Chef's Night Out

Chad and Chase Valencia, the brothers behind LA Chinatown's LASA, a modern Filipino-American restaurant, cook food inspired by their childhood and their experience of growing up in California. Whether it's taking a classic dish like sinigang, a traditional Filipino stew, and swapping out the tamarind for rhubarb, the dishes at LASA honor the tradition of Filipino cuisine while embracing new techniques and approaches.

At 24 years old, Pierre Touitou is one of the youngest and most talented chefs of the new generation in Paris. In his tiny restaurant Vivant, his food is directly inspired by his time spent in Japan and the seasonal produce of France. We follow Pierre and his friends on a natural-wine-fueled night out in Paris. They visit some of their favorite restaurants and friends at Le Clown Bar, Dame Jane, and Bénichat et le Petite Amour. The night ends back at Vivant with a late night snack—a play on a Vietnamese summer roll with pork belly.

David and Anna Posey, the husband and wife team behind Chicago's Elske not only know how to make good food, but they know where to go to eat (lots of) it too. From high-end bar food at The Loyalist, to Mexican inspired dishes at Todos Santos, cocktails at Estereo, and bone-in pork sandwiches at Jim's Original, David, Anna, and their friends go on a marathon night of eating in the Windy City. They come across great mezcal cocktails along the way, fueling them up for a late night meal of pizza and chicken wings with secret Friggin' Valley ranch (it’s just Hidden Valley). With a surplus of good friends and good food, it's clear that it's no coincidence that elske is Danish for love.

If you do a Chef's Night Out in Chicago and don't take a shot of Malört, were you even in Chicago? We head out for an epic evening with the duo behind Logan Square's Fat Rice, Abe Conlon and Adrienne Lo. The night begins at a Logan Square classic, Lula Cafe. After three courses of Chef Jason Hammel's delicious farm-to-table food, the crew visits Café Marie-Jeanne for porron waterfalls and duck fat frites. Then it's off to Rose's Lounge, the ultimate Chicago dive-bar, for Old-Style in frosted mugs and shots of Malört and Slivovitz. The night ends back at Fat Rice with pork chop sandwiches, oyster "omelettes,” "poor man's sushi”... and more shots of Malört.

Our very own Cara Nicoletti and the team behind Frankel's Delicatessen and Appetizing, Greenpoint's favorite Jewish deli, eat their way through Brooklyn on the latest episode of Chef's Night Out.

Co-Chefs Elena Yamamoto and Yael Peet of Brooklyn's Karasu leave their small izakaya kitchen for a night of sake, pasta, and more pasta in the East Village and beyond. The night out begins at East Village staple Sake Bar Decibel for sake and small bites. Then it's over to the West Village where the chefs order almost every pasta on the menu at Via Carota before heading back to Brooklyn for mac and cheese and white wine spritzers at Moloko. The night ends back at Karasu where the chefs whip up karaage sliders with Japanese tartar sauce to top off the perfect evening.

In the first ever Swiss edition of Chef’s Night Out we follow Chef Moritz Stiefel and his buddies on a night out through Luzern. The next day he wakes up with a hangover – as well as a new tattoo on his ankle.