Reminder: NEW YORK TASTE CULINARY EVENT ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 2nd

DAN BARBER, ANDREW CARMELLINI, MASAHARU MORIMOTO AMONG CHEFS FROM 40 RESTAURANTS TO OFFER TASTINGS TO BENEFIT CITY HARVEST

New York Media’s 11^th annual New York Taste event will take place on Monday, November 2nd beginning at 6:00 PM at Skylight.  Peachy Deegan cannot wait!  Hosted by New York culinary editor Gillian Duffy, the event will feature chefs and mixologists from many of New York City’s top restaurants and lounges greeting over 1,000 guests with tastings of their signature dishes and drinks, including Michael White’s mackerel crudo and Masaharu Morimoto’s yellowtail pastrami sandwich.  A portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit City Harvest to help fight hunger. 

The Official Sponsors of New York Taste include 901 Silver Tequila (RECOMMENDED BY WHOM YOU KNOW; SEE CHAMPAGNE WISHES), which will feature signature cocktails from Liquid Chef Junior Merino, and Pepperidge Farm® Baked Naturals, which will feature original recipes from Real Housewives of NYC’s Bethenny Frankel.

WHAT:           New York Media’s annual New York Taste

Tickets: $250 for VIP, $175 for General Admission, available at nymag.com/taste.

WHEN:          Monday, November 2, 2009

                      General Admission, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

WHERE:       Skylight, 275 Hudson Street (at Dominick Street)

WHO:             Chefs and mixologists attending and offering tastings and demonstrations include:

Andrew Carmellini of Locanda Verde

Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter

Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club

Dan Barber of Blue Hill & Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Masaharu Morimoto of Morimoto and TV’s Iron Chef America

Michael Lomonaco of Porter House New York

Michael White of Marea

Paul Liebrandt of Corton

Zakary Pelaccio of Fatty Crab

           

Tastings by:

Adour Alain Ducasse at The St. Regis New York * Aldea * Allegretti * Bar Blanc Bistro * Barbuto Restaurant * Beacon Restaurant and Bar* Benoit * BLT Prime * Blue Hill & Blue Hill at Stone Barns * Boqueria Restaurant *  Butter * Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte * Corton * Craft * Dovetail * Eighty One * Fatty Crab * Harbour * Hill Country * La Fonda del Sol * Le Cirque * L’Ecole, The Restaurant of The French Culinary Institute * Locanda Verde * Marea * Market Table * Morimoto * Oceana * Porter House New York * Public * Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto * SD26 * Shang * Table 8 at the Cooper Square Hotel * Wallsé

Sponsors:

Official Sponsors: 901 Silver Tequila, Pepperidge Farm® Baked Naturals

Participating Sponsors: Hoegaarden, Leffe and Stella Artois

Media Partners: CHOW.com, LX New York

About New York Media

New York Media is the parent company of the ground-breaking weekly New York magazine, founded in 1968; the up-to-the-minute news and service website nymag.com; the national-restaurant-search website MenuPages.com; the Grub Street network of food blogs; and the twice-yearly New York Weddings magazine.  

About City Harvest

Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City Harvest is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women and children. This year, City Harvest will collect 25 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to more than 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 260,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.