Chef's Night Out

We spent the night with Sydney’s Prince of Pasta Mitch Orr, the chef behind Rushcutter Bay’s fresh and innovative restaurant ACME. His crew—which includes his award winning sous chef Analiese, fellow Sydney celebrity chef Dan and Luke—start at LP’s Quality Meats, Chippendale’s meat-fest establishment for smoked meats, tartare, pate and blood sausage. Then, just as the sun went down, they headed to nearby Automata for sheep’s whey vodka and burrata injected with shellfish oil. Next up, the crew met their friends at Sydney’s favourite late-night Chinese food institution Golden Century for a feast of fresh Cantonese seafood and a rare tour of the kitchen. After a quick stop at the recently-closed strip club Bada Bings in Kings Cross, the gang rolled back to Mitch’s kitchen at ACME to cook up baloney sandwiches with foie gras butter, blooming onions, and fried doughnuts with salted caramel.

Get ready for some real heavy eating. In this installment of Chef's Night Out, we head out with Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske the Chef/Owner's of Contra & Wildair, two of the hottest restaurants in Manhattan's, Lower East Side.

In this episode of Chef's Night Out, we hit up some truly classic New York establishments with Paul Giannone (a.k.a. Paulie Gee) of Paulie Gee's in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. You might have met Paulie while you were enjoying one of his superb pizzas, as he is known to travel from table to table, but now you get to see him outside of his restaurant and on the town with some of his close friends. The crew starts at Sam's Restaurant in Cobble Hill, where they order the famous baked clams and can't resist ordering a pizza, then head to Emilio's Ballato in Nolita for an array of classic Italian dishes, and cap it all of with a visit to Prince Street Pizza for The Soho Square—arguably one of the best squares in the city. In true Paulie fashion, the night ends with more pizza at Paulie Gee's. In Paulie's words, "this is the senior citizen version of Chef's Night Out."

When you ask Michael Solomonov to do a Chef's Night Out, he's going to do something entirely different than anybody else. Mike and his partner, Steven Cook, run CookNSolo, a restaurant group that serves some of the best food in Philly from the kitchens of Zahav, Abe Fisher, Percy Street BBQ, Dizengoff, and Federal Donuts. Mike and his friends, Michael Persico and Jen Carroll, embark on one of the most epic episodes of Chef's Night Out by eating, gambling, eating again and then surfing, all through the night in two different states. We start in Philly at industry favorite Tai Lake for steamed shrimp and clams, then drive to Atlantic City for late night tacos and sopes, gambling at The Tropicana, and Philly cheesteaks with the one and only Tony Luke Jr. of Tony Luke's. What's the best way to rest up after an all nighter of eating and gambling? Surfing, of course. Mike and friends hit the water in Atlantic City and then head back to Philly for early morning donuts and coffee. We're tired

Chef Roy Ellamar takes us inside his farm-to-table restaurant and explores the influences behind some of his signature dishes like a porchetta that is slow roasted for 3 hours, before hitting the town with his friends in tow. Next up, we’re off to L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon where Chef Steve Benjamin has some surprises in store including hamachi and sea urchin ravioli (let that sink-in) and even a surprise guest close to Chef Roy’s heart. The crew then follows their noses to District One in Las Vegas’ Chinatown, where they snack on the “best Lobster pho in Vegas” and other delicacies prepared by Chef Khai Vu. Joining their friends at The Golden Tiki, Chef Roy and company sip on some throwback tiki drinks under the electric and starry night sky, before heading back to Harvest. There, Chef Roy puts the cherry on top of this night out with a Hawaiian-inspired meat feast complete with pineapples, pig heads, and SPAM.

Surfer tacos, a mezcal tasting, and shots of mushroom gravy are all on the menu in this episode of Chef’s Night Out when Chefs Daniel Snukal and Josh Gil of Tacos Punta Cabras take their friends Brad Miller (Ox & Son) and Zach Parks (Bosscal Mezcal Joven) on a tipsy tour of their favorite spots in the laid-back neighborhoods of Santa Monica and Venice, California.

On this episode of Chef's Night Out we head out for the evening with The Four Horsemen, a restaurant and wine bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Chef Nick Curtola embarks on a meat filled evening with a few of his good friends. The night begins at Momofuku Ssäm Bar with snacks, raw bar, and a large format brisket dinner, then on to Franny's for pizza, and finally ends at Achilles Heel in Greenpoint with a lambs head and steak. The crew then heads back to The Four Horseman for lambs tacos with a variety of middle eastern condiments and lots of wine.

We join Dong-hyeuk Im, owner of Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, for a night out in Seoul, South Korea.

Head chef Rasmus Lund Jonasson brings his restaurant manager and a couple of old mates on a truffle, sausage and wine­fuelled quest to visit some of their favourite haunts in Copenhagen Denmark.

Brandon Jew is giving Chinese-American food a voice in San Francisco.

For this episode of Chef’s Night Out, we tag along with Chef Alon, of Shaya, to his favorite local spots.

On this episode of Chef’s Night Out, we party till the wee hours with Chef Jessica Koslow from LA’s tastiest breakfast spot, Sqirl. Kicking the night off with an aperitif at Marvin, West Hollywood’s French inspired eatery, Jessica and her crew loosen up with some jamón Ibérico and sherry before heading to the pre-opening of Koreatown’s new spot Here’s Looking at You. They feast on duck hearts, Chinese sausage, and a magnum of rosé as they celebrate friend and former Animal chef Jonathan Whitener’s new endeavor. For dessert, they pop up to Hollywood’s legendary Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream to enjoy some sweet and savory Persian ice cream with flavors as unique as the name of this eclectic creamery. Finally, to satisfy their late night Mexican food munchies, Sqirl teamed up with east-side favorite Mariscos Jalisco to host a neighborhood block party and fundraiser, Noche Pescado, complete with shrimp tacos, tuna tostadas and muskmelon agua fresca. We’ll cheers to that!

We never imagined that a Chef’s Night Out with the crew from restaurant Kadeau would be dull, but nothing quite prepared us for this whirlwind of culinary escapades.

In this episode of Chef’s Night Out, we head back down to the Big Easy with Isaac Toups of Toups' Meatery, who shows us some of his old haunts.

Rosio Sanchez has changed the taco game in Copenhagen. The Chicago-born chef is the owner of Hija de Sanchez, where the moles, paletas, and tacos al pastor are made with skill, love, and appreciation for authentic Mexican recipes. In this episode of Chef's Night Out, Rosio cooks up a taco feast for her friends before they head out on the town in Copenhagen.