Celebrity Chefs Gambling on Atlantic City By John Curran
Georges Perrier is serving up his signature langostinos and clams with pancetta at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino.
Next month, Bobby Flay will open a surf-and-turf restaurant in the same building where Wolfgang Puck plans one of his California grilles and Michael Mina woos gamblers with his seafood specialties.
Call it a feeding frenzy: Lured by casinos eager to one-up their rivals, celebrity chefs have turned their sights on Atlantic City, turning what was once seen as a culinary backwater into the new place to eat -- and be seen eating.
After years of feeding gamblers $6. 99 buffets and all-night cafeteria food, casinos are signing up big-name gastronomes in a bid for prestige -- and profits. The trend, which mirrors one that swept Las Vegas in the 1990s, began here in earnest when the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa opened nearly three years ago.
May 15, 2006
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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