Food Network Chefs Are Invading DC; Late-Night Sushi

EVENTWIRE—Even though Jacques Pépin will no longer be able to make it, there will probably still be plenty to amuse you this weekend at the Washington Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show. Food Network people Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis and Guy Fieri will all be there giving presentations; a whole bunch of big-name DC chefs will all be doing demos; and writer-types like Joe Yonan, Monica Bhide and Domenica Marchetti will all be there signing books. Also, there is going to be a "cocktail throwdown" with Gina Chersevani and Owen Thomson, which will be pretty amazing if this photo is any indication. More details and tickets available here. [EaterWire]

CHEF SHUFFLES—Don Rockwell hears that Mio is getting a new chef named Giovanna Huyke, who is apparently "the Julia Child of Puerto Rico." [DonRockwell]

METRO CENTER—The City Paper reports that Zentan sushi chef Jason Zheng will be working for The Hamilton when it opens in, hopefully, mid-December. Though the restaurant will be open 24 hours, sushi will be served until 2 a.m. [WCP]

ALEXANDRIA—This weekend marks yet another pajama brunch over at Virtue Feed & Grain. And this time your pajamas will get you not just a discount on your meal, but also the opportunity to win a brand new set of footie pajamas from the Pajama Company. [EaterWire]

FOGGY BOTTOM—Seems like things are all getting settled over at District Commons and Burger, Tap & Shake. The restaurants have announced that they will both be open on Sundays this weekend and henceforth. District Commons is debuting its Sunday brunch from 11 to 2:30 in December. [EaterWire]

JOSE ANDRES WIRE—The latest stop on his mission to improve the world, José Andrés gave a Tedx talk about his work for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Eater National has video. [-EN-]

[Photo: Amy McKeever/Eater.com]