Cool Desserts for the HOT Summer! At Central Michel Richards!

As temperatures hit the 100-degree mark, Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace is creating a cool dessert for the pending steamy months.  The Summer Fruit Pop is fast becoming a best-selling item, especially for guests-on-the-go!

The Summer Pop is served in the shape of a popsicle alongside a dollop of whipped cream.  The pop is made up of fresh fruit cut daily including strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and kiwi with a reduced white cranberry juice with no sugar added.  The pop is $5 and now available.

The award-winning Central Michel Richard features his world-renowned American fare with a French accent.  Pronounced “sen-TRAHL,” Central is located in the heart of the iconic Caesars Palace hotel lobby and is the world’s first 24-hour restaurant to be helmed by a James Beard award winning chef.  The 9,600 square-foot restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night menus, as well as an extensive roster of specialty beers, wine and cocktails.

For more information on Central, go to www.CentralLV.com.  Find Michel Richard on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CentralLV or Twitter at www.Twitter.com/CentralLV (handle: @CentralLV).  For reservations, please call (702) 650-5921.

ABOUT MICHEL RICHARD

Michel Richard is the internationally renowned and celebrated chef, credited with pioneering French/California cuisine before making his move to Washington, D.C., where Michel Richard Citronelle became his flagship restaurant.  From there, he went on to open the original Central to rave reviews, eventually winning the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant.  Recently, he welcomed Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace, making it the first-ever restaurant helmed by a James Beard Award-winning chef to be open 24 hours a day.  His empire expands in 2012 to include three new restaurants in Atlantic City, N.J. at Revel Casino: The O Bistro Wine and Bar and The Breakfast Room, as well as his third Central location.  Richard's creativity can be seen in prestigious culinary publications including Food & Wine Magazine, Food Arts, Los Angeles Times, GAYOT.com and Bon Appétit to name a few in his illustrious career.  Chosen by the James Beard Foundation as Outstanding Chef 2007, Richard has also won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine Service at Citronelle the same year and his second book, “Happy in the Kitchen” published by Artisan, received a James Beard Nomination.

ABOUT CAESARS PALACE

Reigning in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace is the world's best known resort-casino, celebrating the grandeur that was Rome in an 85-acre destination location that sets the standard for entertainment, dining and luxury. Ranking among the world's top luxury resorts Caesars Palace features 3,300 hotel guest rooms and suites, 23 diverse restaurants and cafes, five-acre Garden of the Gods pools and gardens, 50,000 square foot Qua Baths & Spa and 300,000 square feet of premium meeting and convention space. The 4,300-seat Colosseum sits just steps from celebrity chef restaurants and the acclaimed Forum Shops at Caesars and spotlights world class entertainers such as Celine Dion, Jerry Seinfeld, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Shania Twain (beginning December 2012).

Caesars Palace, along with all Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas resorts, including Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Paris Las Vegas, Flamingo Las Vegas, Harrah’s, Bally’s, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Imperial Palace and Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon, proudly prohibit adding hidden resort fees to hotel guest room rates. Find Caesars Palace on Facebook and follow on Twitter.