All Together Now

Chef Hector Laguna and his team at Botanist plate one of six courses during the Lazy Bear collaboration dinner held in August.
Chef David Barzelay and sous chef Tim Jacob (shown bottom right) of San Francisco's award-winning restaurant Lazy Bear prepared three courses for the night. They worked collaboratively with the Botanist team on the dessert course.
“My biggest inspiration comes from working with amazing chefs — from chefs and their,” says Vish Mayekar, (shown bottom left with Milan Djordjevich, Stoney Paradise Farm), head chef at Caffe La Tana and Pepino’s Spaghetti House. “Doing collabs gives me joy, right from the first phone call. I just like working with people who have the same career. And it keeps my ego in check, too. It humbles you when you work with another chef. Photo by Aditya Pawar.