New York Magazine’s Signature Culinary Event Includes Tastings from Betony’s Mina Pizarro, L’Amico’s Laurent Tourondel, Le Coucou’s Daniel Rose, Momosan Ramen’s Masaharu Morimoto, Massoni’s Dale Talde, O Ya’s Tim Cushman, Paowalla’s Floyd Cardoz, Pegu Club’s Audrey Saunders, and More
Sister Event Grub Street Food Festival Takes Place October 1
New York Magazine’s 18th annual edition of its signature culinary event, New York Taste Presented by Citi, will be held on Tuesday, November 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Waterfront New York. Hosted by New York culinary editor Gillian Duffy, the event features more than 40 celebrated chefs and rising stars on the New York restaurant scene; a portion of the proceeds will be donated to City Harvest to help fight hunger in New York City. Tickets are on sale at nymag.com/taste, and regular updates will be posted to Twitter and Instagram using #NYTaste.
The tasting event will feature samples of signature dishes and drinks from world-renowned talent, including Jose Garces and Justin Bogle (Amada), Kenta Goto (Bar Goto), Mina Pizarro (Betony), Andrew Sherman (Blue Smoke), Marc Meyer (Cookshop), Leland Avellino (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que), Miro Uskokovic (Gramercy Tavern), Laurent Tourondel (L’Amico), Masaharu Morimoto (Momosan Ramen), Daniel Rose (Le Coucou), Dale Talde (Massoni), Tim Cushman (O Ya), Audrey Saunders (Pegu Club), Daniel Holzman (The Meatball Shop), Cedric Vongerichten (Perry St), and Jamie Bissonnette and Ken Oringer (Toro), among many others.
New York is also hosting the seventh annual Grub Street Food Festival on Saturday, October 1, in partnership with Hester Street Fair and sponsored by Citi, featuring more than 50 street-food vendors, live music, games, and a beer garden showing Saturday’s football games. Taking place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the corner of Essex and Hester Streets on the Lower East Side, the event has free admission, with guests paying as they go to vendors serving pizza, lobster rolls, barbecue, doughnuts, coffee, sandwiches, and other street food favorites.
New York Taste Presented by Citi can host over 1,000 guests at Waterfront New York, located at 269 Eleventh Avenue, with general admission tickets costing $100. VIP tickets cost $195, and include admission to a special preview hour (6–7 p.m.), access to the VIP lounge, and a VIP gift-bag filled with a variety of products, including culinary tools. As an exclusive benefit for Citi cardholders, Eric Ripert, chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin restaurant, will be signing copies of his new book, 32 Yolks, in the VIP lounge from 8 to 9 p.m. Additional event sponsors include Bermuda, Smirnoff, Bridge Lane, Taylor Creative Inc., and Stella Artois.
Tastings by:
* 2nd City * Amada * Aureole * Bar Goto * Bar Primi * Betony * Blue Smoke * Bodega Negra * Casa Lever * Colonie * Cookshop * Crave Fishbar * Dinosaur Bar-B-Que * Gramercy Tavern * Indian Accent * L’Amico * Le Coucou * Lupulo & Aldea * Masa NYC * Massoni * Momosan Ramen * Olmsted * O Ya * Paowalla * Pegu Club * Perry St * Quality Eats * Rebelle * Ribalta * Rotisserie Georgette * Sauvage * Schilling * Seamore’s * The Meatball Shop * Toro * Tuome * Vaucluse *