This Week’s Top Stories Include 8th annual HBCU Week starts in Wilmington Sunday Restaurant Industry to Honor Mrs. Robino’s at Annual Cornerstone Awards $20M grant to buy eco-friendly ferry for Cape May-Lewes run Survey: many teachers injured by students, lose class time Week 2 Premier PT Player of the Week, Tower Hill’s Fischer Click on the image below to view …
It’s not often that you get to meet your idols. But during the James Beard Awards events in Chicago this past weekend, Delaware’s Matt Kern chatted with Elizabeth Faulkner, a “Top Chef” alum and “a hero of mine for probably 20 years,” said Kern, chef-owner of One Coastal in Fenwick Island. He met Michel Nischan, another hero, and Kevin Tien …
This Week’s Review Includes: Memorial Bridge ‘dolphins’ designed to stop ships like Dali Plant shoots through the roof of Longwood conservatory Delaware’s Matt Kern of One Coastal is a James Beard finalist Experts: ‘Unauditable’ Delaware unemployment fund brings risk DOE to provide support, coaching for college financial aid Shooting woes sink Blue Coats in season finale Click on the image …
When Matt Kern was growing up in the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, area, he often felt like he didn’t belong. That changed when he was 14 and started working in a restaurant kitchen. “I immediately felt comfortable,” recalled Kern, who couldn’t afford culinary school tuition. His sense of belonging has reached a new level. This morning, the James Beard Foundation released the Restaurant and …
Matt Kern, chef and owner of One Coastal in Fenwick Island, is a semifinalist for a James Beard Award in the Best Chef Mid-Atlantic category. This is Kern’s third semifinalist nomination. He was a semifinalist in 2019 and 2020 while working at Heirloom in Lewes. “It’s way different,” this time, said Kern, who purchased One Coastal from Scott and Carlie Carey in 2022. “I have …
LaTisha Dismuke is a fan of the Food Network show “Chopped.” On each episode, contestants prepare an appetizer, entree and dessert using the show’s ingredients—no matter how odd. “Adaptability is a big deal,” noted Dismuke, owner of A Taste of Jazz, a Millsboror catering company that combines her culinary talent with her musical abilities. (She will play the saxophone on …
Bardea Food + Drink is one of the restaurants trying a temporary surchange to help them beat inflation. Photo by Valeria Boltneva/Pexels Since Valentine’s Day was on a Monday, many restaurants had four nights of solid reservations. The business was welcome, considering that most experienced a disastrous January due to mask mandates, bitterly cold weather and ailing staff. But a …
