The Eater Young Guns Summit

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Food Court

Marketplace

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Young Guns

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^{You must be 21+ to attend this event. Please drink responsibly.}

Your $60 ticket includes:

•Main Stage panels and talks with notable food-world talents

•Breakout sessions including hands-on classes, workshops, and lightning talks (spots are first come, first served)

•Food served from 15+ restaurant vendors throughout the day, including snacks, tastings, and boxed lunches

•The Eater Marketplace, with kitchenware, pantry items, and more available for purchase

• Complimentary GREY GOOSE cocktails and beverages

•Special musical performances

•Cocktail hour on the rooftop

10:30am

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7:00pm

Brooklyn, NY

N. 13th Street between Kent and Wythe Ave

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The Eater Young Guns Summit is a one-day event focused on driving the conversation around the future of restaurant culture. Featuring trailblazing young talent and established players of the food and drink world, the summit will have panels, intimate breakout discussions, hands-on workshops, chef demos and tastings, and more.

All daytime programming (10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.) will take place on the 8th floor.

Cocktail hour (5:30 - 7:00 p.m.) will take place on the rooftop.

Breakfast

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Eater Food Court / Lightlife Food Truck

Breakfast bites from Meme's Diner, Kopitiam, Pies 'N' Thighs, King David Tacos, Benne on Eagle, and Breads Bakery.

Opening Ceremony & Keynote with Marcus Samuelsson

10:45 - 11:30 a.m.

Eater Main Stage

Chef Marcus Samuelsson, host of Eater’s PBS show

No Passport Required, on the industry’s bright future. The BK Steppers will kick off the day with a performance, and we'll honor all of our 2019 Young Gun winners on stage.

speakers

Amanda Kludt

(Eater Editor in Chief)

Marcus Samuelsson

2019 Eater Young Guns

Goodbye Food World,

Hello City Hall

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Eater Main Stage

How can you make a difference in the restaurant world? Activists Julia Turshen and Shakirah Simley, both known for their work around restaurants and the resistance, talk through political impact, social justice, community and more with moderator Meghan McCarron.

speakers

Meghan McCarron

(Moderator)

Shakirah Simley

Julia Turshen

Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Eater Food Court / Lightlife Food Truck

Grab a boxed lunch from Win Son or Junzi Kitchen in the Eater Food Court or head outside to the food truck for a LightLife burger.

The Truth Behind Cookbooks

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

Eater Main Stage

Authors Alison Roman and Von Diaz discuss how to become your own boss, making a name for yourself in the saturated cookbook world, and the way viral food and social media change cooking and recipes.

speakers

Sonia Chopra (Moderator)

Alison Roman

Von Diaz

Making Money Moves: Fundraising from Kickstarter to VC

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Eater Young Guns Stage

Two co-founders of wildly different companies dig into the real money questions — how to ask for it, how to be smart about using it — and offer actionable takeaways.

speakers

Hillary Dixler Canavan (Moderator)

Sierra Tishgart

Maya Lovelace

Losing to Win:

Learning from Failure

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Eater Main Stage

Inspiring lightning talks from culinary luminaries on resilience, learning from failure, overcoming adversity, and finding inspiration.

speakers

Mike Solomonov

Steve Cook

Preeti Mistry

Reem Assil

Afternoon Dessert

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Eater Food Court

Grab sweet treats from Tiny Lou's, Petee's Pies,

Bon Bon, Mah Ze Dahr, Ovenly, and Maman.

Does Paying Dues Matter?

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Eater Young Guns Stage

Join three chefs at different points in their careers as they tackle a hot topic that spans beyond the world of restaurants: What does it mean to "pay your dues"? The panelists dig into the value of experience — like attending culinary school or working up the kitchen hierarchy — plus the role pop culture now plays in establishing authority, and who gets to be a breakout star.

speakers

Serena Dai (Moderator)

Nina Compton

Levi Raines

Francesca Chaney

The Change the Restaurant Industry Needs

3:45 - 4:30 p.m.

Eater Main Stage

Gamechangers Martha Hoover (Patachou) and Devita Davison (Food Lab Detroit) work tirelessly to build a more sustainable, more inclusive, and healthier future for the food and restaurant industry. We'll dig in to what the next generation needs to do to continue their efforts.

speakers

Osayi Endolyn

(Moderator)

Martha Hoover

Devita Davison

How to Eat Well and Save the Planet, Too

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Eater Young Guns Stage

Is there really anything we can do to save the planet? Two experts in sustainability discuss how we're fucking up the world and what real steps we — at home, in restaurants, and at large — can take to help make it better.

speakers

Meghan McCarron (Moderator)

Ethan Frisch

Taylor Lanzet

Entertaining, Unhinged with Amy Sedaris and

Amanda Kludt

4:45 - 5:30 p.m.

Eater Main Stage

A conversation about food TV, entertaining, and surreal comedy with Amy Sedaris and Amanda Kludt.

speakers

Amanda Kludt

Amy Sedaris

Cocktail Hour on the Rooftop

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Rooftop

Drinks by GREY GOOSE and bites by Eater.

GREY GOOSE Café

Open all day (10:30 am - 5:30 p.m.)

GREY GOOSE Café

Sit back, relax, and take in the Manhattan skyline as you craft your own DIY GREY GOOSE cocktail inspired by 2018 Eater Young Gun Chelsea Gregoire.

The Cool Corner by OpenTable

Open all day (10:30 am - 5:30 p.m.)

Live muralist Timothy Goodman (12:30 - 4:30 p.m.)

Unwind with your fellow food lovers in The Cool Corner. Mix, mingle, and stay cool with one of our signature cocktails—a refreshing Kelvin Slush Greyhound or Pina Colada made with GREY GOOSE. Don’t forget to check out the live mural painting by Timothy Goodman inspired by the Eater Young Gun Class of 2019.

All programming is subject to change.

Hands-on classes and tastings led by 2019 Young Guns

All workshops will take place at the Eater Young Guns Stage

11:30 a.m.

Chocolate Tasting + Donut Glazing

Annie Kamin (Dandelion Chocolate, San Francisco) will talk her way — while you taste — through Dandelion Chocolate’s single origin bars. Then, glaze and decorate your own doughnuts with Zoe Kanan (Freehand, New York).

1:30 p.m.

Pork Butchery Demo
Join us for a craft pork butchery demo with Jason Chow (Wurst) alongside Ben Turley and Brent Young (from The Meat Hook) who will take us through anatomy, primal cuts, and cooking tips.

4:45 p.m.

What the Funk?

Wine Tasting

Have you been chasing some flavors you can only describe as ‘funky?’ Would you like more words to work with? Kae Whalen (Kismet,

Los Angeles) will lead us through a curated line-up of natural, small production wines to find the answer.

Workshop spots are limited. First come, first served.