whole new level. Tonight at 7 p.m., El Diablo, 101 Broadway, will host a five-course tequila din ... More >>

StrEat Chefs calls it quits -- but chef Hosea Rosenberg is looking to open a Boulder restaurant

​When Laura Rice and Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg started hawking sexed up versions of global street food last year from their tricked-out Airstream trailer in Boulder , they had plans to take their concept national. "Street food is the next fastcasual," Rice told us at the time. ... More >>

A Wine Time

​When Laura Rice and Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg started hawking sexed up versions of global street food last year from their tricked-out Airstream trailer in Boulder , they had plans to take their concept national. "Street food is the next fastcasual," Rice told us at the time. ... More >>

Beers and Ears

​When Laura Rice and Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg started hawking sexed up versions of global street food last year from their tricked-out Airstream trailer in Boulder , they had plans to take their concept national. "Street food is the next fastcasual," Rice told us at the time. ... More >>

HUSH's upcoming pop-up dinners will spotlight dishes and cocktails from Hosea Rosenberg and James Lee's forthcoming restaurant

Lori MidsonJames Lee, a bartender at Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, is teaming up with Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg to open a new restaurant -- but first, they'll spotlight their drinks and dishes at a HUSH event at mise en place.​ For the past several months, Phil Armstrong, Denver's princ ... More >>

Have a Ball!

Lori MidsonJames Lee, a bartender at Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, is teaming up with Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg to open a new restaurant -- but first, they'll spotlight their drinks and dishes at a HUSH event at mise en place.​ For the past several months, Phil Armstrong, Denver's princ ... More >>

Boo & Brew, Hush and more on this week's culinary calendar

A Flickr photo.​Halloween is next Monday, and the restaurant industry is celebrating in force -- but that's not all that's on the menu; there's also a Hush dinner (with Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg), food films and much more. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg and star bartender James Lee are partnering on a farm, catering company and restaurant

Lori MidsonTop Chef Hosea Rosenberg and star bartender James Lee are collaborating on a farm, catering company and restaurant.​Hosea Rosenberg is a ham. The former exec chef of Jax-Boulder -- and victor of Top Chef season five -- has hijacked my computer, typing "Hosea is soooooooooo handsome ... More >>

The 2012 crop of FIVE chefs and bar stars includes a powerhouse of big names

The 2012 members of FIVE: Hosea Rosenberg, Jonathan Greschler, Jessica Scott, Samir Mohammad, Tyler Wiard, James Lee and Jenna Johansen.​If you've been wondering how Leigh Sullivan, the ex-wife of Troy Guard, who owns TAG and TAG|RAW BAR, is doing since the couple split last year, the answer ... More >>

Reader: Is FIVE too much of a good thing?

​Leigh Sullivan founded FIVE, a group of Denver chefs who cook across the country, back in 2008; the lineup, like Sullivan herself, has gone through some changes over the years. Sullivan recently relaunched her own marketing/public relations company, Leigh Sullivan Enterprises, and just announ ... More >>