Located at Pier 57 inside the Market 57 food hall in Manhattan, Platform by the James Beard Foundation is a state-of-the-art show kitchen, event, and educational space dedicated to outstanding culinary arts programming, bringing the Foundation’s Good Food for Good® mission to life.
Photo: Clay Williams
Featuring guest chefs and culinary participants, the show kitchen hosts pioneers of the food and beverage industry—James Beard Award winners, nominees, and semifinalists—as well as incredible emerging talent curated from the James Beard Foundation’s community. Experience the best of American food culture and the people behind it through our classes, demos, panels, dinners, and more!
Questions? Check out our Platform FAQ page or contact platformbyjbf@jamesbeard.org.
Featured Platform Events
Tue, Sep 30
Collab Dinner: ChòpnBlọk and Graft Wine Shop
Presented by Capital One
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Mon, Oct 6
Cocktail Class: The Art of The Brine with Raines Law Room and Dear Irving
Sat, Oct 11
Dinner: The Friulian Cuisine of Frasca Food and Wine
Presented by Capital One
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Collab Dinner: A Taste of SoCal Cuisine
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Wed, Oct 8
Dinner: The Friulian Cuisine of Frasca Food and Wine
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Sat, Oct 11
Dinner: The Season for Seafood with Chef Brian Lewis
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Wed, Oct 22
Collab Dinner: A Diwali Party with Chefs Chetan Shetty, Salil Mehta, and Aarthi Sampath
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Sat, Oct 25
Books and Bites: Memories of Cake with Dorie Greenspan and Emily Weinstein
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Tue, Oct 28
Dinner: A Hyper-Seasonal Midwestern Harvest Dinner with 2025 James Beard Award Winner® Karyn Tomlinson
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Thu, Oct 30
Dinner: North Fork Catch: A Sensational Seafood Dinner
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Wed, Nov 5
Dinner: Flavors of the Caribbean
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Wed, Nov 12
Dinner: An Evening in Portugal: At the Table with Lita’s Chef David Viana
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Thu, Nov 13
Dinner: A Night with the Restaurateur behind Tribeca Grill, Nobu, and Montrachet
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Fri, Nov 14
Dinner: Kultura x Naks: The Ultimate Filipino Feast
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Tue, Nov 18
Dinner: Tristen Epps-Long x Osei “Picky” Blackett: A Trinidadian Dinner
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Wed, Nov 19
Dinner: Kalaya and Friends: A Thai Friendsgiving Dinner
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Thu, Nov 20
Dinner: A Decadent Truffle Feast with James Beard Award Winner® Chef Paul Bartolotta
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Thu, Dec 4
Collab Dinner: The Art of Pasta with Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Chef Amy Brandwein
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Tue, Dec 16
Collab Dinner: A Winter Solstice Celebration Featuring Chef Nasim Alikhani with Nilou Motamed
Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10011
Wed, Dec 17
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