If you love partying as much as you love eating fine food, then the forecast for your dining calendar this November is looking very promising indeed, as Shanghai FEAST Festival returns for a second installment. And we're giving away tickets to the event, which you can win right here.
The offspring of Supperclub founder Camden Hauge and Olivia Mok’s new events agency, Social Supply, FEAST brings the city's 10 hottest chefs together for a two-day culinary binge at the rooftop of Xintiandi’s The Place from November 19-20, complete with three mixologists, DJs and live music (see flyer below).
Here's the full line-up of chefs and shakers that'll be there:
Chefs:
Beth Cosgrove – Alan Wong’s
Anna Bautista, Sean Jorgensen & Veronica Garrido – Highline
Julio Gomez – Tomatito
Danyi Gao – Shake
Carlos Sotomayor – elEfante
Pol Garcia – El Patio
Freddy Raoult & Dong Hua – The Nest, The Cannery
Stefan Stiller & Jeno Racz – Taian Table
Brian Bertelsen – Hunter Gatherer
Jenny Gao & Gwen Shih – Fly by Jing
Mixologists:
Yao Lu – Union Trading Company
Logan Brouse – Logan’s Punch
Daniel An – Taste Buds Cocktail Palace, Shrine
This year's feast will take on a more seasonal tone, Hauge tells us. “We’ve been calling it ‘Kinsfolk Thanksgiving’ amongst ourselves," she says with a laugh. "You can expect plenty of seasonal cheer and cocktails to warm your blood.”
While they're sticking with the same venue as the last festival, this time around, they're wisely weatherproofing the whole operation. “We’ll be sticking to the format of putting our chef booths outside, but inside will be where the party itself takes place,” Hauge explains.
“It's getting cold out, so we'll also have more of a focus on cocktails, and have drafted in three of our favorite ‘bar stars’: Logan Brouse (Logan’s Punch), Yao Lu (Union Trading Company) and Daniel An (Shrine, Taste Buds Cocktail Palace).”
Cocktails aside, food will still be at the heart of the festival, courtesy of an assortment of local chefs. “I fell in love with the concept of food festivals while living in London,” explains Hauge. “After the economic bust in the late 2000s, these markets, popups and gourmet festivals like Street Feast essentially became a way for people to experience quality food without doing a full on sit down meal,” she adds.
Hauge hopes that FEAST will offer a similar effect for Shanghai’s diners too, allowing guests to try food from some of the city’s best chefs for less, and with a fun social atmosphere to boot.
But she’s not alone; Shanghai’s seen a number of international food festivals enter the city in recent years, including Omnivore and Savour. “We’re aiming to differentiate ourselves from other food festivals by focusing on local talent,” says Hauge. “We want to really celebrate what the city has to offer in terms of food and drink.”
Make sure to mark your calendars for this one, people. It's going to be large.
See flyer below:
FEAST Festival, November 19-20, from 12-8pm. Tickets RMB50 (presale available here), RMB80 on the door, RMB90 for both days. Food from RMB30, beverages from RMB35-55.
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