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The Morning Call catches up with Christina Wilson, the winner of season 12 of Hell’s Kitchen who earned a head chef job at Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas as part of her prize. Now she’s working as a sous chef on the current season of the show as well as making appearances on Hotel Hell, Ramsay’s other show, where she makes menu changes at the hotels in disrepair. She’s also managing three Ramsay restaurants. "I can't believe that just taking a chance in Hell's Kitchen has transformed me into this," she tells the Morning Call. "I'm not sure how I got here, but I love being here. My role is assisting one of the best chefs on the planet." [MC]
Apparently Carla Pellegrino got the lounge bug after handling Touché in Miami for two years. Now after she fixes up her restaurant Bratalian in Henderson with a full liquor license, design changes and a revamped menu, she wants to open a restaurant and lounge. “I want it to have a little DJ booth, and some pretty girl DJs spinning from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.—nothing crazy,” the former Top Chef contestant tells Vegas Seven. [VS]
The Las Vegas Sun reports the three Las Vegas chefs have a shot at making the next season of Top Chef. The show was in town last Friday casting new contestants at Rx Boiler Room at Mandalay Place. [LVS]
Big changes are on the dining horizon at Boyd Gaming casinos in Las Vegas. Next up, Ondori Asian Kitchen, which plans to open in March at The Orleans. Three more restaurants are also in the works there. Look for the resort to spend $30 million on restaurant changes. The Las Vegas Review-Journal also reports that two restaurants at both Gold Coast and Sam's Town will change. Du-pars Restaurant & Bakery lands a second location at Suncoast, replacing the coffee shop. Boyd manages and operates all of the restaurants except Du-pars. Alder & Birch just opened at The Orleans last week. [LVRJ]
Roberto’s Taco Shop made the move to Reno last Monday, and the fast food restaurant proved so popular, it ran out of food on its second day of service. [KRNV]
Dickey's Barbecue Pit just gave franchisee Doug Dubin the rights to open eight new locations, with six in the Las Vegas area and two in Southern California. Look for two locations to open in Pahrump and Summerlin in 2016. [EaterWire]
