Hosted and interviewed since 2011 by Florence Fabricant, food and wine writer for The New York Times.

Past Chefs interviewed on our stage for Stirring the Pot include Ina Garten, Bobby Flay, Eric Ripert, Marcus Samuelson, Amanda Hesser, Laurent Tourondel, Lidia Bastianich, Thomas Keller, Melissa Clark, Anthony Bourdain, Martha Stewart, Daniel Boulud, Dr. Oz and Lisa Oz, Dominique Ansel, Geoffrey Zakarian, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Danny Meyer, Wolfgang Puck, Daniel Humm, Jacques Pepin, Andrew Zimmern, Michael Symon, Sam Sifton, Masaharu Morimoto, David Bouley, Carla Hall, Tim and Nina Zagat, Tom Colicchio, Alex Guarnaschelli, and Katie Lee.

Join Florence and the day’s guest chef for a complimentary Continental Breakfast at 10am prior to each talk.

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Program Sponsors

All Education Programming supported by The Patti Kenner Arts Education Fellowship, with additional funding by an anonymous donor, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.

All Theater Programming is supported in part by Ellen Myers, Marders, the Daryl & Steven Roth Foundation, and funding from The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Hess Philanthropic Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, The Schaffner Family Foundation, and Vital Projects Fund, with additional support from Brown Harris Stevens, Saunders & Associates, and public funds provided by Suffolk County.

Lead Sponsors: Ciuffo Cabinetry and Citarella
Additional support provided in part by Sub-Zero, Rotari, Splash Mixers, and Sotheby’s International Realty
Media Sponsor: Hamptons Magazine