New Orleans Chef Justin Devillier's Blue Crab Beignets and NYC Dining Favorites

Gotham Magazine

Gotham Magazine

Mon, May 16, 2016

New Orleans–based chef Justin Devillier is in New …

New Orleans–based chef Justin Devillier is in New York for today's Beard House dinner to celebrate the 12th anniversary of La Petite Grocery and to introduce his favorite menu items—think: turtle Bolognese and blue crab beignets—to the Big Apple. We caught up with the four-time Beard Award nominee for Best Chef: South to discover his go-to New York City eats, one of the recipes that he'll serve tonight, and why he thinks we should keep an eye out for chef Nick Anderer.

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What is your favorite place to eat in New York and what do you order there?

Justin Devillier: Ichimura at Brushstroke—order the omakase!

In your opinion, who is a rising-star chef to watch in New York?
JD: Nick Anderer of Marta and Maialino.

If you could have dinner with any New York chef, dead or alive, who would it be?
JD: Eric Ripert.

What New York City neighborhood do you think has the best food scene?
JD: I’m not a New Yorker so I don’t have the authority to say!

What are you most looking forward to about the James Beard Foundation event?
JD: Bringing our La Petite Grocery favorites to New York City.

Can you share one of your signature recipes with us?
JD: Blue crab beignets (pictured above).

What kind of food does New York need more of?
JD: Vietnamese!

Get the recipe for Justin Devillier's Blue Crab Beignets​.

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This interview was originally published on gotham-magazine.com.