Vitaly Paley is a highly acclaimed chef, a James Beard Foundation Award recipient, and an Iron Chef America winner. He is also a cookbook author and has been a significant figure in the Portland culinary scene for...
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My family went to the Chef’s Table for my birthday, and the experience was extremely disappointing. We were seated at a table with about 24 people, and it appeared that roughly half of the table were paying customers while the other half were friends of the chef. Throughout the meal, the chef and his wife seemed to focus almost entirely on their friends while largely ignoring the actual paying customers. It honestly felt like we had paid for the chef to host a private party for his friends at our expense.
Every course came out cold or room temperature. From what I could see, plates were lined up in the kitchen without any heat lamps, while the freshly plated dishes were consistently served to the chef’s friends first. For a special birthday dinner, this was unacceptable and not the experience we expected. I was very disappointed, and I would not return.
Chefsandtable never disappoints. I continue to be wowed with each experience.
Chef Connor and Kristen put together an oyster shucking class. It surpassed my expectations.
A once in a lifetime experience shucking and eating Taylor Shellfish Farms. Oysters, with chef paired accompaniments. Baked pacific oysters with pineapple kimchi sauce? Yes please! Best way to eat out in Kona, hands down.:
We attended Chef Paley’s cheese tasting. It was the second of two featured presentations, this being global soft cheeses.
It was wonderful! Chef presented a wealth of knowledge along with the diverse varieties of cheeses. It was a veritable culinary adventure full of surprises. We’re waiting for the next tasting!
This was a amazing experience for having oysters for lunch Im not a big fan on them but Chef Conner And Kristin put on one of the best displays of a class how to chuck open Oysters it was the best and freshest tasting Oysters that i ever had in my life kimchi pineapple sauce baked over pacific oysters pineapple kimchi Sauce was amazing
