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The 7 Most Anticipated Las Vegas Restaurant Openings, Summer 2025
The 7 Most Anticipated Las Vegas Restaurant Openings, Summer 2025

Eater

time3 days ago

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The 7 Most Anticipated Las Vegas Restaurant Openings, Summer 2025

It's been an impressive year for Las Vegas's dining scene. So far, 2025 has introduced restaurants that have immediately soared to must-visit territory, like Jeremy Ford's Michelin-starred Stubborn Seed, a new food hall that not only revitalizes the trend but introduces a slate of big-deal regional fare, the latest in the highly-anticipated James Trees culinary universe, and a lakeside stunner with serious seafood prowess. The back-half of the year is equally exciting, with restaurants on deck attached to famous names, long-awaited restaurants that are finally inching toward openings, and steakhouses with Michelin-recognized talent. Here are seven openings to look forward to this summer in Las Vegas. Projected Opening: July 2025 Major Player: Fabio Viviani Celebrity chef and Top Chef fan favorite Fabio Viviani brings his signature flair to Summerlin this summer with the debut of ai Pazzi, a modern Italian restaurant at JW Marriott Las Vegas. The opening is part of a sweeping culinary revamp at the resort and Rampart Casino in partnership with Fabio Viviani Hospitality. Expect handmade pastas, fresh seafood, indulgent entrees like lobster linguini and bistecca alla Fiorentina, and comforting starters like a crostino topped with roasted woodland mushrooms, gorgonzola fondue, and black truffle prosciutto. On Top Chef , Viviani earned praise for his soulful Italian cooking approach — and meatballs were part of his repertoire. So it's fitting that Fabio's wagyu meatball makes the menu, plated with tomato sauce, whipped ricotta, basil, and grilled bread. Dessert leans decadent — think sticky toffee pudding and roasted white chocolate tiramisu — while the cocktail list leans Italian and lively, with the Montenegro Nights that blends Old Forester 100 bourbon with vanilla and caramel syrups and citrusy Amaro Montenegro, garnished with a toasted marshmallow. Projected Opening: Summer 2025 A dedicated smash burger joint is landing on the Strip this summer. Naughty Patty's will open at the Cosmopolitan just steps from Block 16, serving up crispy-edged burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches fried in mayo, furikake-dusted fries, and over-the-top ice cream concretes. It's the only burger-focused restaurant at the resort, filling the gap left by Holsteins, which closed in 2024 after a 14-year run (thankfully, it later reopened downtown). Expect a tight menu starring thin patties with caramelized edges, yuzu-sesame sauce, and classic toppings — plus chili-style hot dogs and avocado add-ons. Smash burgers are trending across Vegas, from Sorry Not Sorry's packed pop-ups to Yukon Pizza's weekend specials; Naughty Patty's brings that craveable crunch to the heart of the Strip. Cosmopolitan executive chef Mark Crane says they're not just riding a trend: 'The flavor you get — and the speed — is what makes it stick.' Projected Opening: Summer 2025 Major Player: José Andrés José Andrés's acclaimed Bazaar Meat is migrating from the Sahara to a brand-new 10,000-square-foot space at the Venetian's Palazzo tower. Since its 2014 debut, Bazaar Meat has wowed diners with playful small bites — think crispy chicken-bechamel fritters served in a sneaker — and a dining room filled with roaring open-fire grills, jamón ibérico, and dramatic antler chandeliers. Its new home, part of the Venetian's $1.5 billion reinvestment, will sit beneath Lavo in the former restaurant-cum-car museum Dal Toro Ristorante. The new digs decked to