Tasting Collective Blog

Where we memorialize some of our past
tasting events with photos and recaps!

Pan-European Inspired Dinner Series

Income Tax in Chicago

Our first-ever event series at Income Tax with their newly appointed executive chef, Ellison Park, is officially a wrap and attendee ratings are in! The post-event feedback from this one was all over the place. Some attendees were completely blown away (in a good way); others found several of the...

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Big Easy Nostalgia Dinner Series

Alba Ray's in San Francisco

This 2-seating dinner series got off to a bit of a stressful start when we found out that several of the restaurant's servers no-showed (yikes!). This resulted in a delayed start to the first seating, which was definitely not ideal. But, once Chef Adam Rosenblum got settled into the kitchen and t...

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Nouveau Korean Dinner Series

Jeju Noodle Bar in New York

We got a bit behind on our recap of this one but didn't want to let it slip through the cracks given that it was our most attended event series EVER; over 200 members + their guests turned out over the course of this three day (and 5 seating) dinner series! Based on attendee feedback cards, Chef ...

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Authentic Piemontese Dinner Series

Osteria Langhe in Chicago

Our first-ever event series at Osteria Langhe with Executive Chef/Co-Owner Cameron Grant was a blast! We’re still dreaming about that Plin, and particularly enjoyed listening to Chef Grant share his story about where/how he learned to make it (hint hint… It required eating A LOT of pasta!). Appar...

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Revisiting Roots Dinner Series

The Duck Inn in Chicago

This was our first-ever event series at The Duck Inn and our first trip to Bridgeport. We couldn't have imagined a better person to welcome us to the neighborhood than Chef Kevin Hickey, whose familial history in Bridgeport goes back 5 generations! Chef Hickey put together an incredibly adventuro...

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