The James Beard Basis is bringing again its Style America culinary collection to Miami with a particular pop-up dinner at Maty’s on Thursday, Oct. 17, with dinner seatings at 6:15 p.m. and eight:45 p.m. Sponsored by Capital One, the James Beard Basis’s Style America® collection celebrates culinary excellence and native impartial eating places, uniting cooks and meals lovers for distinctive eating experiences throughout 20 U.S. cities. The Miami pop-up dinner will showcase latest James Beard Award-winning chef Valerie Chang from Maty’s, acclaimed as one of many business’s best culinary abilities and changemakers, as a part of the Basis’s annual class of TasteTwenty cooks. She is going to current an distinctive menu and promote the James Beard Basis’s mission of Good Meals for Good® at this particular occasion.
The Miami dinner at Maty’s presents a novel alternative for friends to savor the distinctive culinary creations of James Beard Basis-selected cooks. Attendees can enjoyment of a particular multi-course menu, expertly paired with wines and cocktails, crafted by chef Valerie Chang from TasteTwenty and the Maty’s group in partnership with chef Tam Pham of Tâm Tâm. Chef Valerie Chang is famend for placing a contemporary twist on traditional dishes whereas honoring the genuine flavors of her Peruvian heritage.
In September 2023, a mere six months after its opening, Maty’s was acknowledged as one in every of Bon Appetit’s “24 Best New Restaurants” and was featured within the New York Instances’ “Restaurant List.” Moreover, Chef Chang obtained the 2024 James Beard Award for Greatest Chef: South and is an alumna of the James Beard Basis’s Chef Boot Camp for Coverage and Change. Her contributions had been additionally acknowledged with a StarChefs Miami Rising Stars Sport Changer Award in 2021.
“We are thrilled to host Taste America in Miami and celebrate the city’s distinct and vibrant local food culture through the work of our phenomenal TasteTwenty chef Valerie Chang from Maty’s,” says Siobhan Flaherty Haber, Vice President of Occasions at the James Beard Basis. “We’re excited to highlight Valerie’s work in driving the business ahead by means of her dedication to excellence and dedication to group. Valerie’s inclusion in the 2024-2025 TasteTwenty class of cooks is well-deserved, and we’re excited to share her imaginative and prescient and expertise with friends of this particular occasion.
Style America occasions rejoice the variety of America’s native meals tradition and shine a highlight on cooks on the forefront of the business. Every occasion presents a pleasant menu and helps the Basis’s mission and packages. All through the collection, Style America will showcase over 100 main cooks, offering members with insights into the evolving tastes and traditions of American meals. Becoming a member of the Style America Miami occasion is a novel probability to hitch the Basis’s dynamic nationwide culinary group, uniting meals lovers and business professionals.
The funds raised from Style America occasions assist the James Beard Basis’s nationwide influence programming, championing fairness, sustainability, girls’s management, and a future the place all can thrive within the culinary business and past.
Tickets for the Style America Miami occasion at the moment are on sale. For extra data go to, jamesbeard.org/tasteamerica.
