JUNE 19, 7:00 P.M. Dinner: A Juneteenth Jubilee with Chef Dawn Burrell

Commemorate Juneteenth with a multi-course dinner with Top Chef’s Dawn Burrell

25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA

Join 2020 James Beard Award semifinalist chef and Top Chef  alum Dawn Burrell for a dinner commemorating June 19, the day Texans were informed that enslaved people were finally free. Based in Houston, Texas, chef Burrell will share her culinary manifestation of the federal holiday with this symbolic, multi-course dinner—an expression of what freedom is about.

Menu and wines coming soon!

About Dawn Burrell:

Traveling the world with the USA’s Track & Field team ignited chef Dawn Burrell’s deep love for the language of food. The 2000 Olympian eventually traded in her track spikes for a full-time culinary career, cutting her teeth with everyone from chef Tom Aikens in London to Houston’s Monica Pope before landing a gig with Uchi Houston and then its award-winning sister restaurant Uchiko in Austin. An executive chef title at modern Southern restaurant Kulture followed, where she honed her signature “global comfort” cooking style. Following three years at the helm of Kulture, Chef Dawn snagged her first James Beard nomination for “Best Chef: Texas” in 2020 before her eventual departure.

Chef Dawn prevailed on Season 18 of Top Chef as a series finalist, and most recently she returned to the Bravo Top Chef kitchen for the award-winning show’s All-Star season set in London. Burrell has since joined Lucille’s Hospitality Group, where she will serve as Chef-Partner of their forthcoming restaurant Late August, while also working to advance the group’s nonprofit, Lucille’s 1913. Burrell also serves on the board of I’ll Have What She’s Having, a women-led nonprofit raising community awareness and funds in support of better health and healthcare in the food and beverage industry.

Tickets to events held at Platform at Pier 57 by the James Beard Foundation cover the cost of food, education and a unique dining experience. Meals are prepared by culinary masters from all regions of the United States and around the world. Unless otherwise stated, alcoholic beverages are provided on a complimentary basis and are not included in the ticket price.

James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served.

Event Policy

Alcohol Disclaimer:

James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served. Tickets to events held at Platform at Pier 57 by the James Beard Foundation cover the cost of food, education and a unique dining experience. Meals are prepared by culinary masters from all regions of the United States and around the world. Unless otherwise stated, alcoholic beverages are provided on a complimentary basis and are not included in the ticket price. 

Dietary/Food Restrictions Policy:

Events at Platform by JBF are special one-night-only menus and we do not offer a la carte menus. If you have serious food allergies, we will work with the visiting chef team to do our best to accommodate but cannot guarantee that alternate options will be available for every course.