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The chefs, the food, the silliness, the Chairman! Inside the fest's marquee event.
Hungry and determined attendees lined up for blocks along the Hudson River for the NYC Wine & Food Festival's centerpiece fete: the Grand Tasting, a multi-session feast spread out over two days and featuring grub from New York's best restaurants, paired with a seemingly endless supply of alki.
On the event's first session on Saturday, top toques like Amanda Freitag (The Harrison), Julian Medina (Yerba Buena Perry) and Marcus Samuelsson (Aquavit) doled out signature dishes amid a circus ring full of promos and giveaways. The result? Complete sensory overload. We were there to document every bite from start to finish. Ahead: the chefs, the food, the silliness, the Chairman!
By Kelly Dobkin; photos by Jori Klein Jacobs
Pictured: The Chairman and Amanda Freitag
