Bite-Sized: Morsels of food news
On Thursday, New World Bistro will debut its summer menu, with highlights including shrimp-avocado salad with salmon roe, mustard-marinated lamb rack with grilled ratatouille salad, and grilled shrimp with ras-el-hanout and summer tabbouleh.
Tickets, at $30, cover 15 beer samples and entertainment; designated drivers pay $15 and receive soft drinks.
Brady Duhame, who recently left the Saratoga Springs restaurant 15 Church after being head chef there for three years, has been named director of culinary operations for Saratoga Hospitality Group.
The company owns Max London's, where Duhame said he will initially focus his attentions, as well as the pub Gaffney's, the sports bar Saratoga Stadium and Mrs. London's Boutique Bakery.
Saratoga Hospitality was founded in 2014, when Ryan Venezia, a downstate real-estate investor who enjoyed the London eateries while visiting Saratoga, and partner Justin Manfro bought Max London's and Mrs. London's.
Chez Nous owner Andy Chestnut said Vittoz's resumé includes opening chef of the Doubletree Hotel on Nott Terrace in Schenectady as well as restaurants in New York City and at Catskills resorts.