Chef's Night Out

Konstantin Filippou, chef of the year 2016 and owner of a fine dinging restaurant and a natural wine bar named O boufés has a day off to hang out with his friends at a few of his favourite places in Vienna. The evening starts in his own kitchen where he serves duck liver parfait, red beets, and blackcurrant. Before the sun sets, they head out to the second district, to have glaced ribs and salami wine at Mochi followed by a visit to his friend Christian Petz, who owns a traditional Viennese restaurant that might serve one of the best innards you can find. Before they return to O boufés to have his famous Saganaki, they take a quick detour to a very small bar that is still a well kept secret.

Josh Kulp and Christine Cikowski, executive chefs at Honey Butter Fried Chicken start their night out at La Sirena Clandestina for a Brazilian feast, then go to Billy Sunday for cocktails, and finish it all with tacos at Taqueria El Asadero.

A night out in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, fueled by mezcal and mole.

Chef Benny Blisto takes us to all his favorite places in Amsterdam.

Mouth-melting chicken sandwiches, mounds of Thai food, and Bacardi 151 round out our journey across Los Angeles with Louis Tikaram of E.P. & L.P.

In this episode of Chef's Night Out, Or Amsalam and Alexander Phaneuf of Lodge Bread in Culver City, Los Angeles gather up their friends for a night out at some of their favorite South Bay spots. The night starts off with a Oaxacan feast at El Jacalito Oaxaqueño for mole negro and enchiladas. They then head to Three Weavers Brewery in Inglewood for lots of beers. Next up is Hatchet Hall, where their friend, chef Brian Dunsmoor, decides to "ruin them with food." Oysters, duck, asparagus, game hen, salmon pancakes, every salad and crudo on the menu: you name it, they had it. After the meal, they walk next door to Hatchet Hall's Old Man Bar to party like not-so-old men, for more beers, whiskey shots, and amateur wrestling. They may not totally remember heading back to Lodge Bread to make shakshuka, hummus, tabouleh, and pita, but they remember having a good time.

Born and bred New Yorker Scarr Pimentel's Chef's Night Out in New York City was a homecoming like no other. Scarr, the chef and co-owner of Scarr's Pizza in the Lower East Side, is known for hand milling the wheat for his pies in the basement of the restaurant, making him one of the hardest working pizzaiolas around. On his night off, gathers up some old friends to visit his former stomping grounds.

Ooey-gooey grilled cheeses, pasta fever dreams, and smokey mezcal El Caminos make for a perfect night out in Santa Monica, California with Chef Miles Thompson of Michael’s.

Sohui Kim, chef and co-owner of Korean BBQ restaurant INSA in Gowanus, Brooklyn, takes us to all ends of New York—from Flushing to Red Hook—for a night out that is as delicious as it is fun. The night starts at Myung San with fermented blue crabs, because of course it does. Next, Sohui and friends head to Sik Gaek for watermelon soju, BBQ, and abalone. They then head to Fort Defiance for some tiki cocktails before going back to INSA for "late night debauchery," complete with INSA fried chicken, rice cakes, and seafood corndogs.

Del Posto's executive chef Melissa Rodriguez takes us out for a night that has a little bit of everything—fine dining, pizza, and flaming tiki drinks. The night starts off at Melissa's old workplace, Daniel, where chef Daniel Boulud pulls out all the stops with a delicious four-course meal. Melissa and friends then venture to Jersey City for pizza before heading back into the city for cocktails at The Rusty Knot. Fortunately, all of the friends Melissa brings out with her are chefs, so the night ends with a spread of different frittatas, making us wish that all of our friends were chefs too.

Helen Johannesen, owner of Helen's Wine Shop and beverage director of Jon & Vinny's Restaurant Group, takes us out for the ultimate girls' night out in Los Angeles. The night begins with lots of drinks and seafood at Son of a Gun and then moves on to Lucques in West Hollywood, where more wine is consumed (as expected when you own a wine shop). The group then heads to Luv2Eat Thai Bistro for crab curry, crispy pork, and more. The night ends back at Helen's apartment, as any good night should, with grilled cheeses and rosé.

In this installment of Chef’s Night Out, we head to Copenhagen for a night on the town with the team from Cicchetti. Along with sommelier Luna and chefs Nina and Rikke we visit some of their favourite restaurants while indulging in an impressive amount of alcohol.

What better way to celebrate a birthday than with a Chef's Night Out? In this episode, Hamasaku's sushi chef Yoya Takahashi celebrates his 45th birthday with a night out in Los Angeles that includes friends, drinks, food, and more drinks. Yoya and friends first head to Kappo-style eatery Shibumi for highballs and an array of traditional Japanese bites (and also some deep fried cannabis leaves for good measure). The crew then hits Sumo Dog for bacon banh mi hotdogs and Frank 'n Hank, the bar next door, for lots of mezcal. Yoya and friends then head back to Hamasaku for a surprise birthday party and some late-night ramen making.