Posted by Sarah Wolf, June 17, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Sweet Corn Ravioli with Alaskan Spot Prawns and Spring Garlic. Cooked by Alfred Portale of Gotham Bar & Grill, in tribute to Michel Guerard. Photograph by Kathy YL Chan
The rink at Rockefeller Center was mobbed with the hungry and the curious last night at the annual Citymeals-on-Wheels fund-raiser. They came to mingle, to network, to drink, and to stuff their faces: this year's theme, "Crème de la Crème," brought in thirty star chefs to cook in tribute to the French masters who trained them.
Eater got the inside scoop (so to speak) on the gossip, and Gothamist took pictures of the chefs (including one of David Burke and our own Ed Levine!). But we spent the night focusing on one thing only: our plates.
Our favorite dishes—all from New York chefs, for some strange reason—after the jump.
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Posted by Sarah Wolf, June 10, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Guests at the Citymeals-on-Wheels fund-raiser on Monday, June 16 will be saved the trouble of choosing a restaurant. Instead, 35 of the country's greatest chefs will gather in Rockefeller Center to cook dinner for them.
Expected to raise $1 million in support of the organization, which funds meal deliveries to homebound elderly, the event will feature a live band, dancing, and most important, unbelievable French-inspired food.
The event's theme this year is "Crème de la Crème," a celebration of French chefs and their legacies. The honorees include a bevy of legends from all over France and the United States: Jean Banchet, Georges Blanc, Paul Bocuse, André Daguin, Pierre Gagnaire, Gaston LeNôtre's son Alain LeNôtre, Jacques Maximin, Marc Meneau, Louis Outhier, Jean Jacques Rachou, André Soltner, and Pierre Troisgros's son Claude Troisgros.
The ones making dinner, however, will be their American protégés, including Daniel Boulud, Tom Colicchio, Todd English, Charlie Palmer, Alfred Portale, Nancy Silverton, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Each of the 35 chefs will cook two dishes—one original recipe and one classic recipe from the chef with whom he or she trained.
[After the jump, enter to win two tickets to the Citymeals-on-Wheels fund-raiser.]
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