All-Star Chef Classic Announces 2018 Talent and Event Lineup
Fifth Annual Event at L.A. LIVE Features Over 40 Award-Winning Chefs
from Across the Globe, March 7-10, 2018
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–All-Star
Chef Classic announces ticket sales and culinary experiences for
the fifth annual event, which will take place March 7-10, 2018 at L.A.
LIVE – Downtown Los Angeles’ Sports and Entertainment District –
offering fans the unique opportunity to gain exclusive access to today’s
leading chefs in an unparalleled, interactive setting.
Spotlighting critically and popularly acclaimed chefs – including José
Andrés, Ludo Lefebvre, Michael Voltaggio, Wylie Dufresne, Nyesha
Arrington, Amanda Cohen, and Jose Garces – All-Star Chef Classic offers
a series of engaging dining experiences for guests, from multi-course
seated dinners to tasting events. This year, the event announces the
introduction of the Vegetable Masters Dinner presented by Blue
Shield of California, BBVA Compass Spanish Masters Dinner, All-Star
Women Masters Dinner, and Middle East Feast, a new
strolling event exalting the vast and diverse cuisine of the region.
Returning to L.A. LIVE’s custom-built Event Deck, which includes
Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales and the Chefs’ Tasting Arena™, will
be the American Masters Dinner – this year spotlighting
America’s exemplary immigrant talent – as well as Little Masters and
Grill & Chill presented by Pacific Sales and Stella Artois.
Restaurant Stadium’s 300-plus seats bring fans “kitchen-side,”
allowing them an intimate and memorable culinary venture.
“We are so proud of the growing success of the All-Star Chef Classic
over the past four years and cannot wait to showcase our new lineup of
talent and events for year five,” said Lee Zeidman, President of L.A.
LIVE. “From vegetable-focused dining and Middle Eastern cuisine, to a
spotlight on today’s most relevant chefs, our categories this year are a
celebration of the most compelling elements of current dining.”
All-Star Chef Classic is proud to benefit local organization L.A. Kitchen. By
reclaiming food, training unemployed men and women, and providing
healthy meals to fellow citizens, L.A. Kitchen empowers, nourishes, and
engages the community.
Ticketing: Pre-sale tickets to the four-day culinary event will
be available for purchase beginning November 8-13, 2017 for American
Express® Card Members, followed by public ticket sales opening on
November 13, 2017. Tickets for All-Star Chef Classic start at $125. For
more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: allstarchefclassic.com
or call 1-877-234-8425.
Group Rate: For Gold and Silver ticket buyers only, ASCC
is offering a 20% off for groups of 10+ for each strolling event. For
group rate information, please call 1-877-234-8425 or email groups@aegworldwide.com.
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Reveling in the passion, innovation, and community of great food and
cooking with the industry’s most venerable personalities, the 2018
All-Star Chef Classic lineup includes:
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Vegetable Masters Dinner presented by Blue Shield of California
Location: Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales at L.A. LIVE’s Event Deck
Doors Open VIP Platinum 6 PM / Gold 6:30 PM / Dinner Begins 7 PM
Prices: Gold: $295 / Platinum VIP: $425
The “Vegetable Masters Dinner” will feature five top chefs for a fine
dining, multi-course affair where they will lend their expertise to
elevate vegetable cooking and honor its rising popularity within the
culinary sphere. Each dish will highlight creative methods to set the
stage for the exciting flavors of seasonal produce with specially
selected beverage pairings.
Thursday, March 8, 2018
American Masters Dinner
Location: Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales at L.A. LIVE’s
Event Deck
Doors Open VIP Platinum 6 PM / Gold 6:30 PM / Dinner Begins 7 PM
Prices: Gold: $295 / Platinum VIP: $425
With some of America’s most prestigious chefs hailing from across the
globe, this year’s “American Masters Dinner” will celebrate the premier
talent of immigrant chefs. This lineup of culinary luminaries will bring
a variety of flavors and cooking traditions to Restaurant Stadium from
their respective cultures for a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience.
