Tasting Collective Blog

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

Christmakwanzakkah Party Series

XIXA in New York

Our Christmakwanzakkah Party Series at XIXA was yet another reminder of why we returning to the warm embrace of Executive Chef/Owner Jason Marcus.  Chef Marcus and the whole XIXA crew totally wowed the 160+ attendees that came out over the course of this two-night series! Those who attended got t...

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Ode To Seoul Dinner Event

Insa in New York

Our first-ever event collaboration with Insa and the restaurant's acclaimed Chef/Owner Sohui Kim is in the books and attendee ratings are in! Judging by attendee post-event ratings from this one, it's safe to say that Chef Kim totally brought the house down, as feedback was across-the-board GLOWI...

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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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