Amateur Gourmet

Fun Dining vs. Fine Dining; Restaurant in Spain Shutters, Thousands Mourn; An Ode to Outdoor Dining; Celeb-Owned Restaurants; Stopping Table Squatting

* Fun dining is the new fine dining. To steal a line from Trading Places, can’t we have both? [GrubStreet NY] * Some restaurant in Spain closed. People are upset. [The Guardian] * 10 signs that the next sign you’ll see on your fave restaurant will be “Going Out of Business.” [Richmond.com] * Unhappy campers. [...]

Date/Time	Event
06/01/2013 - 06/02/2013 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Montclair Food & Wine Festival Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair, Montclair New Jersey
06/03/2013 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM	Long Island Hospitality Ball to Benefit American Cancer Society Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury New York

Caroline Potter is the Chief Dining Officer for OpenTable, Inc. She’s a dining trend-spotter and an OpenTable VIP, who dines out more than she eats in and has accrued more than 10,000 Dining Rewards points. Caroline started working in restaurants as a teen and she's since tackled every front-of-the-house job, from bartender and hostess to runner and server. She trained as a chef at Manhattan’s prestigious French Culinary Institute, cooking at L’Ecole. In addition to her role at OpenTable, she has written about food from farm to table for New York City’s famed Greenmarket and Edible Brooklyn and Edible East End magazines. Caroline is also a Certified Master Gardener.