Taste of Innovation 2023

Enjoy a truly unique dining experience, savor the rich diversity of the city, and toast to the most innovative restaurants with the Fast Company Taste of Innovation culinary series.

The exclusive, delectable fete showcases New York’s powerhouse chefs and some of the best eats and libations in the city. Meet the Fast Company editorial staff and connect with fellow festival guests.

Each Taste of Innovation experience is sold separately- and not included with any festival pass. Additional Taste of Innovation experiences to be announced soon.

From Succession to fashion brands like Loro Piana and Cuyana and low-key fine-dining restaurants like Scarpetta, we’re seeing the market for global luxury move away from shouty brands and toward upscale purveyors that blend high-quality with a certain discretion. So what’s driving this trend and what’s next? To consider the quiet luxury phenomenon—and what it means for brands high and low—join us at Scarpetta for a 4-course meal and program featuring Scarpetta owner John Meadow, a Fast Company editor, and Cuyana CEO Karla Gallardo.

Are you ready to transform your brand into a much larger world, like Star Wars or Zelda? Join us for a reception followed by a four-course dinner at SAGA, one of NYC’s most spectacular fine-dining restaurants, featuring a high-level conversation led by SAGA chef James Kent, Fast Company editor Mike Hofman, and Gap Inc. president and CEO Richard Dickson on how some of the most ambitious leaders we know are engaged in world building, and how this type of thinking can be applied to a variety of industries and experiences.

With interest in sustainable alternatives to meat and dairy driving innovation in the food world, Le Bernardin—the legendary three-star Michelin restaurant—has added dishes with microbe-based substitutes from rare fungi brought to market by Nature’s Fynd. Join us for a reception followed by a fungi-forward, vegan four-course dinner at this New York icon led by Nature’s Fynd CEO Thomas Jonas, a Fast Company editor, and a special guest (to be announced). Learn how sustainable solutions are changing the way we eat in innovative, delicious new ways.

Scaling quickly in a dynamic economy can tempt a purpose-driven business to make compromises—but not for Tacombi. Founded on the beaches of the Yucatan, the brand has since expanded to six U.S. cities and launched its own consumer packaged goods (CPG) line under the name Vista Hermosa. Join Tacombi CEO Dario Wolos and Fast Company editor David Salazar to explore how the fast-growing company can maintain its mission in a way that serves customers, workers, and the community—while also achieving strong results.

Taste of Innovation

A DINNER AND CONVERSATION AT SCARPETTA

A dinner and conversation at SAGA

A dinner and conversation at Le Bernardin

A DINNER AND CONVERSATION AT TACOMBI