impress, meaning it will be a more than suitable home for 15-course tasting menus of Andrés classics like caviar-filled crispy cones, cotton candy-swathed foie gras, and Japanese A5 wagyu beef prepared tableside on an ishiyaki stone. Projected Opening: Summer 2025 Rare Society, the acclaimed live-fire steakhouse from San Diego chef Brad Wise, is bringing its bold take on classic steakhouse fare to southwest Las Vegas. Opening at UnCommons, the 160-seat restaurant will feature signature steak boards loaded with dry-aged, in-house butchered cuts, roasted bone marrow, and homemade sauces — all grilled over American red oak. The menu also branches out with dishes like gochujang-glazed bacon, lamb lollipops, and miso-glazed carrots, plus sustainably sourced seafood and throwback desserts like creamy bananas Foster cheesecake. Designed by GTC Design, the space will blend retro glamour and mid-century modern flair with wood paneling, a marble bar, and plush leather accents. With Michelin recognition for his earlier restaurants Trust and Fort Oak, Wise is sure to the light the scene on fire. The country's only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse is headed to the Las Vegas Strip. Cote, the acclaimed New York restaurant known for its A5 wagyu, in-table grills, and 1,200-bottle wine list, will open at the Venetian as part of the resort's $1.5 billion renovation. The Vegas location promises all the signature favorites — like steak-and-egg tartare with caviar — served in a striking, Rockwell Group-designed space with a dry-aging room, DJ booth, and skybox-style private dining rooms overlooking the action. The restaurant will take over more than 10,000 square feet in the resort's waterfall atrium with a design that founder Simon Kim describes as 'stadium-style,' with tiered rows of seating expanding upwards and outwards from the ground-level bar. While the in-table grills evoke Korean barbecue, Cote firmly occupies steakhouse territory, with servers taking over the cooking, meticulously arranging and rotating delicate cuts of American wagyu beef, and ferrying lusciously thick-cut pork belly bacon to tables. Major Player: Gabriela Cámara Chef Gabriela Cámara, celebrated for her acclaimed Mexico City seafood restaurant Contramar, is bringing her celebrated coastal cuisine to Las Vegas with Cantina Contramar at the Fontainebleau. Designed by award-winning architect Frida Escobedo, the restaurant will serve the signature dishes that built Cámara's Mexico City seafood destination into must-visit dining — like tangy tuna tostadas and grilled whole fish splashed with vibrant red and green salsas. Partnering with Bertha González Nieves, founder of Tequila Casa Dragones and the first maestra tequilera, Cantina Contramar will also feature an exclusive tequila tasting room highlighting ultra-premium spirits. The Fontainebleau first announced the restaurant back when it opened in December 2023. While the resort has been stingy with updates, Cantina Contramar is still expected to open this year. Major Player: Happy Lamb Hot Pot Copper Sun, the first fine dining concept from the global Happy Lamb Hot Pot chain, is coming to Resorts World Las Vegas with an upscale hot pot experience that features its signature eight-hour bone marrow broth and a curated selection of premium meats exclusive to the Las Vegas location. With sleek black-and-white interiors and private dining rooms, Copper Sun aims to give a luxurious, communal dining experience that blends Inner-Mongolian tradition with a touch of Vegas grandeur — all poised over simmering and oil-dappled pots of fragrant broth that bubble and boil thin strips of marbled beef and toothsome strands of noodle. A cocktail menu will lean botanical, inspired by the herbal ingredients found in its broths. See More:

