By Jon Palmer Claridge on Mon, Jan 10, 2022
When Creative Loafing Tampa Bay was first invited to attend the Garrison Brothers Bourbon Dinner as part of the Bern’s restaurant family Whiskey Tampa Foxtrot, I was excited, but skeptical. I’m on record as being a big fan of Executive Chef Chad Johnson, Chef de Cuisine Martin DeJesus, and the whole special events team. I’ve reported in glowing terms on previous WTF grand tastings and the wondrous James Beard Sunday Suppers.

By D’Ann Lawrence White, on Tue, Aug 10, 2021
Pepin Academies and Southeastern Guide Dogs will each receive $26,000.

by Helen Freund, Tampa Bay Times
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, food banks across the Tampa Bay area are seeing a sharp increase in the need for financial donations and food.

Oriana Cartaya and Daniel Matos were named the 2019 Winners of the Bern Laxer Memorial Scholarship.

In fall 2016, when reflecting upon the inaugural Sunday Supper Tampa Bay, I wrote that the James Beard Foundation (home of the culinary Oscars) had indeed knighted Tampa Bay as a culinary destination. By Jon Palmer Claridge of Creative Loafing  

By Jovannie Belot on Mon, Oct 7, 2019
Drinking whiskey for a good cause is the best kind of whiskey.
Whiskey Tampa Foxtrot is giving you the opportunity to sample over 200 different whiskeys and bites at their 3rd Annual Whiskey Tasting.

Mallary is currently a student at Johnson and Wales University where she is attending to obtain a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts and food service management, thanks to the help of the Bern Laxer Memorial Scholarship fund.

Some of the great restaurant entrepreneurs are showboaters, using brash self-confidence as the path to legendary hospitality.

BT Nguyen leaned over the first plate, spreading bits of hearts of palm, mango, celery and sweet pepper on the plate, topping that with a ripe wedge of avocado and gently poached lobster, finishing the dish with a confetti of micro-herbs and passion fruit vinaigrette.

Twenty-six all-star chefs made dinner as the James Beard Foundation (home of the food world’s Oscars) joined with the Bern Laxer Memorial Scholarship to sponsor an unprecedented gastronomic blowout.