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Bob Weeks began his publishing career in the early 1970's and served in several different capacities with Bill Communications and Freed Crown Lee Publishing before becoming Publisher of Dairy Foods and Prepared Foods magazines at Gorman Publishing. In 1991 he set out on his own, establishing Weeks Publishing Company with the successful launch of Food Product Design Magazine which subsequently became and remains today the preeminent food development and R&D focused publication/information source. Bob continued as Publisher of Food Product Design as well as Culinology magazine after being acquired by Phoenix-based Virgo Publishing LLC. in 2005. His 23 years in food publishing have established Bob as one of the foremost thought leaders in the food industry.

Viva Bayless!

August 26, 2009 Comments

Posted in Blog

Today, Chicago is celebrating our local amigo, Chef Rick Bayless. The owner and founder of Frontera Grill and Topolobompo, his two Chicago restaurants that showcase his world renowned Mexican cuisine, recently won Bravo TV's “Top Chef Masters” competition. He outlasted chefs from all over the world, including the two other finalists, Chef Michael Chiarello of Bottega in Napa Valley (who has his own TV show, “Napa Style”) and Chef Hubert Keller of Fleur de Lys in San Francisco and Las Vegas.

The finals not only featured three top chefs in face-to-face competitions, but also showcased three different cuisines, Italian (Chiarello), French (Keller) and Bayless' Mexican.

Chef Bayless' victory is one more step in his crusade to gain the renown and acceptance for authenic Mexican cuisine that he has always believed it was due. His $100,000 winnings are being donated to his other great cause, the Frontera Farmer Foundation he founded to support the growth of sustainable farming in the Midwest. Seems both of his causes got a big boost from his victory.

Congratulations, Chef Rick Bayless, a true Chicago Master.