Jamie Oliver Says ‘Chefs Table: Legends' Episode Was 'A Bit Like Therapy'
Jamie Oliver Says ‘Chefs Table: Legends' Episode Was 'A Bit Like Therapy'

Yahoo

time3 days ago

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Jamie Oliver Says ‘Chefs Table: Legends' Episode Was 'A Bit Like Therapy'

It was 'a bit like therapy, which I've never done,' renowned chef Jamie Oliver says of his experience on Netflix's Chef's Table: Legends. 'It was probably long overdue.' The Netflix docuseries is composed of four episodes, each spotlighting a different culinary icon, with Oliver being featured alongside José Andrés, Thomas Keller and Alice Waters. The approximately 50-minute episode dives into Oliver's television beginnings with The Naked Chef and follows his journey from novice cooking show host to mentor to activist. More from The Hollywood Reporter Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes Talk Danny Boyle's Genius at '28 Years Later' World Premiere: "It's Horror, But I Was Struck By How Moved I Was" So Reality TV Is Bougie Now Kaitlyn Dever on Taking on Two Complex, Anguished Characters Back-to-Back With 'Apple Cider Vinegar,' 'The Last of Us' 'Early in my career, don't ask me why — I was genius or mad — but I started making all of my content. I set up a production company as a chef that didn't know what he was doing,' Oliver tells THR. 'I've always been in control, and this is the first time when I've been in no control,' he adds of filming the docuseries, which required him to be retrospective, calling it out as something 'the program wanted me to do.' Having been full-on for the past 25 years, looking back isn't something Oliver has made time for. Of spending 12 hours chatting for the documentary, he jokes, 'My ass was definitely sore. I don't sit down much.' The show's director, Brian McGinn, proved to be quite similar to the chef, Oliver learned after their 10 days together. But one of McGinn's biggest challenges, at least in Oliver's eyes, was unraveling his packed career. 'I felt sorry for him, really,' Oliver says. 'I had so much old content for him to go through.' Oliver says he's proud of his Chef's Table: Legends episode, which covers several aspects of his life, including his commitment to education, whether it be through his former restaurant Fifteen — which trained young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds — or his series Jamie's School Dinners, which showed the chef's dedicated campaign to offering nutritious yet still tasty school meals to children in the U.K. Still, he says the episode was just the 'tip of the iceberg' of his career. While his efforts thus far have focused heavily on the U.K., Oliver, who hails from Essex, England, feels it's important work that can be done elsewhere in the Western world. 'Every story I've told in the U.K. has been relevant in the U.S.,' he says. 'We're so different, but we're so similar, and we both can be blessed in so many ways to live in the countries that we live in with the opportunities that we have.' The docuseries' message is a universal one, Oliver notes, in that food and nourishing oneself is always important. 'We've created all this content, and we'll continue to do that for free,' he says of his series. 'British and American kids deserve and need to be connected with food so that they can have choices when they become young adults and can be happier, healthier and live longer, more productive lives.' This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise

The Venetian in Las Vegas Is Getting a $1.5 Billion Overhaul and We Got a Preview of Its Best Suites and New Restaurants
The Venetian in Las Vegas Is Getting a $1.5 Billion Overhaul and We Got a Preview of Its Best Suites and New Restaurants

Travel + Leisure

time4 days ago

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The Venetian in Las Vegas Is Getting a $1.5 Billion Overhaul and We Got a Preview of Its Best Suites and New Restaurants

