New York, New York

The chef of L* is going to New York for a week in October for a whirl wind of culinary events, including Star Chefs and Autism Speaks. Also appearing on the schedule of events is a dinner at the James Beard House.

James Beard was the very first foodie and culinary advocate. At least, the most well known. The James Beard Foundation now hosts workshops, conferences and over 200 events, offers scholarships and of course administers the James Beard Foundation Awards each year. The JBF awards are like the culinary oscars. The recognize and honor excellence among chefs, cookbook authors, food journalists, restaurant designers, and others working in the food and beverage industry. There is no greater recognition in our field than the JBF Awards.


To get to the point, Tory (a JBF nominee for Best Chef in the Midwest) is doing a dinner at the James Beard House in Manhattan and asked me to be part of the team to help out!!! The opportunity to cook at the James Beard House is HUGE and I feel honored to be asked to be apart of it! 

The trip was made official yesterday, when I received my flight information and departure time! We are flying into the city that never sleeps on wednesday morning, cooking at the Beard House all day on thursday, and flying back to Madtown friday evening. I'm told we will have a bit of free time and will being going out to dinner at least once! The dinner we are doing is 5 hors d’oeuvres and 5 courses including dessert and wine pairings with each course.


I am so excited to be apart of something so prestigious and also to visit the big apple!!!