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05
Oct
Chefs Nobu Matsuhisa and Thomas Keller with Sophie Gayot
By Sophie Gayot
Fresh off the plane from Paris, I had only a few minutes to change before heading to Spago Beverly Hills for the 10th Annual Chefs Grand Tasting Dinner, held last night. Benefiting Meals-on-Wheels Programs of Los Angeles, it is one of the most prestigious charity dinners in the country.
Wolfgang Puck, Lee Hefter & Barbara Lazaroff, along with chef de cuisine Thomas Boyce and executive pastry chef Sherry Yard, welcomed six very fine chefs into their kitchen to prepare an elegant six-course dinner.
Thomas Keller, soon to open Bouchon Beverly Hills, started the festivities with a plate of charcuterie, followed by Laurent Gras of L2O, who diced kinmedai seasoned with sudachi lime juice. Nobu Matsuhisa steamed black cod served with brown rice salsa. Oriental flavors are mastered by chef Jereme Leung from Singapore, who prepared a duo of Maine lobster. From the kitchen of Spago came a Wolfe Ranch quail on a bed of wild matsutake mushroom risotto. Dean Fearing showcased his Tex-Mex skills with a crispy butternut squash taquito and jalapeno grits accompanying a buffalo tenderloin. Gina DePalma from Babbo, ended the dinner with her Venetian apple cake, while Sherry Yard sent out confections. Of course, each dish was paired with a different wine.
Robin Leach conducted a live auction which raised over $280,000 for the worthy charity programs, and hundreds of people went home happy. If you’re interested in attending next year’s event, don’t hesitate, as this year’s gathering of top chefs and connoisseurs was a complete sell-out!
You can click on each photo to enlarge.
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- Pretty in pink Barbara Lazaroff with Sophie Gayot
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- Executive chef Lee Hefter with Paul Pucino
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- Pastry chef Sherry Yard with producer Anthony Lefort
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- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa with Sophie Gayot
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- Spago’s chef de cuisine Thomas Boyce with Janet Pucino
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- Robin Leach getting ready to auction the six chefs’ jackets
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- Chef Michael Cimarusti from Providence with Ed Murphy, managing director of The Blank Theatre Company
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- Robert Weakley, President of Pebble Beach Food & Wine, with pastry chef Gina DePalma from Babbo
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- Chef Josiah Citrin of Melisse restaurant with wife
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- Youngest guest and son of Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff, Byron with mom
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- Chef Dean Fearing’s inseparable boots
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- Celebrity photographer Alex Berliner in the kitchen
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- Chefs in the kitchen of Spago Beverly Hills waiting for the next course to plate
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- The chef team at Bouchon
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- Spago general manager Laurent Steunou
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- CUT restaurant Wine Director Dena Farner
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- The chef’s team of the evening
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- Chef Thomas Keller’s charcuterie plate
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- Chef Laurent Gras’s diced kinmedai seasoned with sudachi lime juice
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- Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s black cod
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- Chef Jereme Leung’s duo of Maine lobster, Oriental style
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- Spago’s Wolfe Ranch quail on a bed of wild matsutake mushroom risotto
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- Chef Dean Fearing’s maple-black peppercorn soaked buffalo tenderloin
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- Chef Gina DePalma’s Venetian apple cake
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- Many wines…
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- Chefs Nobu Matsuhisa and Thomas Keller with Sophie Gayot
You can click on each photo to enlarge.
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A great report/photos on a Fab evening, well done.
Comment by anthony — October 6, 2009 @ 11:32 pm
[...] fans happy, as regulars love to start their weekend with the ritual Friday lunch there. Although Spago Beverly Hills is not changing its address, it is changing its look. A new décor is planned; I will keep you [...]
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