Less than three years after announcing a $1.5 billion reinvention of The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, the initial phases of the project have been completed. 'We are proud to have delivered on that promise,' the resort's president and CEO, Patrick Nichols, tells Travel + Leisure . The massive glow-up introduced Las Vegas to its first Israeli dining concepts, courtesy of acclaimed chef Eyal Shani. Miznon, a fast-casual pita shop, made its debut, followed by HaSalon, a marriage between Mediterranean fine dining and Tel Aviv bacchanalia. Next came Voltaire, a next-generation nightlife venue dreamed up by the resort's chief content officer, Michael Gruber. Voltaire has already hosted sold-out shows from Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera, and Jason Derulo, and is now home to a limited run of Dita Von Teese's burlesque show. The culinary rollout continued with an outpost of Los Angeles' beloved farmers' market-to-table favorite Gjelina, and Nomikai, an elevated sushi restaurant complete with a tucked-away speakeasy. But the most highly anticipated additions are still to come. Soon, the property will welcome a trio of standout openings: COTE, the first (and only) Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse in the U.S.; the Las Vegas migration of José Andrés' avant-garde Bazaar Meat from Sahara Las Vegas; and a new food hall called Via Via. All three will be open by the end of the year, according to Nichols. Via Via features a curated lineup of cult-favorite concepts from across the country. Think an outpost of Florence's legendary sandwich shop All'Antico Vinaio, Nashville's hot chicken Howlin' Ray's, and New York's Scarr's Pizza. The roster also includes a revival of chef Ray Garcia's Los Angeles B.S. Taqueria, Tokyo-and-NYC favorite Ivan Ramen, and two hits from New Orleans chef Mason Hereford: the breakfast haunt Molly's Rise & Shine and the all-day counter-service gem Turkey and the Wolf. There is even a cocktail bar called Close Company from the team behind L.A.'s Death & Co. Beyond the buzzy culinary additions, The Venetian's top floors now house some of the most opulent suites in the city. Its Signature Suites collection includes penthouses, presidential suites, and the crowning jewel, chairman suites, all of which have been completely reimagined and packed with over-the-top amenities, such as media rooms, Tonal gyms, steam baths, and saunas. The living room inside the Richmond Chairman suite. Thomas Hart Shelby/The Venetian Resort 12 Best Las Vegas Hotels 20 Totally Free Things to Do in Las Vegas 'We stripped them all down to the studs,' says Nichols. 'The goal was to bring in smart technology and create spaces that feel truly residential—comfortable, luxurious, and designed for how people actually live and entertain.' To that end, four distinct design schemes were developed by NYC-based firm Meyer Davis and London's Richmond International. All marry Italian sensibilities with Vegas whimsy, featuring Venetian plaster, Murano glass–inspired lighting, and custom Italian-crafted furnishings. Butler service comes standard, along with steam showers, Japanese toilets, and Dyson hairdryers. In the penthouse suites, plush Italian fabrics, corner-framed Venetian photography, and Scarpa flooring–inspired carpets set a refined tone. The presidential suites center around a sculptural, hand-crafted resin bar and feature Moroso leather armchairs, ripple-detailed dining tables, and custom-colored pianos. The five chairman suites showcase exquisite Officina Luce chandeliers, embroidered leather dining chairs, and a woven Murano glass–inspired bar backdrop that practically begs for a negroni moment. Some suites also feature unexpected elements, such as karaoke lounges, poker tables, and private bars that feel more like members-only clubs or hidden speakeasies. 'There's a suite for every kind of traveler,' Nichols notes. 'Whether you want something energetic and fun, or timeless and elegant, we've got it.' The refresh also brings a new naming structure to the resort's towers: The Venetian now refers to the North and South Towers—the former being the original 1999 tower, and the latter opening in 2003. While the Signature Suite refresh completes the larger $550 million room revamp of these towers, Nichols exclusively revealed to T+L that the South Tower's penthouse space, which, until now, had remained an unfinished 'gray shell,' is being quietly completed. Slated to open this summer, these 78 new suites will range from two to four bedrooms and, unlike the Signature Suites, which are reserved for The Venetian's top casino customers, these will be available for the general public to book. 'They'll be some of the largest suites you can book in Las Vegas,' says Nichols. And the upgrades aren't stopping there. 'We're working on some exciting things at The Palazzo next,' Nichols adds, though, for now, the details remain under wraps.

