A year after closing his three-Michelin-starred Manresa, celebrated chef David Kinch is returning to the Los Gatos restaurant and welcoming some of the world’s best chefs to join him for three-week residencies.
Those stints will feature lavish dinners three weeks of the month that will be open to a limited number of diners.
This venture, Ritual at Manresa, is a new company whose website trumpets “the legacy continues.” The 2024 lineup was announced Thursday by founders Juan and Luis Caviglia and Kinch, the culinary ambassador, and it features chefs from Asia, South America, Europe and the United States.
The aim? In announcing the news, Kinch called Ritual at Manresa “a creative playground for top culinary talent to innovate and create right here in Los Gatos.”
The Caviglia brothers, software entrepreneurs from Palo Alto, have been part of the culinary scene since 2021, when they starting bringing chefs from around the world to California to create dinners in private homes, in essence pairing up innovators with people passionate about food.
The monthly Ritual lineup has already been set:
January: Aponiente, Chef Ángel León (Spain, 3 Michelin Stars)
March: Atomix, Chef Junghyun Park (New York, 2 Michelin Stars; World’s Best Top 10)
April: D.O.M. Chef Alex Atala (São Paulo, 2 Michelin Stars)
May: The Clove Club, Chef Isaac McHale (London, 2 Michelin Stars)
June: Odette, Chef Julien Royer (Singapore, 3 Michelin Stars)
July: Ikoyi, Chef Jeremy Chan (London, 2 Michelin Stars)
August: The Jane Antwerp, Chef Nick Bril (Antwerp, 2 Michelin Stars)
September: Lasarte, Chef Paolo Casagrande (Japan, 3 Michelin Stars)
November: Chef Paul Liebrandt (New York, Chef of Previous Michelin Starred Restaurants)
December: Château de la Chèvre D’Or, Chef Arnaud Faye (Paris, 2 Michelin Stars)
Details: www.ritualatmanresa.com
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