Harlem Soiree Chez Alexander Smalls

Dinner for 12 or Party for 22, Your Choice

Alexander Smalls, James-Beard-Award-winning chef, author, restaurateur, and raconteur extraordinaire invites you into his splendid home in Harlem for a glorious evening of food, fellowship and music.

Choose between a seated dinner for 11 with Alexander as your host or kick up your heels at a buffet party for 22.

Smalls was the visionary co-owner of Harlem's renowned The Cecil and Minton's restaurants. The Cecil, named Esquire's Best New Restaurant in America, was NYC's first Afro-Asian-American restaurant. More recently, Smalls established Alkebulan, the world's first African Dining Hall in Dubai.

His past restaurants, Cafe Beulah, Sweet Ophelia's and Shoebox Cafe, left an indelible mark on the next generation of chefs. Over the past three decades, Smalls has traveled the world studying the foodways of the African diaspora, celebrating the rich heritage in his numerous books, including the James Beard Award-winning Between Harlem and Heaven, and the just-published The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa.

Alexander's culinary and cultural influence has been so great, James Beard Foundation decided to celebrate this culinary icon and to honor his tremendous contributions with a special dinner earlier this year at Platform by JBF.

Smalls is a Grammy and Tony award winner, and a world-renowned opera singer.

This is your chance to spend an evening with the illustrious culinary icon and create memories to last a lifetime! Alexander and his proteges will prepare a feast fit for kings and queens.


Package includes:

• Special Private Experience with culinary maestro Alexander Smalls at his Private Residence in Harlem, NYC
• Alexander and his team will take care of all the details
• Alexander will prepare a unique, bespoke meal that reflects his celebration of the African diaspora
• Seated Multi-Course Tasting Menu with Cocktails and Wines for up to 11 with Alexander joining you as your host, or Fabulous Buffet Party for 22, Winner's Choice!

Dinner to take place in 2025. Date and time to be coordinated with the winner and host Alexander Smalls.