NYC Like A Local
Thursday, September 21—Sunday, September 24, 2023
four people
This is a four-person, four-day, three-night tour-de-food across NYC with the folks who know it best: the locals. Fast food, street food, fine dining, TV stars, Michelin stars, Upper Manhattan, West Village, Chinatown, Brooklyn; an exclusive, curated, mind-blowing exploration of the NYC food scene guided by Law and Order SVU actress Jamie Gray Hyder, Plate Magazine Senior Editor Caroline Hatchett, James Beard Award Humanitarian of the Year Award-winner and Chinatown advocate Grace Young, and The Mott Street Girls.
Experiences include private meals, chef demonstrations, impossible-to-get reservations, late-night haunts, bakeries & coffee shops, an award-winning Chinatown food tour, a dining experience at the James Beard Foundation-curated Market 57, and dinner at three Michelin-starred restaurant Le Bernardin.
Includes hotel stay. Giving Kitchen Executive Director Bryan Schroeder will be in NYC to assist as needed throughout your trip.
NYC Like a Local includes:
Pre-trip: Join a virtual wok cooking class and “NYC prep call” with JBF Humanitarian of the Year Grace Young. A “Seasoned by Grace” wok and a copy of her cookbook The Breath of the Wok will be delivered to your house before the cooking class.
Curated NYC food and drink tours with Jamie Gray Hyder (Thursday - Tribeca and West Village), James Beard Foundation (Friday - Market 57), Mott Street Girls (Saturday - Chinatown), and Caroline Hatchett (Saturday Evening - Brooklyn).
NYC Like a Local will kick off with private cocktails and a chef demonstration hosted at MM Kitchen Studios by Chef Marc Murphy, celebrity chef & TV personality frequently seen on the Food Network's Chopped.
Thursday:
Welcome party and private cooking demonstration with Chef Marc Murphy at MM Kitchen Studio
Multi-stop tour of West Village and Koreatown with Jamie Gray Hyder
Friday:
Private tour and chef experiences hosted by the James Beard Foundation at Market 57
Dinner at three-star Michelin restaurant, Le Bernardin
Saturday:
Saturday morning and lunch flavors of Old Chinatown Food Tour with the Mott Street Girls tour guides (come hungry):
We begin our journey in Chinatown's "Little Fuzhou" to try a few Fujianese specialties, head to a multigenerational family-run tofu shop to taste fresh soy milk and herbal tea, a little-known takeout spot to sample Hakka cuisine. At Chinatown's oldest bakery, we'll savor a sweet treat that dates back to its earliest days. Then, we'll swing by a hidden stall to snack on fried dumplings. We'll end with a visit to a beloved local bakery to enjoy Asian-inspired sponge cakes.
Visit Manhattan’s first Chinatown Food Court
Explore fish and food open markets
Dine at Uncle Lou (Cantonese restaurant) or Dim Sum (House of Joy/Dim Sum Go Go, etc.)
Saturday evening in Williamsburg: cocktails at Maison Premier, Peter Luger for a snack, dinner at Francie, followed by dancing at Night Moves. Best Brooklyn night ever.