Take 2 Cities, New York and San Francisco, 12 Chefs (6 from each city), 2 nights (September 24 and 25, 2010), one space, PS 1, showcase half of the talent on each night, pair the dishes with Champagne courtesy of Veuve Clicquot and you have the outline for Le Grand Fooding 2010.
The NY chefs:
David Chang, Dan Barber, Mario Carbone & Rich Torrisi (Torrisi), Nate Appleman plus Brian Leth (Vinegar Hill House) and Rob Newton (Seersucker) for the Brooklyn contingent.
The SF chefs:
Daniel Patterson, Mourad Lahlou, Laurence Jossel, Jeremy Fox, Melissa Perello and James Syhabout.
The 2009 event, Le Fooding d'Amour, was a New York-Paris match/encounter.
This second edition brings a few other changes besides the bi-coastal twist.
Each night will offer a pizza cook off, with "2 of the greatest pizzaiolos of each city"(Charlie Hallowell of Pizzaiolo in Oakland for SF and David Sclarow of Pizza Moto, a mobile brickoven pizzeria for NY).
Their pizza will be paired with Rhone Valley wine.
Also nightly, there will also be an American dish cooked with French Cheese:
- On 24th, April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig will serve a beef onion pie with bleu d¹Auvergne.
- On 25th, Laurent Kalkotour from DB Bistro Moderne will cook a Frenchie burger.
Need another reason to attend, proceeds from Ticket Sales for Le Grand Fooding will be donated to Action Against Hunger.
General reservations begin on September 13 at 2 PM.