Chefs Dakota Weiss of Sweetfin Poké, Nick Shipp of Upper West, and Bruce Kalman of Knead & Co. Pasta Bar + Market will host the 30th anniversary of Los Angeles Taste of the Nation on May 4 at Media Park in Culver City.
The family-friendly event will bring together dozens of top chefs and mixologists for an afternoon of bite-size fare, craft cocktails and desserts.
Participating restaurants include Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, Baltaire, Border Grill, Bourbon Steak, Charcoal Venice, Commerson Restaurant, Culver Hotel, Dog Haus, Eagle Rock Public House, Elephante Beach House, Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant, Jaffa Palms, Jitlada, Little Fatty, Maude, Maple Block Meat Company, McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams, Ms Chi Café, Salazar, Socalo, Square Peg Pizza, SweetfinPoké, Tesse, Upper West, The Bazaar by José Andrés, The Restaurant at Montage Beverly Hills, The Rose Venice, Valerie Confections, Viviane Restaurant at Avalon Beverly Hills, and Yarrow.
Beverage offerings include Ammunition Wines, Brockmans Gin, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Cavaletti Vineyards, Chamisal Vineyards, Common Space Brewery, Domaine de Cala, Duvel, Eagle Rock Brewery, Frisco Cellars, Fords Gin, Heaven Hill, Luna Nuda Wines, Malene Wines, Mulholland Distilling Co, MacRostie Winery & Vineyards, Obvious Wines, Revel Wine, Singha North America, Seedlip, and Tequila Partida.
A silent auction, wine grab, photo booth, live music, a kids’ corner with activities and games will round out the afternoon’s programming.
The Los Angeles Taste of the Nation is part of a national series of events presented by a coalition of chefs, local and national government and non-government organizations to fight childhood hunger in America, which affects one in six children in America lives with hunger, including more than 1 in 5 kids in California. All of event proceeds benefit this effort.
For additional information and to purchase tickets, please visit NoKidHungry.org/LosAngeles.