Tasting Collective

The Food Lover's Community.
We’re on a mission to create a different, more meaningful way to experience top independent restaurants.

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Another snap from our first-ever #Vegas event last week at Valencian Gold with Chef/Owner Jeff Weiss... Oh, what a night!
Here's Course #3 being plated: Chargrilled Salmon with caviar sabayón and bloomsdale spinach.

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Taken at our FIRST Vegas Event earlier this week with Valencian Gold! Huge thanks to @chefjeffweiss for putting on an incredible show. The bar is set very high! 🙏 🙌 👏

Here's Course #5: Wood-Roasted Strawberry Shortcake with buttermilk poundcake and whipped goat's milk crema.

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Taken at our Contemporary Indian Tasting Event @pondicheri in #Houston last month with the incomparable Chef/Owner Anita Jaisinghani. Here she is plating Course #3: Tandoori Chicken Chaat with baby romaine, mint, black garbanzos, cilantro, and lentil dumplings in yogurt sauce.

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Throwback to our latest event series at @chikofrc with Chef @scottdrewno. We had a blast and, as evident in this photo, so did he!

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We've decided to entirely halt operations nationwide. At a time like this, the health and safety of our community has to come first, and we feel it's no longer safe at the moment to be hosting our events. Stay safe, stay healthy, and we'll hopefully see you at an event soon-ish!

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Who doesn't crave a nice plate of spaghetti once in a while? Especially if it's this Spaghetti Alla Chitarra with bonito, blue crab tomato butter, and lobster bottarga from our very first Philadelphia event series at Will BYOB (miss you guys!!! 😭)

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#comingsoon we've got events coming up in 8 chapters next week – CLT's Angeline's, DC's Laos in Town, DEN's @dairyblock, NASH's Little Fib, SF's Popoca, SEA's Hannyatou, CHI's Perilla, & NYC's Van Da. Busy week!

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#fbf Thinking about comfort foods today, so just had to shout out to Chicago's @splitrailchi and this delectable Cheshire Pork Chop with sweet corn cake and salsa verde from our New Americana Dinner Event. Too corny to say "serious chops"? Nah, just corny enough 😉

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#comingsoon we're hosting events in Houston, Philadelphia, and Seattle next week – check out the deets below:
Houston - Mastrantos 3/9 & 3/10
Philadelphia - @bingbingdimsum 3/9 & 3/10
Seattle - Hannyatou 3/10 & 3/11

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Always fun to get a sense of scale when chefs plate our events. Here's Chef Vince Giancarlo from Charlotte's @zeppelinclt composing a sea of Hand Pressed Blue Corn Tacos with chorizo terrine, pork poached crispy potatoes, & avocado mousse for our recent event series!

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#tbt Chef Opie Crooks totally in the zone here, plating final touches on his Ember-Roasted Winter Vegetables with campfire cream and puff pastry from our recent event series at @ARakesDC. One of the top rated dishes of the series!

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Plastic spoons have never looked so good! Warm Rose Tapioca Pudding and Chocolate Sev Mithai, taken at our inaugural Houston event at @pondicheri #foodart

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#comingsoon we've got events in 8 TC Chapters next week – check out the deets below:
ATX - @BuenosAiresCafe 3/3
CLT - Heirloom 3/1& 3/2
CHI - Superkhana International 3/2
DEN - @OTOTODen 3/3
LA - Kensho 3/1
NY - @LongshoremanBK 3/1
SF - @DOSASF 3/2
DC - @prathersdc 3/2 & 3/3

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#commentoftheweek Just a sample of the rave reviews written about Chef Opie Crooks' Lobster Toast from our Modern Mid-Atlantic Dinner Series at A Rake's Progress. Bravo chef!

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#tbt Throwing back today to our event at Chicago's Gadabout, where Chef & Co-Owner Rolf Pedersen positively ROCKED the Q&A during dessert. Great stage presence!

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#comingsoon we're hosting events in Charlotte, Houston, Nashville, Seattle and Washington DC next week. Check out the deets below:
CLT - @zeppelinclt 2/27
DC - @ARakesDC 2/24
HOU - @pondicheri 2/24
NASH - @chaatable 2/25
SEA - L'Oursin 2/27

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Get ready, Houston! We're positively ecstatic to be launching our 12th TC chapter in Space City, since dining scene here is absolutely out of this world! Major thank you to @culturemap for covering our expansion!

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#commentoftheweek "takes bite... eyes roll back in head" 🤣 Yes, those Farmhouse Cheese Blintzes are just that good! Taken from this week's event series at Seattle's Marmite.

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#comingsoon we're hosting events in 8 cities next week– check 'em out below:
ATX - Provision 2/17
CLT - Zeppelin 2/20
CHI - Pisolino 2/18
DEN - Super Mega Bien 2/17 & 2/18
NY - L'Accolade 2/17
PHL - @rivertwicephl 2/18
SF - @bardo_oakland 2/17
DC - A Rake's Progress 2/17 & 2/18