14th annual Plate by Plate tasting benefit brings together over 40 culinary geniuses

LOS ANGELES — Project by Project has announced premier restaurants and beverage purveyors for the 14^th Annual Plate by Plate Tasting Benefit. The non-profit’s signature event brings together over 40 culinary geniuses from the finest restaurants and beverage purveyors and pairs them with over 500 epicureans from all across Southern California. The dinner event will take place Saturday, August, 6 at the Wallis Annenberg Building at the California Science Center located at Exposition Park, Los Angeles.
In addition, Project by Project has partnered with Scratch Bar and Barrel and Ashes to host an exclusive VIP restaurant tasting menu as well as Baldoria to mix up libations for the VIPs. In the VIP area last year, Chef Steve Samson from Sotto served a three-course seafood-centric tasting, with albacore conserva, big eye tuna crudo, and a scallop crudo. While Chef Walter Manzke of République featured an exquisite four-course tasting, with oyster shooter and cocktail, corn soup, pork belly with caviar, and crème caramel with shaved truffles. Tickets are on sale now.
Additional highlights of the event include:
• Unlimited (all you can eat) tasting dishes from 30+ of the top premier restaurants in the Southern California culinary area, including Bestia, Faith & Flower, Kazunori, Patina, Picca, Quenelle, and République
• Unlimited (all you can drink) beverages from 15+ of the most unique beverage purveyors including Kawaba, Original Ginger Brew, Silk Road, Pacific International Liquor, Inc, Asahi, Laguintas Brewing, and Koval.
“Every year, we bring together over 700 epicureans to fully experience the unparalleled access to unlimited food tasting of highly-rated restaurants”, says Kevin Hsu, two-time Plate by Plate attendee. The Annual Food Tasting Benefit is an opportunity to discover the latest in food and beverage trends in one of the most incredible settings in all of Los Angeles.
Tickets for the Annual Food Tasting Benefit in Los Angeles are $150 for general admission and $250 for VIP access. Early bird ticket sales for discounted prices are available while supplies last. Proceeds from the Plate by Plate Annual Tasting Benefit support our beneficiary Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT).
2016 Annual Food Tasting Benefit in Los Angeles sponsors to date include: Southern California Gas, Comerica Bank, and KPMG, LLP.
Project by Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in New York City in 1998 by a group of young Asian American professionals. Comprised of a team with backgrounds across finance, consulting, technology, media, entertainment and law, PbP’s founding team felt it could do more to empower the Asian American community. They established an organization with the mindset of volunteering, increasing awareness and fundraising for fellow organizations within the Asian American community. Building upon those principles and looking to empower our community, PbP created an innovative platform by which our members exercise leadership skills through direct work and engagement with our partner non-profit organization. Expanding from its New York roots, PbP welcomed its Los Angeles chapter in 2001, and San Francisco chapter in 2009.