Rather than go for brand new themes, the third (already) edition of Le Grand Fooding in New York selected a number of ideas that passed Le Fooding Lab Test in France and gave it a New York twist.
The cast of chefs is more international than 2 previous years as shown below
ARMAND ARNAL La Chassagnette
Le Sambuc, Arles, 13200, France
chassagnette.fr
SAT BAINS Restaurant Sat Bains
Lenton Lane, Nottingham NG7 2SA, UK
restaurantsatbains.com
MASSIMO BOTTURA Osteria Francescana
Via Stella 22, 41121 Modena, Italy
osteriafrancescana.it
ANDREW CARMELLINI The Dutch
131 Sullivan Street, New York, NY, 10012, USA
Locanda Verde
377 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, USA
thedutchnyc.com
MAURO COLAGRECO Le Mirazur
30 Avenue Aristide, Briand, Menton, France
maurocolagreco.com
KOBE DESRAMAULTS In De Wulf
Wulvestraat 1, 8951 Dranouter, Belgium
indewulf.be
HUGUE DUFOUR M.Wells
21-17 49th Ave., Queens, NY, 11101, USA
mwellsdiner.com
ADELINE GRATTARD Yam'tcha
4 rue Sauval, 75001, Paris, France
BROOKS HEADLEY Del Posto
85 10th Ave., New York, NY, 10011, USA
delposto.com
COREY LEE Benu
22 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA, 94105, USA
benusf.com
FULVIO PIERANGELINI Hotel De Russie
Via del Babuino 9, 00187, Rome, Italy
hotelderussie.it/dining/
ANA ROS Hisa Franko
Franko restavracija, Valter Kramar s.p., Staro selo 1, 5222 Kobarid, Slovenia
hisafranko.com
BLAINE WETZEL Willows Inn
2579 West Shore Drive, Lummi Island, WA, 98262, USA
willows-inn.com/food.php
They kick off the 2011 Edition with Campfire Session which as name suggests stars musicians and chefs cooking together, starting with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and chef Inaki Aizpitarte of Le Chateaubriand, Paris…
It brings to mind their Bazarette presence at various festivals around France in July.
Musicians routinely cook at Womad festivals.
The piece de resistance Exquisite Corpse on September 23-25 will be a 52H non stop pop-up restaurant. Think of it as a relay race where each 4 hours one chef passes the baton to the next.
They had already tried this for 10 Years Anniversary of Le Fooding in Paris (October 1-3).
If there is one thing I hope for in this year's Le Grand Fooding , it's the off chance of meeting Adeline Grattard of Yam' Tcha.