Now, the organization is hosting an all-star vegan dinner in NYC later this month, and it’s already sold out. The dinner will feature the culinary stylings of chefs Jay Astafa of Jay Astafa Catering + Events; Daphne Cheng of Ladybird and Mother of Pearl; Chloe Coscarelli of by Chloe; and Adam Sobel of The Cinnamon Snail — and it was curated by Veganizer NYC’s Kiki Adami.
The root-to-stem menu (meaning, every piece of the vegetable is used) will include six courses in total. The dinner was dreamed up after Adami had dinner with renowned animal activist, investor, and winery owner Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni.
“Randomly he invited the VP of James Beard House; it was so serendipitous,” says Adami. “Really they took an interest in Veganizer and pursued me more than anything.”
Castiglioni is providing his organic, biodynamic Querciabella wines for the dinner. Plus, the first-ever vegan champagne — Duval-Leroy — will be served with the hors d’oeuvres.
“I curated the chef list, I organized the menu with the chefs and I’m handling all the PR and organization, so essentially I’m producing the event,” says Adami. ” The James Beard House has an in-house staff group, and they’re going to be providing that plus plates and a commercial kitchen and ticket sales; everything else is Veganizer’s role.”
Adami was amazed at how quickly the groundbreaking event caught on. “They [JBH] announced it on February 1st and they sent the newsletter out a week later. So as soon as it was announced it sold out within 48 hours,” she says.
While the March 24th event is already sold out, foodies can drool over the menu from afar. It includes:
Hors d’Oeuvres
Dinner
Dessert
Wines
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(*An earlier version of this story mistakenly stated that this was the James Beard House’s first-ever vegan dinner.)
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James Beard's first vegan dinner was prepared by Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby of Vedge.
Our apologies for the error, Sheri! And thanks for the heads up. We've made the adjustment. We were initially told by a participant that it was the first, but we should have double checked.