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Friday, November 11, 2011

Tonight!

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About: Pat Bradley

Once called a "superstar maître d'" by Next Magazine, Pat Bradley has worked as head maître d'hôtel at restaurants around N. Y. C. from SoHo to Central Park South. He holds a Grand Cru Certificate in Wine Studies from The Institute of Culinary Education and enjoys writing "food stories" for a variety of publications. From Behind The Open Table offers readers his musings on food, wine and everything else (deemed worthy) in between.

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Pat Bradley has been featured on New York Magazine's blog, Daily Intel and has had works published in New York, London, São Paulo and Canada. He is also listed as one of Freixenet's "respected culinary critics" of 2011.

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