Best 5 Chefs in LA

[russkar]

Top Secret!!!!
About 12 hours ago 5 of the Best Chefs in LA from the Restaurants: Melisse, Valentino, Providence, Water Grill, Ortolan got together to plan the first round of dinners to be held monthly at each Restaurant mentioned.

Each Chef will make a course for the Dinner and the projected prices will be somewhere between 100-120 per person which is pretty amazing.

Imagine all these Chef's cooking in one Restaurant at one time?
Details to follow shortly.

[nicolaco]

I will arrange my meetings around one of those nights! Food like that, makes enduring the airports so so much better....

[nimo]

What, no Hiro U?

[russkar]

Hiro U is in a different catagory.
We will be enjoying his talents in middle Feb. Just talked to him yesterday. He dined at Providence today, small World?

[nimo]

I'm saving up every penny for a return after Hiro offered to create a special menu based solely around that amazing beef for my next visit!

[russkar]

I'm in!

[WineTravel]

Good to hear it's back in good form... and that Chef Angelo is back. I've had some excellent meals there in the past when he was doing the cooking.

[WineTravel]

That's good. How's the decor... have they spent any money improving it? Was hard to believe how threadbare it was 5 years ago?

[russkar]

I'm in the Wine Cellar whenever possible with a group of foodies but the dining area is fine and the Chef Angelo has returned after a few years and the food is the best ever. Been going there since 82'.

[Baby Ruth]

i'm having trouble picturing all those guys working together. specifically the birdman. ;)

[WineTravel]

Last time I was at Valentino it was a huge disappointment. The place was in major need of renovation... and the chow was just ok. Certainly a great wine list, but that was it.

Any improvement? Renovations?

[russkar]

Been to Valentino's twice in the last 2 months , very good!

[BenJamin]

Sounds interesting, but I am not sure those five are the best chefs in LA. What was the selection process? Have you tried Hatfield's? I eat in all of those restaurants frequently and enjoy them for the most part, but top five in LA? Not sure about that. The one common thing they all have is that these restaurants are half full most of the week.

[russkar]

In my opinion these are the best 5 Chef's in LA. If you like Sona(been 3 times) or Hatfields(1 time, never again) or Grace (3 times, no rush to return) better that's cool.
I've eaten at those also but am not impressed with any of them after several visits.
As far as the Best Restaurants in LA being HALF FULL, that's the reason we don't have more of them? LA doesn't support Dining like SF or NYC?
In & Out has a line out the door but I'm not in it!

[SauceSupreme]

It's hard to fault the chef or the restaurant for that trend. Thursday-Sunday are certainly busier for all restaurants in general, not just Valetino/Melisse/etc.

[bulavinaka]

I think they meant best chefs whose influence comes from across the Atlantic whose restaurants are half full... Where's Masa, Nobu, Morihiro, Katsu, and Urasawa? I guess they're not chefs...

[BenJamin]

Great point!

[bulavinaka]

Kind of a knee-jerk reaction... didn't mean to sound gruff... just looking for a little diversity - we are in LA... I guess this is a classic, "according to who?" No denying those are reputable places with great chefs... maybe this town could start an, "Iron Chef Tag Team Match." The first five listed against the five I've listed... what a dream team competition...

[BenJamin]

I did not think you were gruff..in fact your spot on!!!

[chowmominLA]

That does sound amazing. So once a month, all five of the chefs will make dinner together, and they'll rotate between the five restaurants every month? Or will they do all five restaurants on five different nights each month? Either way I'd bet reservations are gonna be hard to come by.

[meganinlosfeliz]

Sounds amazing- looking forward to hearing more about it!