Friday, March 9, 2018
All-Star Women Masters Dinner
Location: Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales at L.A. LIVE’s
Event Deck
Doors Open VIP Platinum 6 PM / Gold 6:30 PM / Dinner Begins 7 PM
Prices: Gold: $295 / Platinum VIP: $425
Honoring the esteemed women of the food world, the inaugural “All-Star
Women Masters Dinner” will feature some of the most laudable, benchmark
talent across the industry. Each chef has helped to define and change
restaurant culture with their diverse cooking styles.
Middle East Feast
Location: Chefs’ Tasting Arena™
VIP access 7 PM / Event Begins 8 PM
Prices: Silver: $125 / Gold: $150 / Platinum VIP: $250
This year’s new “Middle East Feast” tasting event will feature the
culinary world’s emerging and established names of Middle Eastern
cooking – alongside some of LA’s best chefs – dishing up their takes of
this delicious and revitalized cuisine.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Little Masters
Location: Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales at L.A. LIVE’s
Event Deck
Doors Open 10 AM / Event Begins 10:30 AM
Prices: Child + (2) Adults: $150 / Child Add On: $125 / Adult Add-on: $25
Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales turns from kitchen to classroom as
200 kids learn to cook alongside one of the country’s most
forward-thinking pastry chefs. With a guided, hands-on cooking lesson,
“Little Masters” will help foster the next generation of All-Star Chefs.
BBVA Compass Spanish Masters Dinner
Location: Restaurant Stadium™ by Pacific Sales at L.A. LIVE’s
Event Deck
Doors Open VIP Platinum 6 PM / Gold 6:30 PM / Dinner Begins 7 PM
Prices: Gold: $295 / Platinum VIP: $425
Five masters of Spanish cuisine will create high-end opportunities by
bringing the country’s culinary riches to life for a delicious and
lively night at the “Spanish Masters Dinner.” Sponsored by BBVA Compass,
a top 25 U.S. financial institution, the event showcases authentic
flavors and modern techniques. The chefs will share the extraordinary
cooking traditions of Spain alongside expertly curated Spanish wines.
Grill & Chill presented by Pacific Sales & Stella Artois
Location: Chefs’ Tasting Arena™
VIP Access 6 PM / Event Begins 7 PM
Prices: Silver: $125 / Gold: $175 / Platinum VIP: $250
“Grill & Chill” will bring together some of the country’s best chefs to
honor the universal pleasures of open flame cooking. With savory grilled
samples, chilled bites, and desserts, “Grill & Chill” will offer guests
a tour in flavors both hot and cold.
About L.A. LIVE
L.A. LIVE is a 4 million square foot / $3 billion downtown Los Angeles
sports and entertainment district adjacent to STAPLES Center and the Los
Angeles Convention Center featuring The Novo by Microsoft, a 2,300
capacity live music venue, Microsoft Theater, a 7,100-seat live theatre,
a 54-story, 1001-room convention “headquarters” destination (featuring
The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles and JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE
hotels and 224 luxury condominiums – The Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A.
LIVE – all in a single tower), the 14-screen Regal L.A. LIVE Theater,
broadcast facilities for ESPN along with entertainment, residential,
restaurant and office space. Developed by Los Angeles-based AEG, L.A.
LIVE, considered to be the nation’s most active ‘live content and event
campus,’ also features 260,480 square feet of conference center and
ballroom facilities, a 100,000 square foot special events deck, the
famous Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge, the celebrity owned Conga Room, a
one-of-a-kind GRAMMY Museum, saluting the history of music and the
genre’s best known awards show all centered around Microsoft Square, a
40,000 square foot outdoor event space. L.A. LIVE showcases more events,
award shows, sporting competitions, concerts and hospitality options
than any other destination in the world. Visit L.A. LIVE today at www.lalive.com.
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