2017 All-Star Chef Classic to launch at L.A. Live

Written by Giavanna Foster

The All-Star Chef Classic is an exclusive annual food event. Every year, highly acclaimed chefs create an engaging dining experience for the guests. This event also gathers the biggest culinary names around the world to celebrate the innovative community of great food and cooking. Here’s the scoop:

This year’s All-Star Chef Classic will take place at L.A. Live from March 8-11. The 2017 All-Star Chef Classic Masters Dinner series launch will feature French, Italian, American, Southern, and Asian dishes. All events will start at 7:00pm, and they will take place at L.A. Live’s Event Deck. From multicourse seated dinners to convivial tasting events, the All-Star Chef Classic will be an unforgettable experience for the attendees. The chefs will be cooking at L.A. Live’s custom-built Restaurant Stadium and Chefs’ Tasting Arena. Read more information here.

On March 8, Ludo Lefebvre will be featured in the French Masters Dinner series. Ludo Lefebvre is one of the most influential chefs of today’s food scene. He is the co-owner of Trois Mec in Los Angeles, which has earned 4 stars from Los Angeles Magazine and LA Weekly. Also, LA Weekly named Trois Mec the #1 Best Restaurant in Los Angeles for 2014 and 2015. Lefebvre is also featured on PBS’s season 5 preview video. Lefebvre is the winner of 3 James Beard awards and 9 Emmys. Lefebvre mentions that he feels free to express himself as a chef in Los Angeles. He also mentions that his passion is cooking what people like. In the YouTube video, Lefebvre demonstrates how to cook his favorite dish: escargot.

On March 9, Antonia Lofaso will be featured in the Italian Masters Dinner series. Antonia Lofaso is the co-owner and executive chef at Los Angeles’s Scopa Italian Roots restaurant, which serves old-school Italian food. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute. Lofaso appeared on Queen Latifah, and they prepared cheesy, deep-fried treats live. She also emphasized the importance of cleanliness and organization in the kitchen. Lofaso wrote a cookbook entitled The Busy Mom’s Cookbook: 100 recipes for Quick, Delicious, Home-Cooked Meals.

On March 10, Duff Goldman will be featured in the American Masters Dinner series. An experienced baker, Goldman co-owns the Cake Mix restaurant in Los Angeles. In 2008, Goldman was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for baking the world’s largest cupcake. Goldman was also featured on Tasty’s YouTube channel. In this video, he demonstrates how to make a mirror cake. It has over 394k YouTube views.

On March 11, Della Gossett will be featured in the East West Masters Dinner series. (Tickets for this event are sold out.) Gossett is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Gossett was also a pastry chef instructor at the French Pastry School from February 2010 to December 2012. Now, Gossett is an executive pastry chef at Spago in Beverly Hills. Wolfgang Puck is the owner of Spago. Gossett was featured on PopSugar Food’s YouTube channel. In the video, Gossett demonstrates how to prepare a popular item in Chinese cuisine: fortune cookies. Her fortune cookie demonstration has over 138k YouTube views. Click here to see her LinkedIn page. 

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Here is the complete list of this year’s featured chefs:

Wednesday, March 8: French Masters Dinner
Featured Chefs:
Ludo Lefebvre (Trois Mec, Los Angeles)
Iñaki Aizpitarte (Le Chateaubriand, Paris)
Tony Esnault (Spring, Los Angeles)
Vincent Lesage (Angel Oak, Santa Barbara)
François Payard (New York)

Thursday, March 9: Italian Masters Dinner
Featured Chefs:
Antonia Lofaso (Scopa Italian Roots, Los Angeles)
Fabio Viviani (Siena Tavern, Chicago)
Jamie Bissonnette (Coppa, Boston)
Mirko Paderno (Culina, Los Angeles)
Dahlia Narvaez (Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles)

Friday, March 10: American Masters Dinner
Featured Chefs
Curtis Stone (Gwen, Los Angeles) 
Michael Voltaggio (ink., Los Angeles)
Michael Schwartz (Fi’lia, Miami)
Jenn Louis (Lincoln, Portland)
Duff Goldman (Cake Mix, Los Angeles)

Friday, March 10: Southern Eats
Featured Chefs:
Hugh Acheson (Top Chef, 5+10, Athens)
Ashley Christensen (Poole’s Diner, Raleigh)
Art Smith (Reunion Florida Garden and Kitchen School, Jasper)
Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo (Son of a Gun, Los Angeles)
Johnny Ray Zone (Howlin’ Rays, Los Angeles)
Samuel Monsour (Preux & Proper, Los Angeles)
Adam Steffens (Maple Block Meat Co., Los Angeles)
Scott Howard (Citizen, Los Angeles)
Brian Dunsmoor (Hatchet Hall, Los Angeles)
Greg Schroeppel (Nighthawk Breakfast Bar, Los Angeles)
Kris Tominaga (The Hart & The Hunter, Los Angels)
Brandon Boudet (Little Dom’s, Los Angeles)
Mike Lata (The Ordinary, Charleston)
Joe Kindred (Kindred, Davidson)
Ryan Lamon (Peaches Smokehouse & Southern Kitchen Truck, Los Angeles)
Catarah Hampshire + Shoneji Robison (Southern Girl Desserts, Los Angeles)
Elizabeth Karmel (Carolina ‘Cue To Go, New York
Gwithyen Thomas (Aroha Restaurant, Los Angeles)

Saturday, March 11: East West Masters Dinner (Sold Out)
Featured Chefs:
Jet Tila (Food Network)
Sang Yoon (Lukshon, Father’s Office, Los Angeles)
Neal Fraser (Redbird, Los Angeles)
Shirley Chung (Top Chef)
Della Gossett (Spago, Los Angeles)

Saturday: March 11: Grill & Chill
Featured Chefs:
Jamie Bissonnette (Coppa, Boston)
Fabian von Hauske + Jeremiah Stone (Wildair, New York)
Jeni Britton Bauer (Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams)
Ravi Kapur (Liholiho Yacht Club, San Francisco)
Joseph “JJ” Johnson (Minton’s Harlem, New York)
Chris Oh (Hanjip, Los Angeles)
Francis Derby (The Cannibal, Los Angeles)
The Nomad Truck
Sherry Yard (The Tuck Room, Los Angeles)
Ray Garcia (Broken Spanish, Los Angeles)
David Lefevre (MB Post, Los Angeles)
Ben Ford (Ford’s Filling Station, Los Angeles)
Jason Neroni (Rose Café, Los Angeles)
Nyesha Arrington (Los Angeles)
Justin Walker (Earth at Hidden Pond, Kennebunkport)
Amar Santana (Vaca, Costa Mesa)
Govind Armstrong (Post & Beam, Los Angeles)
Katsuji Tanabe (Top Chef, Mexikosher, Los Angeles)