CNBC’s culinary entrepreneur-focused competition show Restaurant Startup returns for its second season on January 13, and a local chef’s restaurant will be profiled during the season. Nosh & Swig, the deliciously creative small plates emporium that closed in October after almost two years in business on East Flamingo Road, could be resurrected if chef Steve Piamchuntar finds himself in the good graces of the show’s celeb investors Joe Bastianich and Tim Love. For more information, visit the show’s website.

Central is done at Caesars Palace. The 24-hour café from chef Michel Richard—which filed for bankruptcy last summer—has been replaced by the generically named, almost certainly temporary Bistro 24 in Caesars’ lobby. Widespread rumors have the space falling into the hands of Giada De Laurentiis, who famously opened her first-ever restaurant at Caesars’ renovated Cromwell boutique resort across the street last year. No comment from Caesars officials.

MTO Café’s original Downtown location took a short break from its monthly Sunday Night Supper Series while chef John Church and his team were getting the Downtown Summerlin location up and running. Now it’s back. The farmer-themed edition of the dinner, featuring guest chefs such as Jake Brubaker from Five50 Pizza Bar and Chris Bulen from Andre’s, is set for January 18. The price is $65 and reservations can be made by calling 702-380-8229.

It’s back. The 17th annual Sons of Norway Lutefisk Dinner hosted by the Vegas Viking Lodge is set for January 31 at the Boulder City Elks Lodge. On the menu this year: traditional lutefisk with melted butter or white sauce, roasted pork, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots, lefse (Norwegian flatbread), and more. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance by January 22, are $20 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. For information, call 702-869-5775.

Tbones Chophouse at the Red Rock Resort is featuring wines from Joseph Phelps Vineyards at a multi-course pairing dinner on January 22. The price is $105 and reservations can be made by calling 702-797-7517. Sister restaurant Hank’s Fine Steaks & Martinis at Green Valley Ranch Resort is doing a wine dinner of its own, with Cakebread Cellars, on January 29. The price is $100 and reservations can be made by calling 702-617-6800.