Miami's Newest Restaurant Openings, June 2025
Miami's Newest Restaurant Openings, June 2025

Eater

time10-06-2025

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  • Eater

Miami's Newest Restaurant Openings, June 2025

Having trouble keeping up with all the new establishments popping up? Here are some noteworthy restaurants opening around Miami this June. Located inside the Orcidea Hotel, Donatella offers classic Italian fare such as polipo al Insalata, carpaccio gambero rosso, rigatoni nduja, and black truffle cacio e pepe. Dishes are made with fresh ingredients and feature artisanal pastas. The Empanadas, founded in Key Biscayne, opened its sixth location in South Miami. Choose from 25 different empanadas ranging from standards like beef and chicken to sweet varieties filled with apple pie or Nutella and brownie. There are also vegan choices, so everyone can enjoy empanadas. Celebrity chef and humanitarian, José Andrés, opened Aguasal and Bar Centro at the Andaz Miami Beach Hotel. Aguasal, named for agua salada, the Spanish term for saltwater, is a restaurant celebrating coastal Mediterranean fare. Dishes include mussels saganaki with feta and chives; roasted cauliflower with tahini, sesame seeds, ground coriander, pomegranate, and puffed quinoa; and a whole snapper. Fans of chef Andrés will be familiar with Bar Centro, an indoor-outdoor bar with ocean views. Enjoy a key lime pie daiquiri and snack on Spanish tapas and sandwiches. Macchialina's Michael Pirolo, along with managing partners Jennifer Chaefsky and Jacqueline Pirolo, have opened Fluke, a combination cocktail lounge and seafood spot inside the former Macchialina space. As the name implies, martinis are the house drink, paired with seafood selections from a rotating menu of raw and fried items and crudos. There's also a great burger, rosemary-dusted, hand-cut fries, and a selection of natural, biodynamic wines. Stop in for the Lucky $7 Martini Happy Hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., featuring a selection of martinis for seven bucks. Francesco, a Coral Gables favorite for Peruvian cuisine, has reopened after a seven-year hiatus. The restaurant, which attracted celebrities such as Gloria Estefan and Pitbull, recently reopened at a new location on Miracle Mile. Dishes include a cannelloni stuffed with chicken stew, a New York strip with gnocchi, and a catch of the day. If you're seeking romance, 'Wednesdate' nights offer live music, starting at 7 p.m. Located inside a former Lutheran church, Jay's may be one of Fort Lauderdale's most unique venues. With stained glass windows, arched windows, and vaulted ceilings, you might just exclaim, 'holy cow' (pun intended) when your steak arrives. Expect seafood towers, steaks, and sides – plus a prime rib trolley, where your meat gets wheeled to you and serviced tableside. Jay's trades its restaurant persona after hours for a late-night speakeasy. If that's not swanky enough, Jay's offers a membership club with exclusive benefits for $800 per quarter. Mai Sushi & Tapas Bar, a Japanese-Vietnamese sushi and tapas bar located in Coral Gables, offers a diverse selection of sushi, sashimi, and hot and cold tapas in a modern, funky setting. Find a large choice of rolls, including the Crunchy Coral Gables with tuna, white fish, salmon, avocado, fried garlic, eel sauce, spicy mayo, and tempura flakes. Also, take a look at the skewers and dumplings. Buenos Aires-based Niño Gordo has opened a branch in Wynwood, offering Asian fusion cuisine that melds Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian flavors with Argentine grilling techniques. Award-winning bar consultant Christine Wiseman heads the cocktail program. The flagship location has earned the #34 spot in Latin America's 50 Best list. St. Augustine's Odd Birds Cocktail Lounge and Kitchen pops up in Little Havana for an open-ended run inside Pocho's Express. The lounge offers cocktails made with Latin American spirits and fresh fruits. Inter Miami fans should check out the Don't Mess with Messi, made with Fernet Branca and pineberry sage syrup. Food is provided in-house by Colombian restaurant Sanpocho. Direct from Guadalajara, Sala de Despecho ('Heartbreak Room' in English) knows that bad dates are a universal experience. The restaurant invites you to eat tacos, drink mezcal, and sing your heart out — literally — with a version of drunken karaoke. If you're looking for a place guaranteed not to be filled with bridal shower parties on a Saturday night, this is the right place. New York City's Serafina expands its Florida outreach with a new location at Miami Worldcenter. The restaurant at Aventura Mall offers wood-fired pizzas, pastas, and standard Italian red sauce fare. Skinny Louie won the 2025 South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash for its 100% Angus beef smash burgers. The concise menu offers those burgers in a few iterations (and an Impossible version), fries, and shakes. This simple strategy has proven effective, with Skinny Louie branching out into Coral Gables, and expanding to Danie Beach, Aventura, South Miami, West Palm Beach, and New York City soon. Japanese cuisine and American smokehouse barbecue marry at Ukiah. Chef Michael Lewis brings his Asheville restaurant to Fort Lauderdale, where diners can enjoy sushi, sashimi, dumplings, and more, with a river view. The star of the show is Lewis's smoked platters. Diners can choose from a smoked half chicken, Carolina pork shoulder, brisket, or pastrami short rib — each served with pickled vegetables, kimchi, and toasted rye bread — and large enough for sharing. This much-loved Italian restaurant closed last year, only to reopen recently across the street from its original location in the Farinelli space, which Strada owner Javier Uribe also owns. The new Strada in the Grove effectively merges both spots, offering classic Italian dishes with Farinelli's wood-fired pizzas. See More:

What I learned about the future of restaurants from Rene Redzepi's chef conference
What I learned about the future of restaurants from Rene Redzepi's chef conference

Fast Company

time09-06-2025

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  • Fast Company

What I learned about the future of restaurants from Rene Redzepi's chef conference

