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We’ve been digitally welcomed inside Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen for years, gleaning cooking advice from beloved editors and world-renowned chefs alike on how to properly dress a holiday turkey, the best after-work cocktail and the right amount of salt you should be adding to your pasta water (hint: a lot). Now, the doors of the Test Kitchen will be open to the public for the first time ever.
On November 14th, Bon Appétit is inviting fellow foodies, chefs and those who still have those “bone apple tea” hats to their New York headquarters for Bon Appétit LIVE. Located on the 35th floor of the One World Trade Center, the iconic Test Kitchen will be open for a full afternoon of cook-alongs, panels and, most importantly, food. Several chefs will be taking over the kitchen, with a pasta boot camp courtesy of chef Stefano Secchi of Rezdôra and Massara and a cooking demo led by Matt Conroy of Washington, D.C.’s Maison Bar à Vins. Bon Appétit staff will be part of the mix, as Editor-in-Chief Jamila Robinson will moderate a conversation about bringing culture to the kitchen with chefs Fariyal Abdullahi, Nicholas Bazik and Aisha Ibrahima, while Bon Appétit editor, Carly Westerfield, will host a lobster cooking 101 session alongside lobster captain Krista Tripp.
Pop-up experiences include a line-up of Q&As with chef and TV personality Amanda Freitag, Marcus Samuelsson and North America’s best pastry chef Eunji Lee of Lysée (sweets included!). Snacks, drinks and lunch will be folded into the afternoon as well as interactive experiences that include a 10-foot cake decorated by culinary artist Thu Buser (which hopefully includes cake afterwards). And for the OG fans who can't get enough, there will be exclusive tours of the Test Kitchen itself led by the Bon Appétit team. Each ticket holder will go home with a custom gift bag packed with our editors’ favorite merch, snacks and goodies.
Bon Appétit LIVE will be held on November 14 from 10am to 3:30pm. Tickets are priced at $135. Keep in mind, your ticket only includes access to one event, be it a cooking demo, cooking class or panel, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Interactive experiences such as meet-and-greets and pop-up experiences are included. Check out the full line-up of experiences and to buy your tickets here.