Huffington Post (blog) - Lines at an airport restaurant? It could happen sooner than you think.

The Chicago Department of Aviation announced Monday that celebrity chef Rick Bayless will open two restaurants in O'Hare Airport this fall.

Bayless, who has written several cookbooks, prepared the White House state dinner honoring Mexican President Felipe Calderon, has his own cooking show and competed on "Top Chef Masters" will open eateries in Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 of the airport.

According to a release from the aviation department, the restaurants will open this fall.

"We are delighted to enhance our restaurant offerings by welcoming Rick Bayless's outstanding regional Mexican cuisine to

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Chicago celebrity chef Rick Bayless wowed a crowd of nearly 150 people today at Moulin restaurant where he did a cooking demonstration and signed copies of his new cookbook at an event hosted by Sauce Magazine and Left Bank Books.

Bayless is one of those people who, at least on the surface, seems to have it all -- handsome, talented and enormously successful. The image loses nothing in translation to real life.

Chatting easily while chopping, mixing, stirring and seasoning, Bayless has clearly done all this before. He complimented the staff at Moulin, saying: "The kitchen here has been really tremendous to

By Karl Klockars, Chicagoist - If the kitchens of Frontera Grill, Topolobampo and Xoco seem strangely devoid of Rick Bayless in the coming weeks, you can blame President Obama. Bayless has been tapped by Obama to head the kitchen for the upcoming state dinner with El Presidente of Mexico, Felipe Calderón. The New York Times reports that the celebrity chef will be helming the kitchen on May 19th, the second celebrity chef to run a state dinner menu. Marcus Samuellson, currently receiving the arrogant-jerk-edit on this season's Top Chef Masters, cooked for the Indian Prime Minister back in November.

However, Bayless will be operating under restraints

Isthmus - Rick Bayless -- award-winning chef-restaurateur, author and television personality -- is the keynote presenter at the 2010 Isthmus Green Day at Monona Terrace on Saturday, April 17.

Bayless recently won the title of Top Chef Master on the popular Top Chef Masters television program on the Bravo Network. As the winner, Bayless received $100,000 for his charity -- the Frontera Farmer Foundation. This is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting small, sustainable farms by providing them with capital development grants.

Bayless has written numerous critically acclaimed cookbooks, including Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking From The Heart of Mexico (William Morrow, 1987). The New

DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines, IA, USA - One of the most celebrated and successful chef-entrepreneurs in the United States is preparing for his first visit to Des Moines.

Rick Bayless, whose 20-year-old Chicago eatery Frontera Grill was recently named the nation’s best restaurant by the James Baird Foundation, will be participating in a June 23rd daylong event sponsored by the Gateway Market, 2002 Woodland Ave.

Not all the details have been worked out, but Bayless told The Register, “I know I am going to do a kind of guacamole that’s really unusual. … This one’s got roasted poblano chilis and roasted garlic.’’