This year's South Beach Wine and Food Festival honored chef Daniel Boulud at its tribute dinner at the Loew's hotel.
Super chef Daniel Boulud has won numerous prestigious awards and accolades including Food & Wine’s Best New Chef Award in 1988, the James Beard Award for Best Chef of New York City in 1992, the James Beard Foundation’s “Outstanding Chef of the Year” in 1994 and “Outstanding Restaurateur” in 2006.
A spectacular dinner prepared by some of the top culinary stars including Paul Bartolotta, BARTOLOTTA Ristorante Di Mare (Las Vegas, NV), Michael Laiskonis, Le Bernardin (New York, NY) Nobu Matsuhisa, Nobu, Gordon Maybury, Loews Miami Beach (South Beach, FL), Eric Ripert, Le Bernardin (New York, NY), and Claude Troisgros, Blue Door at Delano (South Beach, FL).
The evening was hosted by Top Chef's Gail Simmons and also in attendance French ambassador to the United States, Pierre Vimont.