9/20/2023 0 Comments Food dudes![]() In 2004 they started Carmelized Productions, a very lucrative catering company. They've worked everywhere together since: The Strand in South Beach, The River House and The Wildflower in Vail, CO, and mentored by Govind Armstrong and Ben Ford at Chadwick here in LA. Shook, 26, and Dotolo, 28, met at culinary school in Fort Lauderdale almost 10 years ago. But then they start talking about their projects, the kind of food they love to eat and cook, the parties they plan, how much they put into their work, and these aren't just a couple of dudes anymore. ![]() The other moves his clothes from the banquette: "Sorry, it was kind of my bed last night." It's what you'd expect. There's a lot of, "Dude, check this out?" One starts riding the skateboard left on the floor by a prep cook. When the two start talking together, it's like hanging out with a couple guys at a bar: Everything's all at once, it's excited, it's banter. And that's all before either one turns 30. ![]() A cookbook (tentatively titled "Cooking in One Pan With Jon and Vinny") will publish by the end of this year or the beginning of next they're catering eight to 15 events a week, from 10-person sit-down dinners to parties for 300 and hopefully by spring '08, the still unnamed space on Fairfax-which serves as their catering facility for now-will open as their new casual, neighborhood restaurant. The show is just one project on their plate. We met up with the duo at the former T on Fairfax to talk about their new show Two Dudes Catering, which premieres tonight on the Food Network at 10:30pm. The long hair, the unshaven faces, the tattoos, T-shirts, the constant use of the word dude: Jon, Vinny, and their offbeat team of chefs and prep cooks, are the very definition of 'dude'. If there was any question why Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo are called the "Food Dudes," just sit and talk with them for five minutes.
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