Taste America: Los Angeles
Join us for a night of culinary stars!
Fri, October 12, 2018
6:00 PM
SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills
Price: Click below to see prices and purchase tickets.
Reservations are now closed.
SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills
465 South La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
6:00 P.M. Cocktail and Tasting Reception
7:30 P.M. Seated Dinner and Dessert Reception to Follow
Cocktail Attire
Dinner Menu Created By
VISITING ALL-STAR
James Beard Award Winner
Andrew Carmellini
The Dutch, NYC
LOCAL ALL-STAR
Ludo Lefebvre
Trois Mec, Los Angeles
HOST CHEF
Holly Jivin
The Bazaar by José Andrés, Beverly Hills, CA; Tres, Beverly Hills
Reception Tastings Created By
Wes Avila
Guerrilla Tacos, Los Angeles
Raphael Francois
Tesse, West Hollywood, CA
Mei Lin
Nightshade, Los Angeles
Pawan Mahendro
Badmaash, Los Angeles
Curtis Stone
Maude, Beverly Hills
Dessert Reception Tastings Created By
Margarita Manzke
République, Los Angeles
Lincoln Carson
Bon Temps, Los Angeles
Mitzi Reyes
SLS Hotel, Los Angeles
Wine Chair
Mark Samosonova, Wine Director, Delilah
Special Guest Hosts
Curtis Stone, Chef/Owner, Gwen and Maude, Los Angeles
Auctioneer David Bernahl, CEO and Co-Founder, Coastal Luxury Management and Los Angeles and Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Dawn McCoy, CEO, DMM: Dawn McCoy Media
Co-Chairs
Jason Rhee, Director of Celebrations, Rheefined Company
Robert Schueller, Director of Public Relations, Melissa's Produce
John Terzian, Founder, The h.wood Group
Honorary Co-Chair
James Beard Award Winner and James Beard Foundation Trustee Mary Sue Milliken, Chef/Owner, Border Grill Restaurants
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Related Info
James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 and older.
For more information on events or local sponsorship in Los Angeles, please contact Madison Ginnett at madison@afandco.com or 415-781-5700.
The James Beard Foundation is proud to donate a portion of the evening’s proceeds to the James Beard Foundation’s Taste America Scholarship Fund.