1 NIGHT ONLY! Michelin Plate 🍽️ Seafoodgasm w/ Brian Lewis @ JBF 🍽️ [PREPAID]

Only LIMITED seats! Add yourself to the Waitlist and Venmo @i8NYC $223/pp to be moved over to 'Going'. Feel free to bring +1 guest. Tickets will go to the quick and committed! NO REFUNDS!!!

Note: JBF Dinners have recently been sold out before posting menus so that's your heads up!

We are heading to JBF Platform! Celebrating National Seafood Month! You had me at Salmon Belly & Yuzu! Join Chef Brian Lewis—2025 James Beard Award nominee® for Best Chef: Northeast and founder of Full House Hospitality—for a Seafood-focused dinner featuring Skuna Bay salmon and locally sourced ingredients from the Northeast. You can also Save on the trip to/from CT! 🚗

Based in Connecticut and New York, Lewis leads the acclaimed restaurants The Cottage and OKO. There, his cooking reflects a global perspective shaped by travels through Japan, Italy, Spain, France, and the Caribbean, along with a deep commitment to seasonal ingredients from the surrounding waterways and nearby farms. For this exquisite dinner, he brings that creative vision to the table with a multi-course menu that celebrates the fall harvest and highlights the beauty of sustainably sourced seafood.

MICHELIN PLATE 🍽️ (OKO - RYE, NY)

2025 JBF BEST CHEF NORTHEAST NOMINEE - BRIAN LEWIS

Cost: $223 (ALL IN)

MENU: (based on avail)
HORS D’OEUVRES

• Hot-Smoked Skuna Bay Salmon Belly with Anson Mills Corn Cake and Yuzu–Horseradish Cream
• Local Green Crab Toasts Béarnaise with Pickled Shallots, Béarnaise Aïoli, and Smoked Trout Roe
• Pickled Copps Island Oysters with Sugar Kelp Tosazu and Pearl Street Bread and Butter

Pairing: Raventósi Blanc Conca Del Riu Anoia Blanc de Blancs 2022
Pairing: Yuki No Bosha “Cabin in the Snow” Tohoku Junmai Ginjo

DINNER

• Kumbujime Local Black Bass with Strawberry Umeboshi, Scorched Coconut Milk, Shiso Flowers, and Cilantro

Pairing: Bodegas Rezabal Getariako Txakolina Rosé 2023

• Spicy Squid and Pork Jowl with Fermented Kumquat, Squid Caramel, Cashews, Chili Crisp, and Cilantro

Pairing: Hermann J. Weimer Vineyard Magdalena Vineyard Seneca Lake Riesling 2022

• Slipper Snail Tortelloni with Garlic Butter, Lovage, and Slipper Snail Brodetto

Pairing: William Fèvre Champs Royaux Burgundy Chablis 2022

• Cedar Paper–Baked Kasuzuke Skuna Bay Salmon with Walnut Miso, Sunchoke Crunch, and Tokyo Benka Cabbage

Pairing: Burn Cottage Vineyard Moonlight Race Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023

• Locally Foraged Japanese Wineberries Sauternes with Brown Butter, Calf & Clover Creamery Milk Jam, and Fior di Latte

Pairing: Château Suduiraut Castelnau de Suduiraut Bordeaux Sauternes 2022

Dietary/Food Restrictions Policy:
Events at Platform by JBF are special one-night-only menus and we do not offer a la carte menus. If you have serious food allergies, we will work with the visiting chef team to do our best to accommodate but cannot guarantee that alternate options will be available for every course.

Tickets to events held at Platform at Pier 57 by the James Beard Foundation cover the cost of food, education and a unique dining experience. Meals are prepared by culinary masters from all regions of the United States and around the world. Unless otherwise stated, alcoholic beverages are provided on a complimentary basis and are not included in the ticket price.

~A La Cuisine