Project: Chef Greg

I am working with Chef Greg, who hails from the great state of PA, as do I, and he  is writing his first cookbook.

Chef Greg and I have been friends for several years.  I have eaten at his restaurant many, many times and the food is just amazing.  I finally convinced him to write it all down in a cookbook!  Now I just have to convince him that, ultimately when his book sells it’s first 1 million copies, he will be thrust into the spotlight, so now is as good a time as any to publish a few videos on this page so he can begin to draw rave review and fans.  It’s called marketing!

Since I am still working on that, I am pleased to announce that I did manage to get him to record an MP3 of a wonderful recipe  for wine vinegarette.  You can listen to it now, and try it out.  Then please be sure to come back and comment for us on how you liked it!  Maybe with our feedback, Chef Greg will come of out hiding and record a video from his kitchen next!

Chef Greg’s Amazing Red Wine Vinaigrette

Who is Chef Greg?

Chef Greg Alauzen is presently the Executive Chef at Cioppino Restaurant, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Past Positions:

Executive Chef Eleven Restaurant Pittsburgh, Pa.
Executive Chef Nevillewood Country Club
Executive Chef Steelhead Grill Marriott Center City Pittsburgh, Pa.

Greg has worked in some of the East’s best tri-state restaurants, including Maxim’s and Aureole( Charlie Palmer) in New York and Culinary Renaissance in Metuchen, New Jersey; during his tenure, the latter garnered three stars from The New York Times, four stars from the Star Ledger, and a score of 28 out of 30 from Zagat.

Greg’s Education

Culinary Institute of America 1985 – 1987

Noteworthy:

2006 – Represented the Steelers at the 15th annual Taste of the NFL, Saturday at the Rock Financial Showplace near Detroit.
2006 – Chef Greg Alauzen has been named a “Rising Star” by the James Beard Foundation, a prestigious award in culinary circles.
Guest chef at the James Beard House in New York City on Jan. 17,2006. Also recognized by the James Beard Foundation while at the Stealhead Grille as one of the “Best Hotel Chefs of America.”
1998 – Pittsburgh Magazine named Alauzen the city’s best new chef.