The best part of last month's MAD Symposium in Copenhagen wasn't chef Thomas Keller telling young chefs in the audience to stop chasing Michelin stars—though he did say that. It wasn't chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés breaking down in tears as he described his organization's work cooking in Gaza. And it wasn't chef-turned-actor Matty Matheson describing his rise to fame on FX's industry hit, The Bear. Instead, under a giant red circus tent in Copenhagen, the star power dulled as the next generation stood up. The brightest spot came as four young Icelandic fishing guides stood onstage and presented a compelling and heartfelt argument against sea-farmed salmon. The seventh-generation guides, two sets of sisters in their late teens and early twenties, are among the first female guides in their country, helping visitors find and catch wild Atlantic salmon on the Laxá river in northern Iceland. I found their story interesting, unexpected, and inspiring—which, MAD's leadership says, is the entire point. For chefs, by chefs The MAD Symposium, named after the Danish word for 'food,' started 15 years ago. It's put on by a Copenhagen-based nonprofit, also called MAD, started by chef René Redzepi. Redzepi runs Noma, a restaurant consistently ranked among the best and most influential restaurants in the world. The Symposium is a kind of for-chefs, by-chefs event that also welcomes bartenders, servers, farmers, food producers, writers, and, this year for the first time, corporate sponsors. Attendees arrive by boat, gather under tents in variable Danish weather conditions, and eat a lot of exceptional food—this year including recipes from Los Angeles hot spot Anajak Thai, Copenhagen's Sanchez, and London's revered St. John, cooked and served by a tirelessly hospitable team, including Noma's chefs. 'I'm in the middle of a 14-day shift,' I heard one chef say during meal prep, though the people in the tented kitchen were (mostly) smiling. Industry challenges This year's event, MAD7, returned after a seven-year hiatus, during which COVID-19 ransacked the restaurant business, grappling with a big question: Is it possible to build to last in this industry? If you follow industry news, at least in America, it might not seem like it. In the last two years, dozens of major restaurant companies have shuttered locations, filed for bankruptcy, or closed outright. McDonald's recently experienced its worst sales decline since the pandemic. Those are just the corporate chains. Independent restaurants, always a tough business, are facing challenges that include rising costs and wage pressures, inflation, changes in consumer spending, and disruptions and uncertainty caused by natural disasters, economic constraints, and political leadership. In the years since MAD began, the tone around chefs and restaurants has shifted dramatically. An industry-wide reckoning sent plenty of top names packing and caused others— Redzepi included —to reexamine and adjust the way they treat workers and run kitchens. There's a sense that maybe it's time for the ' gods of food,' as Time magazine once called them in a feature that also included past MAD speakers David Chang and Brazilian chef Alex Atala (who once killed a chicken on the MAD stage) to step aside. Keller controversy The event itself was largely successful in its efforts to inspire important conversations about what should come next, even if it got off to a sleepy start. 'Legacy' was the theme of the first day, but some speakers missed the opportunity to reflect honestly on reality. The biggest example of this was a conversation between chefs Redzepi and Keller that completely ignored the bombshell story, published a week earlier, by San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan. In it, she reveals Keller pulled her aside during a visit to the French Laundry, his Napa Valley fine-dining restaurant, for a lecture about the merits of restaurant critics before asking her to leave. (Spoiler: She stays.) Might one of the world's greatest chefs address a bit of reasonable, if high-profile criticism in front of a friendly industry audience, we all wondered? Unfortunately, he did not. From supper clubs to pop-ups Thankfully, MAD managed to redeem itself the following day as talks turned to the future. Asma Khan, chef of London Darjeeling Express explained her business's evolution from supper club to pop-up to permanent restaurant employing—and empowering—immigrant women. Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard spoke of his 2023 decision to, in his words, 'give away the company,' transferring its ownership to a nonprofit foundation. And Emilie Qvist, a young Danish chef, talked about her own future in restaurants: a series of short-term projects that included revitalizing a coastal fish restaurant in northern Denmark before closing it to travel and later sign on as chef for a six-month project—short-term stints are still excellent vectors for change and creativity, she explained. While the room was filled with bold-faced names of the restaurant world (even Keller stayed for the full program) the most impact came from those working more anonymously to create a better restaurant industry, a better legacy. As we filed out of the tent on Monday evening, first into a boat and then to a happy hour full of natural wine and caviar under a bridge beside a canal—this business has its perks!—I again considered the fishing guides' wild salmon pitch. A few years ago, they faced a catastrophic disaster when thousands of farmed salmon escaped from a nearby offshore farm. The escape threatened the country's wild fish with disease, parasites, and reproductive challenges. If the practice of sea farming continues, the young women said, the country's entire population of wild salmon is at risk of dying. That's bad news for anyone who cares about fishing practices, but it's worse news for the guides. Threatened also is their families' legacy—an outcome that loomed larger in a tent full of restaurant people than the fate of the fish.

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