Eater After Party at Hotel Victor
Miami Beach, FL – February 23, 2012 – Thursday night at the Hotel Victor, a Thompson Hotel in South Beach, all matter of chefs, restaurateurs, and industry pros received first word of Eater Young Guns at a party to launch the new undertaking. To emphasize the democratic nature of Young Guns, stamped postcards addressed to Eater HQ were distributed, containing an abridged version of the Young Guns nomination form. Among those to hear the big news first were a bevvy of New Yorkers: Drew Nieporent, who rocked the early (come to think of it, late, too) shift, meat maven Mark Pastor, Lure chef Josh Capon, Torrisi/Parm’s Mario Carbone and Jeff Zalaznick, Mark Forgione, and the indefatigable Eddie Huang. Other cities represented well too: Spike Mendelsohn rolled in with his expansion crew; Daniel Holzman, Stephanie Izard, Ilan Hall, Dave Thomas, Jamie Bissonnette, and Eater Miami hottest chef Todd Erickson sipped free booze while finding themselves strangely drawn to the Eater Young Guns official logo. Have at ’em.
Sarah Qadri, Andrew Zimmern, Drew Nieporent, Rishia Zimmern, & Josh Bider
Eddie Wong, Drew Nieporent, & Lockhart Steele
Mark Birnbaum & Shell Jenkins
Kat Odell & Amanda Kludt
Kat Odell, Stephane Bombet, & Caryl Chinn
Eddie Wong & Drew Nieporent
Carly Jansen & Rebecca Stein
Natasha Case, Rebecca C, & Kat Odell
Jose Cordova, Jamie Bissonnette, Tony Maws, & Matt Foley
Paul Denamiel, Dave Martin, & Rachel Waynberg
Robin Horn, Zach Horn, & Jeff Kolton
Lockhart Steele
Ben Leventhal
Todd Erickson & Melissa Thrasher
Jesse Gerstein & Ilan Hall
Eddie Wong, Danyelle Freeman, & Drew Nieporent
Lockhart Steele, Ben Leventhal, Kat Odell, Amanda Kludt, & Gabe Ulla
Gabe Ulla, Amanda Kludt, Lockhart Steele, Kat Odell, & Ben Leventhal