Inspiration and Information for your Tabletop

Executive chef of Noble's Restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina, Kyle Krieger, shares his pâté dish in the October 2009 Deep Plate exercise.

Thomas Allen of the Cook Street School of Fine Cooking in Denver, Colorado shows a cone-inspired dessert in this Deep Plate exercise that was originally published in October 2009.

In this Deep Plate exercise that was originally published in September of 2009, Chef Brian Palombo of McIntyreSales, Inc., in Charlotte, North Carolina prepared deconstructed chicken soup.

Chef Kevin Chong of Chef Mavro Restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii shows us the beautiful Big Island Sablefish.

There's nothing like a burger and a beer. Here's Chef James Fox's take on it, as completed by his team at Best Impressions Caterers in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Executive Chef Kristopher Blessum of the Scrooge Diner in Johannesburg, South Africa serves up breakfast inspired by the Mpumalanga neighborhood.

New Zealand is famous for its lamb. Executive Chef James Fox of Best Impressions Caterers in Charlotte, North Carolina just made it even more famous.

Chef Christopher Ivens-Brown, Executive Chef and VP of Culinary Development for the North American Division of Compass Group, created this woodsy pairing for the September 2009 Deep Plate Exercise.

This Deep Plate exercise from Kristopher Blessum was orginally published in September 2009. Chef Blessum is the Executive Chef at Scrooge Diner in Randburg, South Africa near Johannesburg.

This close look at fall desserts is from Chef Jason Reaves, Pastry Chef at Market Salamander in Middleburg, Virginia. It first appeared in the September 2009 Deep Plate exercise.