Taste: Celebrity Chef Edition
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The evening after our Virtuoso meeting we were invited as guests to attend a tasting event at the SLS South Beach. We had an amazing time at one of the hotest celebrity chef tastings in Miami. The SLS transformed tents into pop up restaurants utilizing all of their outdoor space. The food was to die for and the VIP event gave us the oppurtunity to meet the chefs with smaller crowds. One of our favorites were the Lobster Ravioli by Michael Schwartz who is set to open their new restuarant Fila at SLS Brickell. Another dish that lit up our taste buds was the Dragonfruit Ceviche from Tito Vargas chef of the Bazaar by Jose Andres. Wills favorite was the grilled Octopus by Steve Rhee at the anticipated opening of Kiki.
Featured Chefs:
- Katsuya Uechi, the internationally chef of Katsuya Miami, Las Vegas, Nassau and Dubai
- Dale Talde, chef and owner TALDE Miami Beach, cheftestant on Top Chef, Chopped, Iron Chef America, and Knife Fight
- Michael Schwartz, The Genuine Hospitality Group owner and James Beard Award Winning chef
- Makoto Okuwa, chef and owner of Makoto, James Beard outstanding contribution award winner and Iron Chef America comeptitor
- Susur Lee, owner of 5 restaurants in Toronto, oversees the prestigious TungLok Heen in Singapore’s Hotel Michael, appearances on Iron Chef America and Top Chef Masters, Food Network Canada’s Chopped Canada judge
- Paul Qui, opened Pao restaurant located in the Faena hotel Miami Beach, winner of Top Chef and James Beard Foundation ‘Best Chef’
- Jose Icardi, Area Executive Chef at Katsuya at The SLS South Beach
- Michael Pirilos, chef at Miami’s Macchialina, former chef de cuisine of Scarpetta in New York and Miami
- Steve Rhee, Executive Chef Terrazza Restaurant at the Shore Club Hotel, former chef at Milos, executive chef of the anticipated opening of Kiki on the River
- Josh Elliot, chef de cuisine atThe Restaurant at The Raleigh
- Tito Vargas, chef de cuisine at The Bazaar by José Andrés
- Arturo Paz, executive chef at Cleo South Beach
