9.13.16: Vie Alumni Dinner

Vie Alumni Dinner
Tuesday, September 13
6 p.m. at Vie

UPDATE: This event is now sold out. If you’d like to add your name to the waiting list, please call us at 708.246.2082. Thank you!

On Tuesday, September 13, we’re bringing together a group of talented Vie kitchen alumni to create a not-to-be-missed dining experience! The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a reception followed by a seven-course tasting menu with beverage pairings. Chef Paul and the team are extremely honored to welcome these esteemed chefs back to the Vie kitchen for this one-night-only event, and we look forward to seeing you on the 13th. View the full menu below for the chef lineup.

Reservations: 708.246.2082

$175 per person for dinner and pairings, plus tax and gratuity
Limited seating available – please call soon if you’d like to join us.

Menu

Reception

by Dennis Bernard, Dove’s Luncheonette

First

clam eton mess, aquafaba dill meringue

by Nathan Sears, The Radler

Second

tomato salad with eggplant escabeche, crispy chickpeas and chicago burrata

by Abra Berens, Stock Café at Local Foods

Third

dry-cured porchetta steccata with marcona almonds, roasted eggplant and wood-grilled kale

by Scott Manley, Table, Donkey and Stick

Fourth

red wine-marinated duck breast, celery root, compressed apple, sesame, duck jus

by Justin Large, Vander Mill Cider

Fifth

dry-aged beef triple threat: smoked strip loin, beef cheek marmalade, crispy pickled tongue, dill crème fraiche potato puree, roasted hen of the woods

by Paul Virant, Vie, Perennial Virant and Vistro

Cheese

spring brook reading raclette, peach preserves, roasted tomato, fried shallot, arugula, olive oil toast

by David Chapman, Green Zebra

Dessert

valrhona tanariva mousse, pecan almond cake, concord grape sorbet and preserves, streusel

by Elissa Narow

Mignardises

by Angelyne Canicosa, Vie and Vistro

Image of Paul Virant and Scott Manley from 2008 via Grub Street/Sky Full of Bacon