Meet the chefs feeding the Wolves and other Minnesota elite athletes

What started as an observation has evolved into a comprehensive program that goes far beyond standard team catering.

“We don‘t drop off food and throw it into a steam table,” Zimmern said. “We have a hospitality manager embedded with the team. We have our cooks and chefs embedded with the team. We are actually there every single day in the practice facilities and on game day.”

Gavin Kaysen’s Bellecour is back!

Fall openings are planned in Edina and the North Loop

10 best dishes Restaurant Critic Bao Ong ate in April

Restaurant Critic Bao Ong calls Camaraderie Chef Shawn Gawle’s “spectacular” Carrot Cavatelli one of the best dishes in Houston

Chef Gavin Kaysen will open The Merchant Room at Naples Beach Club, a Four Seasons Resort

The Merchant Room will be the signature restaurant at the Naples Beach Club, which Four Seasons plans to open this fall.

The Best Restaurants in the Houston Heights

Just a little over a month since opening, chef-owner Shawn Gawle’s first restaurant is already feeling like a neighborhood gem.

Ep. 118: Scalable bio-based solutions

Alexa Raab and Matthew Cole explain how CovationBio Sorona harnesses the power of science to look towards the future potential uses for bio-based materials in apparel

KZ Provisioning at SXSW

Co-Owner Andrew Zimmern with NFL legend Will Blackmon (R) and NBA legend Channing Frye (L) at the SXSW 2025 Sportico House for a panel discussion “Ventures Beyond the Sports World”

elemental mktg is selected as a PR Net Next Gen Honoree

Gavin Kaysen’s Second Self-Published Book Spotlights Culinary Collaborations

Featured chefs include April Bloomfield, Christopher Kostow, Curtis Stone, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Humm, Daniela Soto-Innes, and many others.

The book is now available for pre-sale

The 16 most anticipated Houston restaurants opening this year includes Camaraderie by Chef Shawn Gawle

When the former lead pastry chef at March opens his Heights restaurant later this winter, it’s more about creating a “family-style dining experience” with warm hospitality than a traditional fine dining experience.

Spoon and Stable earns Outstanding Restaurant semifinalist nomination from James Beard Foundation

Gavin Kaysen’s first Minneapolis restaurant earned the recognition today, a decade after being a Best New Restaurant nominee.

elemental mktg recommits to California Green Business Network Standards

Chef Shawn Gawle Announces Plans for his First Restaurant in Houston, TX

Camaraderie will open in the Houston Heights neighborhood in early 2025

The 50 Most Powerful People in American Fine Dining

Robb Report's second annual ranking of the restaurant industry's most influential figures, as chosen by their peers.

Two Star Chefs Are Secretly Feeding Your Favorite NBA and WNBA Players

Aramark has teamed up with Bizarre Food’s Chef Andrew Zimmern and Soigne Hospitality Chef Gavin Kaysen to serve more pro and college athletes nationwide

How One Chef Has Changed the Midwestern Culinary Landscape

2007 F&W Best New Chef Gavin Kaysen is paving the way for young cooks in Minneapolis and beyond.

elemental mktg proudly announces it is now the agency of record for KZ Provisioning, a culinary company founded by award-winning Chefs Andrew Zimmern and Gavin Kaysen in 2017 to fuel professional athletes.

Can the Great Barrier Reef be saved?

How Australia’s Indigenous Peoples could hold the key

Why Elevating Indigenous Voices Is Crucial to Protecting the World’s Coral Reefs

Opinion:

Just 6% of the world’s population are First Nations peoples, yet they steward 80% of the world’s biodiversity. And they do it without easy access to capital. Less than 1% of global climate finance has reached Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Creating an environment where First Nations peoples are financially supported and welcomed into leadership roles in conservation is critical to the survival of our planet’s most sensitive and vulnerable habitats.

(Photo credit: Tourism and Events Queensland)

Chef Stefani De Palma and Commis Bradley Waddle for Team USA won Gold at the Bocuse d’Or Americas culinary competition in New Orleans. Now they’re heading to the finals in Lyon, France in January 2025.

(Photo credit: Ken Goodman)