MRM News Bites: Charitable Chefs and Streamlined Digital Menus on This Week’s Plate

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Each week, Modern Restaurant Management magazine compiles restaurant industry headlines in MRM News Bites. This week, we feature chefs reaching out to support great causes, new restaurant technologies and restaurant openings.  Send items of interest to Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

Cooking Live! for Family ReachHosted by Family Reach National Advisory Board President, Chef Ming Tsai, Cooking Live! brought together some of  the nation’s top celebrity chefs for an evening of wining and dining. Guests watched up close as chefs give live cooking demos before serving a five-course meal in New York City. Each dish was inspired by special guests of the evening: The families battling cancer that Family Reach has supported Family Reach Foundation is a financial lifeline to families fighting cancer.

Iron Chef Morimoto, center left, and veteran broadcaster Bryant Gumbel, center right, with chef Ming Tsai, right, and guest Christine…