Greg Grossman was just 11 years old when he started catering gallery openings in the Hamptons. When he was 14, he scored a production deal to develop and star in his own reality TV show about his success as a chef. ("My parents know a lot of people," he explained to Chef's Blade.) And next month, at age 15, he'll bring his "molecular gastronomy" to a pop-up dinner series at the "soon to be unveiled" Sanctuary Hotel in midtown. If there's any justice, the teen dining critic David Fishman will come review it.
Opening March 10th, 2011, Grossman will oversee dinner service for three nights in all, in a space that's still under construction. According to the press release, designer Devinn Bruce will transform the place into "a living and breathing work of pop art," and "the young chef’s molecular gastronomic masterpieces [will be] inspired by pop artists including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Jeff Koons." Bruce promises, "Guests will feel like they are dining inside an artist like Andy Warhol’s mind circa 1982," while Grossman vows "to excite guests by using 'seasonal ingredients and bold flavors in new styles.' "
Reservations are being taken NOW; the four course dinner costs $95 plus tax and gratuity. It's being organized by hospitality guru Alan Philips, whose pop-up restaurant series, The Feast, has been popular with stylish NYC epicureans, who probably have no problem paying $120 to say they were among the first to experience this molecular Mozart's cuisine.
