FYI- 1NIGHT! 5X JBF Winner Andrew Zimmern x BlueFoodCookbook @ JBF 🍽️ [PREPAID]

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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!!!

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We are heading to JBF Platform! Join Andrew Zimmern—chef, television host, author, food industry advocate, and five-time James Beard Award winner® and nine-time James Beard Award nominee®—for a seafood-focused dinner drawn from his latest book, The Blue Food Cookbook, co-written with chef and sustainability leader Barton Seaver. Zimmern brings the recipes of The Blue Food Cookbook to the table with a menu centered on sustainability, seasonality, and a broad range of species—from shellfish to finfish to sea vegetables—prepared with clarity and intention.

The evening connects to the themes of Zimmern’s James Beard Award– and Emmy-nominated PBS docuseries Hope in the Water and his work with Fed by Blue, exploring how thoughtful sourcing and cooking choices can support marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.

Copies of The Blue Food Cookbook are available for purchase with tickets or at the event from our friends at Kitchen Arts & Letters.

Cost: $223 (ALL IN)

Menu: (based on avail)
HORS D’OEUVRES

• West Coast Oysters with Buttermilk Mignonette
• Jyutping Chinese Shrimp Balls with Apricot–Mustard Sauce

DINNER

• Scallop Aguachile
• Crab–Andouille Gumbo
• Steamed Black Bass with Ginger and Scallions; and Fresh Spring Vegetables and Rice
• Frozen Maple Syrup Soufflé with Crème Fraîche and Bizcocho Cookie

The Blue Food Cookbook by Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver (releasing Oct 2025) offers 140+ sustainable seafood recipes designed to support ocean health. Featured dishes include Crab Cakes, Coconut Chilean Sea Bass, Grouper Vera Cruzana, Cioppino, and Chocolate Chip Kelp Brownies. These recipes focus on accessible, eco-friendly ingredients.

This one-night-only dinner will feature a cocktail reception with passed hors d'oeuvre upon arrival, an expertly crafted multi-course menu with thoughtfully curated wine or beverage pairings, and a Q&A with the featured chefs.

James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served.

~A La Cuisine