The Socialite

The James Beard Foundation is hosting its fifth annual Taste America Tour, making stops in nine other cities around the country between September and November. The SF event is Friday October 27th at the Fairmont San Francisco, with a one-of-a-kind benefit dinner prepared by visiting All-Star Chef and James Beard…

Sunday October 15th is CUESA’s Sunday Supper: A Farm to City Feast, one of their top events of the year. Join 35 of the Bay Area’s best chefs, plus winemakers, bartenders, and sustainable farmers in the historic Ferry Building for an elegant reception and four-course feast showcasing peak-season…

Happy Birthday to ~FOREIGN CINEMA~, celebrating their 18th anniversary (!) this Thursday September 28th, and of course it’s going to be one of their legendary parties! This year, it’s a Venetian Carnevale-themed bash, with burlesque shows, Venetian piazza-inspired bites, wine and cocktails, and performances from Heklina and Mother, plus…

From September 26th to October 1st, top San Francisco chefs and restaurants are going to be hosting some fantastic international talent for a series of high-end tasting menu dinners, plus there’s a nightclub-style food event at Fort Mason on September 30th. Tastemaker Collective has paired Dominique Crenn, Chad Robertson,…

Luckyrice, the Asian food festival that tours around the country, is back in SF on Friday September 8th. This year they are doing something a little different, making SF the first-ever, plant-based feast (although there will be a few vendors using fish and/or dairy in their dishes). The city’…

Escape Fogust and head on up to Charles Krug Winery in Napa Valley on Sunday August 27th for Heritage Fire by Cochon555, an afternoon and evening of live-fire animal cookery, artisan cheeses, charcuterie, wine, cocktails, microbrews, and more. There is quite the lineup of chefs and butchers, more than 50…

You got your fat pants ready? Okay, good, because Eat Drink SF is coming up, and you’re going to have some serious eating and drinking to enjoy. Very serious! Like four Grand Tasting sessions and the Taco Knockdown, which kicks it all off on Thursday August 24th, when a…

One of the city’s most effective organizations working with our homeless population is Episcopal Community Services, and one of their best programs is CHEFS (Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Services), which many of you have heard me talk about. It’s a five-month culinary training program that provides…

My inbox is overflowing with Passover and Easter happenings (matzo balls and bunnies, oh my!), so I need to tear through this quickly. Here are some highlights below! (Note: if you want your Passover or Easter event/offering listed in next week’s tablehopper, get in touch for details about…

One of the top culinary events is happening in San Francisco this week: No Kid Hungry is presenting the 10th annual Taste of the Nation event this Thursday March 23rd. Our top chefs and restaurants will be joining together in this event to raise awareness and financial support for hungry…