Rub elbows with the minds behind your favorite Tampa Bay area restaurants, menu items, & more!
Tampa Bay Restaurant Week 2017 is June 15th through 25th and, to kick it off, we’re bringing back everyone’s favorite foodie event, Meet The Chefs, for the third year in a row—featuring more chefs and courses than ever before!
Creative Loafing’s Meet The Chefs 2017
Thurs., June 15th | 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Vault | 611 N. Franklin St. in downtown Tampa
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Foodies, you won’t want to miss this unique opportunity to rub elbows with the chefs behind some of your favorite restaurants and menu items during an intimate meet and greet with more than ten of the area’s amazing, local chefs!
FEATURING:
Ava | Chef Joshua Hernandez
Octopus & potatoes with fingerlings, pickled fennel, dill, romesco, & balsamic
Mediterranean her-cured Atlantic salmon with espelette pepper vinaigrette, dehydrated nicoise olives, & basil crystals
Braised octopus salad with pickled fennel, arugula, & pine nut
“Angeled” eggs pickled in beet juice, loaded with fresh dill & house smoked salmon plus Ile Flottante (Floating Island) with soft meringue floating on a French vanilla-infused custard with toasted almonds & crackling caramel for texture
Pork rind nachos with beer cheese, chopped beef brisket, cilantro lime crema, & guava barbecue sauce
Maryland Crab Roll with Old Bay, spicy slaw, & a sweet roll
Haven | Chef Courtney Orwig
Steak tartare with harissa, cucumber, lemon creme fraiche, & crispy potatoes
Brisket with a homestyle buttermilk biscuit & pimento cheese
Venison picadillo boniato puree & black garlic mofongo crumble
Shiner Bock braised short rib with roasted root vegetable & farro hash, charred cauliflower, & and Shiner Bock demi-glace
Lobster mac & cheese with heirloom tomatoes, local spinach, & aged white cheddar bechamel
Duck confit tacos with three-week oaxacan mole negro, heirloom tomatoe pico de gallo, fresh corn tortilla, & chicharron de pato
Olive wood smoked lamb belly with a pistachio chimichurri and roasted garlic yuca cake, pickled red onions, and a smoked paprika olive oil drizzle
XO summer sausage, pimento cheese, lavender & black pepper chicken cracklings
plus VIP-only passed hors d’oeurves by
SaltBlock Hospitality + Catering | Chef Viet Vo
Each of the chefs will be sampling a soup, appetizer, main course, or dessert to make up a small plates meal featuring wine pairings handpicked by the chefs.
This is an intimate, cocktail-style event with a limited number of tickets available!
Tickets
General Admission
$50 Adv. | $60 Door
GA includes small plates by each chef & wine pairings.
VIP Admission
SOLD OUT
This event sold out in 2015 & 2016!
Don’t miss this unique foodie opportunity to sample exclusive bites, chat up your favorite local chefs, celebrate the best time of the year (aka
Tampa Bay Restaurant Week 2017), and get your hands on a copy of CL’s annual Food Issue, where CL unwraps some of Tampa Bay’s tastiest sandwiches—in print and online on June 15th!
Oh, and did we mention: each restaurant participating in Meet The Chefs will be offering an exclusive multiple-course prix fixe meal for only $30 or $45 during Tampa Bay Restaurant Week?!
