We are speaking on hallowed ground.
I’m at a table on an elevated platform at the James Beard House, the New York City landmark that is considered sacred in the world of food and culinary arts: the West Village house where the renowned chef, now the namesake of cooking’s most prestigious awards, once lived and is now a venue for posh dinners prepared by the best chefs in the world.
The judges of Top Chefare with me—Kristen Kish, Gail Simmons, and Tom Colicchio—as is the spirit of James Beard himself. We joke that we’re in some cozy, secluded mafia corner on this platform. But the real lore is that this was Beard’s bedroom, and he would sleep there with his feet sticking out the window. That’s how neighbors and visitors knew he was home.
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