| Company |
Product |
Chef/Dish |
Comment |
Paired with |
| Sunburst
Trout Company |
Sustainable Rainbow Trout Caviar |
Host Chef Arnel Esposo
Caviar and blinis
|
American, sustainable caviar company
that produces a bright orange, grassy and creamy product. |
Nicolas
Feuillatte Palmes d’Or 1995 |
| Euro
Gourmet |
Porcini mushrooms |
Chef Tony Chittum
Malfatti with Porcini, Mascarpone and Parmigiano Reggiano |
A Georgia-based company that offers
an incredible selection of brand-name European foodstuffs. |
|
| True
Worlds Food |
Japanese toro |
Chef Noriaki Yatsutake
Smoked Toro with Wasabi Jelly and Watermelon
|
A national distributor of sushi-grade
fish. |
|
| Hudson
Valley Foie Gras |
Foie Gras |
Chef Eric Ziebold
Hudson Valley Foie Gras Shabu Shabu |
A company based in upstate New
York that leads in American foie gras production. |
|
| Samuels and Sons Seafood Company |
Sustainable walu |
Chef Barton Seaver
Crusted Walu with Sweet Potato Puree and Orange Parsley Salad
|
A 5th generation family business
based in Philadelphia that buys directly from fisherman on a
daily basis and distributes along the East Coast, from Virginia
to New York. |
|
| M.Slavin
and Sons |
Virginia rockfish |
Chef Tony Chittum
Malfatti with Porcini, Mascarpone and Parmigiano Reggiano |
A company that began in Brooklyn
nearly 100 years ago and now has distribution centers in New
York, DC, Rhode Island, Florida and Puerto Rico. |
Vineyard
8, Chardonnay, Spring Mountain District, Napa Valley 2003
|
| Mikuni
Wild Harvest |
Black truffles |
Chef RJ Cooper
Truffled Heirloom Potatoes with Crispy Pork Belly |
A company that distributes gourmet
foodstuffs, from caviar to wild mushrooms to wild greens, across
the US and Canada. |
|
| Valrhona |
Chocolate (61% bittersweet) |
Pastry Chef Heather Chittum
Big City S’mores

|
A French chocolate
company that's a staple in many professional pastry kitchens. |
|
| Chocolate (45% milk chocolate) |
Pastry Chef Tom Wellings
Milk Chocolate Crema with Chicory |