The Los Angeles Times’ month long Food Bowl returns this year September 1 – 30. The festival celebrates Southern California’s dynamic food scene featuring the best of local eateries and notable chefs in a series of over 30 pop-up dining events across the city, while also highlighting issues of food access, sustainability and waste reduction.
The festival takes over the Paramount Pictures Studios’ backlot with Food Bowl’s Night Market tasting events for three days, Sept. 23, 24 and 25.
Food Bowl highlights will include:
- Food Bowl Opening Night at Grandmasters Recorders, Sept. 1
The launch party Sept. 1 features guest chefs, food and drinks, live DJs and the presentation of The Times’ 2022 Restaurant of the Year and Gold Award. The Times’ Restaurant of the Year will go to Anajak Thai and the Gold Award to Meals by Genet.
- Restaurant of the Year Dining Series with Anajak Thai, Sept. 2 & 3
Food Bowl will present two dining events in celebration of the Restaurant of the Year, Anajak Thai, chosen by Times Restaurant Critic Bill Addison. Chef Justin Pichetrungsi will serve up one-of-a-kind omakase dinners featuring 8-10 specially selected courses for 20 guests at a time. Tickets for both sessions are available now.
- Gold Award Dinners with Meals by Genet, Sept. 9 & 10
In honor of this year’s Gold Award honoree, Meals by Genet, selected by Times Food General Manager Laurie Ochoa, Food Bowl will present two multi-course dinner sessions. Semi-retired chef Genet Agonafer will open her restaurant’s doors in Little Ethiopia once again to host all-inclusive family style dinners featuring her menu’s most popular dishes.
- Night Market at Paramount Pictures Studios, Sept. 23, 24 & 25
Food Bowl’s Night Market will take over the Paramount Pictures Studios backlot for three-days of outdoor food and drink tastings from more than 40 restaurants along with live cooking demonstrations, DJs and more. The all-inclusive events include Smoked Soirée, which will spotlight a themed street featuring BBQ and burger specialties from restaurants including Moo’s Craft BBQ, Heavy Handed Burgers and San Juan Capistrano’s Heritage Barbecue. Saturday Night Flavor will highlight some of the city’s best international cuisine from Lunasia Dim Sum House, Tacos 1986 and Flavors from Afar among others. Backlot Brunch will feature bites from L.A. icons like Jitlada, Ditroit, The Brothers Sushi and others.
L.A. Times Food Bowl is presented by City National Bank and L.A. Regional Food Bank is the charity partner. It also supports The L.A. Times Community Fund, which helps community nonprofits addressing hunger and food insecurity. They include Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Project Angel Food, World Central Kitchen, No Us Without You, and others.Tickets are available at a discounted early bird price for a limited time. For tickets and more additional information, including the festival’s public health and safety protocols, visit lafoodbowl.com. Connect on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @LAfoodbowl (#LAfoodbowl).