The culinary community came out in droves Wednesday night to toast Chef Alain Sailhac at his surprise 80th birthday bash at Jacques Torres in NYC.
The Champagne Taittinger was flowing and everyone in the culinary community stopped by to celebrate including André Soltner, Daniel Boulud, Michel Nischan, Bill Yosses, Gabriel Kreuther, Marcus Samuelsson, Amanda Freitag, Geoffrey Zakarian, Jimmy Bradley, Ariane Daguin, David Burke, Drew Nieporent, Charles Dale, Michael Lomonaco, Sam Hazen, Don Pintabono, Ron Ben Israel, Kerry Heffernan, Elizabeth Falkner, Sylvia Weinstock, Kevin O’Brien, Florence Fabricant, Mimi Sheraton, Olivier Reginensi, amongst others.
Pictured: Sailhac, Torres