MLS San Jose Earthquakes

PayPal Park to Host Field to Table Dining Series

Published on August 29, 2022 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
San Jose Earthquakes News Release


SAN JOSE, Calif. - PayPal Park, home of the San Jose Earthquakes, will host Field to Table , an award-winning dining series from Oct. 15-30. Field to Table will feature a culinary roster of over a dozen acclaimed Bay Area chefs who will serve a curated four-course dinner on the pitch at PayPal Park. The dining series is the first of its kind to be held on professional sports fields.

An exclusive presale for Earthquakes Season Ticket Holders will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. PT before tickets are made available to the general public on Friday, Sept. 9 at 12 p.m. PT. Tickets can be purchased here .

The dinner series will kick off on October 15 and run select dates through October 30. Event producer, SE Productions, works alongside each chef to curate an exclusive menu of inventive seasonal dishes. The chef and menu changes with each night and guests will have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to dine on the pitch.

Field To Table will host a commendable lineup of chef talent from the Bay Area this October including:

Reem Assil - Reem's California

James Beard Foundation Award 'Outstanding Chef' Finalist 2022

James Beard Foundation Award 'Best Chef: West' Semifinalist 2018, 2019

Alexander Hong - Sorrel

In 2019 and 2021, the Michelin Guide of California awarded Sorrel one star

James Beard Foundation Award 'Rising Chef of the Year' Semi-finalist, 2019

Nite Yun - Nyum Bai

Bon Appetit's "Hot 10" list of best new restaurants in 2018

Eater's "Breakout Star of the Year" 2018

Times 100 Most Influential Person, Food and Wine Best New Chef 2019

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts 2019

Nelson German - alaMar Kitchen & Bar, Sobre Mesa

Bravo TV 'Top Chef' Contestant Season 18

Plate Magazine's '2020 Chefs to Watch'

East Bay Express 'Best Chef' 2022

Monique and Paul Feybesse - Tarts de Feybesse

Monique - Top Chef, Season 19

Paul - San Pellegrino Best Young Chef in France 2015

Tarts de Feybesse - SF Chronicle Top 25 Bakeries in the Bay Area

Starchefs Rising Stars, Nominee

Crystal Wahpepah - Wahpepah's Kitchen

2022 James Beard Award Foundation Emerging Chef Finalist

Indigenous Artist Activist Award Recipient

Food Network's Chopped Contestant

Byron Hughes - Last Supper Society

Executive Chef at Tiger

Jessica Yarr - Chicken Foot, The Brunch Shift

Assembly, Penny Ice Creamery, and Gabriella Café.

Santa Cruz Weekly's Best Pastry Chef

One of six Good Times' Santa Cruz Culinary Masterminds Under 36

Manish Tyagi - Aurum

Season 16 of winner of Beat Bobby Flay

Executive Chef at 5 Star Hotel Group in India

Robert Hernandez - former Chef at Octavia Restaurant

Contestant on Top Chef Season 19

Starchefs Rising Stars 2019

Gonzalo Guzman - Nopalito

Nopalito - San Francisco Chronicles 'Top 100'

Nopalito - James Beard Foundation Award for Best International Cookbook Winner 2018

*Chef lineup subject to change

Bay Area chefs will join a talented alumni roster including Chef Kristi Brown of Communion Restaurant and Bar, which was named one of the top 12 best new restaurants in the world by Conde Nast Traveler.

"Working with SE Productions is to work with consummate professionals who care for their customers, chef talent, as well as their employees in the spirit of excellence. They have been attentive and reliable through the entire planning process. Their events are ridiculously innovative, thinking of every detail! And in this industry, having a reliable business partner during this time is no small feat!" says Kristi who also earned a spot as a James Beard Foundation Award Semi-Finalist in 2021.




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