Chefs & Champagne®

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Chefs & Champagne® is the James Beard Foundation’s annual summer tasting party in the Hamptons. Join us when we honor the James Beard Award–winning chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and media personality Bobby Flay. We'll feature flowing Champagne Taittinger, the wines of Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Stella Artois®, and culinary offerings from a select group of over 30 celebrated chefs, with many from JBF Award–winning restaurants. The Christian Wölffer Scholarship program to support food and wine studies will also be announced.

Guest of Honor:

JBF Award Winner Bobby Flay
Bar Americain, NYC, and Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT; Bobby Flay Steak at the Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ; Bobby’s Burger Palace, various locations; Gato, NYC; and Mesa Grill at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, and Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas

Chefs:

Lindsay Autry
Palm Beach, FL

Franklin Becker
The Little Beet and Cast Iron (opening fall 2015), NYC

Philippe Bertineau
Benoit, NYC

JBF Award Winner Jamie Bissonnette and JBF Award Winner Ken Oringer
Coppa, Boston; and Toro, Boston and NYC

Devin Bozkaya
Campagna at Bedford Post Inn, Bedford, NY

Chad Brauze
Rotisserie Georgette, NYC

PJ Calapa
Campagna at Bedford Post Inn, Bedford, NY; and Costata, NYC

James Carpenter
Page, Sag Harbor, NY

Pastry Chef Stephen Collucci
Colicchio & Sons, NYC

Ben Del Coro
Fossil Farms, Boonton, NJ

Coby Farrow
BLT Prime, NYC

Tom Fraker and Marco Zapien
Melissa’s

Yuhi Fujinaga
The Sea Grill, NYC

Lisa Giffen
Maison Premiere, Brooklyn, NY

John Greeley
Crystal Springs Resort, Hamburg, NJ

Steven Devereaux Greene
Herons, Cary, NC

JBF Award Winner Alex Guarnaschelli
Butter, NYC

Jason Hall
The Fourth, NYC

Chris Jaeckle
All’onda, NYC

Brian Loiacono
db Bistro Moderne, NYC

Jean Paul Lourdes
Restaurant Latour, Hamburg, NJ

Hugh Mangum
Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque, NYC

Shane McBride
Balthazar and Schiller's Liquor Bar, NYC

Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth
Root & Bone, NYC

Pastry Chef George McKirdy
Astor Bake Shop, Queens, NY

Marc Meyer
Cookshop, Five Points, Hundred Acres, NYC

Todd Mitgang
Crave Fishbar, NYC, and South Edison, Montauk, NY

John Mooney
Bell Book & Candle, NYC; and Bidwell, Washington, D.C.

Seamus Mullen
El Colmado and Tertulia, NYC

Pastry Chef Deborah Racicot
Narcissa, NYC

Rufino Rengifo
Celebrity Cruises®

David Santos
Louro, NYC

Jesse Schenker
The Gander, NYC

Bryce Shuman
Betony, NYC

Dan Silverman
The Regency Bar & Grill, NYC

Pastry Chef Miroslav Uskokovic
JBF Award–Winning Gramercy Tavern, NYC

Florian Wehrli
Triomphe Restaurant, NYC

Pecko Zantilaveevan
JBF Award–Winning The Four Seasons Restaurant, NYC

Erin Zircher
CRU, Nantucket, MA

Event details:

VIP Reception: 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Chefs & Champagne Main Event: 6:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
VIP After-Party: 8:30 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.

Pricing:

General Admission: JBF members $200, general public $275 (includes all tastings, silent auction, and gift bag)
VIP Premium Admission: $375 for JBF members and general public
VIP Tables of 10: $4,000 (VIP experience includes exclusive reception to all tastings, reserved table seating, silent auction preview, gift bag, and invitation to the VIP after-party)