StarChefs Rising Stars New York City

by Sara Bonisteel, Posted Sep 23rd 2009 @ 4:00PM

Strawberry gelato and sweet-pea sformato. Photo: Sara Bonisteel.

StarChefs, the "magazine for culinary insiders," celebrated New York's "Rising Stars" on Tuesday with a gala tasting in New York City.

Slashfood popped in to check out the fare and gaze at culinary stars like honoree and "Top Chef" Season One winner Harold Dieterle and Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto (whose New York restaurant Chef Jamison Blankenship was honored and whipped up a bouillabaisse) as well as Babyface (who knew the hitmaker was a foodie?).

Del Posto's pastry chef, Brooks Headley, paired pea shoots with strawberry gelato, while mixologist Maxwell Britten made Gingerbutter Collins with scotch whiskey. Best overheard conversation of the night: "She puts bacon in everything now, even chocolate chip cookies." We'll have to try that.

Food porn after the jump.

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StarChefs Rising Stars New York

Brooklyn's Dressler restaurant owner Colin Devlin brought warm artichoke hearts with white beans, arugula, Parmigiano and garlic dressing at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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StarChefs Rising Stars New York

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Isao Yamada of Upstairs at Bouley created this savory steamed New Zealand ablaone and Dungeness crab dish with tomato water and dashi vinaigrette jelly at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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Xie Xie's Angelo Sosa brought his bun game with this sweet glazed pork with Chinese bao bun, pickled shallots and cilantro at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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Jason Neroni of 10 Downing made melt-in-your-mouth porchetta with cannellini beans and salsa verde at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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"Top Chef" Season One winner Harold Dieterle of Perilla presented coriander-crusted triggerfish with quinoa, wood-ear mushrooms, and sweet and sour basil-eggplant sauce at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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Bar Boulud's Damian Sansonetti deconstructed traditional coq au vin with red-wine-braised Amish chicken, button mushrooms, pearl onions and lardons at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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A poached quail egg and smattering of roe and caviar helped Asiate at the Mandarin Oriental Chef Brandon Kida transform plain old buckwheat noodles into a decadent dish at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009.

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Pastry Chef Brooks Headley of Del Posto turned strawberry gelato into a garden delight with Lidia's sweet pea sformato and strawberries at the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue in New York on Sept. 22, 2009. It worked!

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