Haute Living Celebrates Las Vegas Food & Wine’s Chef Of The Year, Todd English

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October 6 was an evening full of love in Las Vegas, as Haute Living came to Sin City to celebrate Las Vegas Food & Wine’s ‘Chef of the Year’ and Haute Living Las Vegas‘ recent cover star, chef Todd English. 

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The intimate dinner was held at English’s signature eatery, Olives, at the Virgin Hotel.

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The family-style meal saw several of English’s fan favorites hit the tables, including beef carpaccio, truffled arancini, salmon crudo with green apple and fennel; second courses of lobster ravioli with brown butter, saffron potato and mushroom agnolotti with lemon crème fraiche and black truffle; third courses of hanger steak, Chicken Milanese, and a tableside polenta rabbit blanqette with mushroom ragu and Sunday gravy;  and desserts including the OMG chocolate cake and panna cotta.

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Chef has had a special cocktail created for the evening, “The English” — vodka, passion fruit and raspberry purees, topped with champagne.

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There was also free-flowing Telmont champagne, which guests including Blake Wynn and Hayes Pullard of Enclave & Key, Anthony Carideo of Remy Cointreau, Haute Media Group Editor-in-Chief Laura Schreffler, and Senior Vice President April Doneslon toasted the guest of honor with.

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English and Wynn in particular had a moment, as it was Blake’s uncle, Steve, that first brought English to Las Vegas — his first Olives restaurant opened at The Bellagio. Everything comes full circle.

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But back to love. The evening was certainly full of it, especially when South African artist Jonathan Schultz presented English with a 24K gold heart. It was a special evening, full of hearts, friendship, incredible champagne, and amazing food.

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