[Jean Georges Vongerichten's very active blog]

In honor of the launch of ex Gilt chef Paul Liebrant's new blog, we thought we'd check in on it and on some of the other notorious chef sites launched within the last year for a Celebrity Chef Blog Status Report. Do the toques remain committed to the world of blogging or have they left them for dead?

Blog: Paul Liebrant Journal
Status: Active
Launched: January 28, 2008
Days Since Last Post: None (four hours)
Assessment: So far, we're going to have to agree with Cutlets on this one: blog is boring.
Hightlights: Cloverfield

Blog: Chod-o-blog
Status: Long Dead
Launched: 3/1/2007
Days Since Last Post: 187
Assessment: The story of Chodorow's blog is an epic one and he is a bit of a trailblazer in this category. Chod-o-blog launched after El Chod got a negative review from Frank Bruni in the Times, and he vowed to follow Bruni to every place he wrote up and review it himself. This did not happen, natch. He wrote four lengthy posts over five months and left the blog dormant.
Highlights: The last post, where El Chod pens a rewrite to Bruni's Wild Salmon review.

Blog: Mario Batali's Blog
Status: Dead
Launched: September 30, 2007
Days Since Last Post: 63
Assessment: The blog which consists of punctuation-less ramblings about Batali's trip in Spain is pretty much unreadable.
Highlights: Friday November 9, in which Batali sends 14 dozen peonies to his wife for their anniversary.

Blog: Jean Georges Vongerichten
Status: Active
Launched: September 11, 2007
Days Since Last Post: 10
Assessment: We got to give it to Jean Georges for the activity on this little blog here. Not only does he update it fairly often, his posts are readable, somewhat insightful into the life of a chef, and often include his own recipes.
Highlight: My Thoughts on Stars and Service

Blog: L.2O Blog
Status: Active
Launched: December 10, 2007
Days Since Last Post: 1 day
Assessment: The blog by chef Laurent Gras documents the opening of his new restaurant in Chicago, so it's a decent read if you're into the behind the scenes of the restaurant business. And he updates regularly.
Hightlight: Kitchin in Progress, a video showing the plywood condish of the restaurant.

Blog: Anthony Bourdain Blog
Status: Active
Launched: December 17, 2007
Days Since Last Post: 4
Assessment: Bourdain is hands down the most active chef in the blogging world. He wrote a blog for Bravo TV, guest posts on Michael Ruhlman's blog, and now has this site as a companion to his "No Reservations" show. He updates regularly and keeps them interesting.
Highlights: Notes from the Road: Home Edition

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