Subject: Blythe Beck

• Looks Like Hector's Naughty Chef May Make It to Television After All

  Blythe Beck It's been well over a year since Blythe Beck, executive chef at Hector's on Henderson, made mention of The Naughty Chef, a proposed TV series featuring Beck as, well, the naughty chef. But today, an update: NBC Universal-owned Oxygen -- home to such shows as Deion & Pilar: Prime Time Love, starring a certain former Dallas Cowboy, and Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency -- is considering adding The Naughty Chef to its "Live Out Loud" lineup, according to TV Week. Dunno when, only that

  November 17, 2008

• Burning Question: How Much Time Do Chefs Spend In The Kitchen?

  Earlier this fall, chef Nobu Matsuhisa passed through for a well publicized book signing...and rare visit to his restaurant. Sometime in the next few weeks, Wolfgang Puck's people--not the great man himself--holds a meet and greet session for the real chef at his soon to open Dallas venue.  At least that's what our web guy tells us. Puck's PR machine sent him the invitation, apparently hoping to keep us away from the festivities. Not that the Burning Question crew would, say, take un

  November 28, 2008

• Of Mansions And Men

  This guy left the Mansion's kitchen. Will it fail as a result?On Friday, the Mansion's PR rep made the rounds by phone to confirm that rumors rebuffed earlier in the week were true--chef John Tesar was out the door to "pursue other opportunities."Stephanie Hutson, the suddenly harried spokesperson, reported all this in very deliberate, almost somber tones. It was as if she carried the burden of heavy news...and the media response so far justifies her obvious concern: flying rumors, the titillati

  January 26, 2009

• Heart Like A Deal

  Scrambling to find a romantic, yet hip and unique option for Valentine's Day? Lucky for you, many local restaurants have special menus, special dishes or just special prices to choose from on this, er, special day. Here are some options: Cupid would be proud of Central 214's naughty new chef, Blythe Beck. Her Valentine's Day menu contains at least one aphrodisiac. Included are Virginia Bay oysters on the half shell, grilled lobster and avocado capriccio with grapefruit vinaigrette and some my

  February 11, 2009

• Life's a Strip

  Apple- or hickory-smoked bacon: Is there a difference?

  May 18, 2006

• Review and Gallery: Central 214

  Sara KerensIs that lobster under all that crust?In this week's paper, things get real as Dave drops some Wilfred Owen on a Central 214 waitress -- but after unleashing phrases like "naughy kitchen" and "quest for world culinary domination," chef Blythe Beck may get the best lines.Check out more shots from the restaurant, including her chicken-fried Kobe steak, and an Oxygen Network TV crew's kitchen invasion, in this photo set by Sara Kerens.

  June 12, 2009

• Sloppy Seconds: As Seen On TV

  Having handily dispatched the written word, television's having its way with dining now, too -- at least, that's the idea you get after reading our last week on City of Ate. Not good news for those of us who write about food.From an Oxygen Network TV crew getting in our photographer's shot at Central 214, to the lengthy milkshake queue at Twisted Root after its 15 minutes of basic cable fame (OK, 30 minutes. But still...), it's hardly surprising the week ended with undead analog TVs zombie-walki

  June 12, 2009

• Sloppy Seconds: Who Got the Hooch?

  Whether driven by an asinine Constitutional amendment, grand notions of urban planning or draconian dietary shackles, folks who find they have to suck it up, tug at their bootstraps and get down to business -- they're the ones who make the real innovations. This week, one way or another, from hooch to homegrown tomatoes, we salute the DIY ethic at work in the local dining scene.The Week in Review(s): Your own Dallas Observer: Way out in Rockwall, with an expert kitchen and a homegrown ethic, Da

  June 26, 2009

• Top 10 Sexiest Female Chefs In Dallas

  Yeah, yeah--pretty damn juvenile of us...not to mention downright sexist.But, damn it, if Danica Patrick can embrace beauty as well as hard nose racing skill, then we're allowed the occasional foray into 'babe-licious' territory.​Now, it wasn't an easy process. After much hemming and hawing, we had to pass up the quite cute Julia Lopez of Alo. We considered including Jill Bates (one of Fearing's crew) based on name--sounds a lot like Jail Bait--as well as looks. Ultimately, however, she was sl

  August 11, 2009

• Short Orders: Central 214

  Blythe Beck and crew from the TV promo still.​Central 2145680 N. Central Expy214-443-9339My waitress claims that in all those months of filming for "The Naughty Kitchen," Oxygen's culinary reality show featuring chef Blythe Beck, there was only one moment of real drama. Seems a female guest recoiled from the cameras because she was on a date--though not with her spouse.Too bad Joey Greco's Cheaters crew wasn't around.Beck earned a reputation when she stepped up from sous to executive chef at H

  August 31, 2009

• Fry Girl

  September 10, 2009