Cork & Craft’s 5 Year Anniversary OG Chef Collaboration Dinner With Firestone Walker

Celebrate 5 years of The Cork and Craft! They are bringing back some of the OG Chefs that helped make them who they are today. They also invited their friends at Firestone Walker to collaborate with them since they were the first brewery in the Abnormal Dinner Series.

The dinner will be featuring a 7-course tasting menu paired with Firestone Walker and Abnormal Beers with a few surprises along the way.

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Guest Chefs

Mike Arquines | The LAB Dining Sessions/Mostra Coffee
Phillip Esteban | WellFed
Tony Guan | Executive Chef, Underbelly
Michael McKee | Former Cork & Craft Pastry Chef
Aric Ianni | Chef, Juniper Table

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The Menu

Smoked Trout Dip | Tony Guan
avocado | tomato salsa | sauce ravigote | potato chips
Abnormal Beer Co. | Tiki Life for Me

Maced Stracciatella | Aric Ianni
mugolio pine syrup | dukkah almond butter | coachella dates | sourdough
Firestone Walker | DBA

Uni & Chicken Liver Mousse | Scott Cannon
squid ink foccacia | chicken skin | sea beans
Abnormal Beer Co. | Boss Pour

Scallop & Prawn ‘Sausage’ | Mike Arquines
Shiso | stone fruit sauce nantua | yuzu koshu cremates | black sesame
Firestone Walker | Peachy Bones

Pork Loin | Scott Cannon
celery | hazelnut | white chocolate demi glace
Abnormal/Firestone | Situation

Duck | Phillip Esteban
sunchokes | grapes | sorrel | vanilla
Firestone Walker | XXII Anniversary Ale

Peaches ’n Cream | Michael McKee
apricot | almond | pistachio | vanilla | cinnamon
Abnormal Beer Co. | Secret Safari

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See you there!

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