Out of the Kitchen

Some of the most popular South Florida chefs treated guests to the best seat in the house at the sold-out Out of the Kitchen presented by Mr. Greens Produce – which helped raise more than $315,000 for the cure-focused work of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI).

Bravo TV “Top Chef” Fan Favorite and celeb Chef Sam Talbot and INDULGE Magazine Editor-in-Chief Evan Benn hosted the event – which was chaired by Miami philanthropists Amy and Scott Greenwald and Tammy and Steve Klein, and featured Culinary Chairs Chefs Bradley Kilgore of Alter, Dave Hackett of The Biltmore and Norman Van Aken of Three and In the Kitchen with Norman Van Aken, along with the following culinary maestros:
• Kal Abdalla, A Fish Called Avalon
• Sean Brasel, Meat Market
• Adrianne Calvo, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar
• Raul A. Del Pozo, Lightkeepers at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne
• Patrick Duffy, The Addison
• Adrienne Grenier, 3030 Ocean
• Michael Jacobs & Laurent Isaure, SHG Miami
• Alex Kuk & Diego Ng, Temple Street Eatery
• Scott Linquist, COYO Taco
• Manuel Mattei, Dustin Atoique and Daniele Capobianco, Donna Mare
• Anthony Micari, Makoto
• Brian Nasajon, Beaker & Gray
• Alex Olivier, Area 31
• Raheem Sealey, KYU
• Franck Steigerwald and Tasos Chasekioglou, Atlantikos at the St. Regis Bal Harbour
• Dustin Ward, Serafina
• Jeffrey Williams, The Social Club

Each chef simultaneously prepared a gourmet multi-course dinner for their 12 adventurous diners inside the main ballroom of the Forbes five-star St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort. Along with a dinner, guests also enjoyed a cocktail reception with pop-up restaurants featuring BH Burger, Biella Ristorante and Market at Edition, a wine bar with an assortment of wines provided by Total Wine & More, and a raffle including a grand prize of a 2-night stay with a day villa, Spa treatments and dinner at the St. Regis Bal Harbour. After enjoying delicious desserts provided by Fireman Derek’s World Famous Pies. Each guest also went home with a complimentary signed copy of Van Aken’s new cookbook Florida Kitchen.
Special thanks are extended to the following event top sponsors who made this event possible:
• Amy & Scott Greenwald
• Greenberg Traurig
• Sabrina Gallo
• Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation
• Stearns Weaver Miller
• Gerson, Preston, Klein, Lips, Eisenber, Gelber
• The Klein Family
• Kevin and Sharon Venger
• Gables Insurance Agency
• Marla and Michael Melamud
• Beno & Rosa Schechter and Bernard & Liliane Eckstein
• David & Sheila Quint
• Marquis Bank
• Wild Oceans