Udidi lwabapheki abatsha abasandula kutsha ngo-2016.(Ifoto nguJJamie McCarthy / Imifanekiso ka-Getty yoKutya newayini) Isibhengezo sonyaka sika Ukutya kunye newayini Abaphumeleleyo baBapheki abaPhezulu abaPhezulu balindelwe ngabom ngabangcamli kunye nabagcini-masango beshishini-kunye nabantu abathanda ukutya ngokubanzi. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, lelo bhaso linye elamkelweyo ngaphambili nguMario Batali, uDaniel Boulud, uThomas Keller noDavid Chang. 
Uninzi lwabathandi bokutya bahlangana.(Ifoto: UJamie McCarthy / Imifanekiso ka-Getty yoKutya newayini)
Abaphumeleleyo liqela elikhethiweyo labapheki abaphethe ikhitshi iminyaka emihlanu okanye ngaphantsi. Kwaye inkqubo yokukhetha ithatha iinyanga: Emva kokuba abapheki betyunjwe ngoosomashishini abakhulu, abahleli be Ukutya kunye newayini Ukuhamba kwilizwe lonke ukungcamla ngokungaziwayo ukutya kwabo. Olu luhlu alungenisi nje kuphela kwisizukulwana esilandelayo seetalente zokupheka, kodwa ikwaphawulwa nge-soirée ehlonipha abaphumeleleyo.
Ukusukela oko umntu wangena ethekweni kwihotele i-Eventi, kwavakala ngathi kungena ugcino luka-Instagram lwezulu. Ukuqala, iiweyitala ezinxibe kakuhle ezibambe iitreyi zokujonga ii-cocktails ezimnandi zibulisa iindwendwe ezingenayo, nangona kunjalo, kwakungekho kunqongophala kweziselo zalo naluphi na uhlobo ngaphakathi kwesithuba somsitho. Iibhari ezimbini ezilungelelanisiweyo zinika ii-cocktails ezinamagama amnandi njengeLondon Buck, iSling Sling, iThe Estate Daiquiri, kwaye, okokugqibela, iMule yaseJamican. 
Iicocktails ezixutywe kakuhle ezingaboniswanga apha.(Ifoto: UJamie McCarthy / Imifanekiso ka-Getty yoKutya newayini)
Umnyhadala ugcinwe ngumoya wolindelo ngaphandle kokubhengeza Abapheki abatsha abaBalaseleyo bango-2016 kwangoko ngala mini, bagcwalisa ngoqikelelo olukhulu lwexesha elibala ukubonakala kokuqala kwabaphumeleleyo. Okwangoku, ii-glitterati zokupheka bezize kubhiyoza, kunye nabapheki uGeoffrey Zakarian, uMarc Murphy kunye no-Elizabeth Falkner, kunye nomgxeki wokutya uGail Simmons, bexubana phakathi kwabo, besitya izidlo ezijikeleze iihors d'oeuvres ezilungiselelwe nguLauren Tourondel, kunye nokubuza iifoto. Ngokwendalo, iPhotoBooth emiselweyo yajongwa yayinomtsalane ngakumbi.
Xa abapheki abatsha bagqibile ukwenza iqonga, emva kokwaziswa ngumshicileli uChristina Grdovic kunye nomhleli oyintloko Ukutya kunye newayini , UNilou Motamed, waziva ngokungafaniyo ukukhumbula isidanga esiphakamileyo. Abamkeli uDavid Barzelay, uKevin Fink, uMichael Gulotta, uEdouardo Jordan, uRavi Kapur, uBrad Kilgore, uIliana Regan, uAaron Silverman, uJeremy Stone kunye noFabián von Hauske, kunye noKris Yenbamroong babizwa amagama abo kwaye bema kunye njengaleyo uNks. Grdovic abhengeze ukuba uyiyo Iklasi yabapheki abaphumeleleyo kwi2016. 
UMarc Murphy, uChristina Grdovic, uBarbara Banke, uJulia Jackson, uNilou Motamed noTom Colicchio bonke bahlanganisene ukubhiyozela isizukulwana esitsha seetalente zokupheka.(Ifoto: UJamie McCarthy / Imifanekiso ka-Getty yoKutya newayini)
Abapheki abaphumeleleyo abasandula kutsha, nangona kunjalo, bebengekho ukubonisa iitalente zabo zokupheka okwangoku. Endaweni yoko, abaphumeleleyo bexesha elidlulileyo uLaurent Tourondel, uMissy Robbins, uGeorge Mendes, kunye noBryce Schuman, kunye noJeremy Ford, ophumeleleyo weSizini 13 ophumelele iBravo Umpheki ophezulu , babenezikhululo ezizimeleyo apho ngamnye wabo wayelungiselele isidlo esiza kuzonwabela iindwendwe.
Indawo yethu yokuqala yokumisa yayisisikhululo sikaMissy Robbins, esinesibheno esifanelekileyo sesonka segalikhi esifakwe i-mozzarella, kunye neglasi ye-rosé, ukuba umntu ebethambekele kangako. Ukutya kwisikhululo ngasinye kwakukhatshwa yiwayini evela eKendall-Jackson Vineyard Estates eyayikhethwe kwangaphambili ngumpheki ngamnye ukuba ahambe nokutya kwabo.
Ifilosofi yakhe kukwenza into elula kodwa elungileyo, ukuze awonwabele umsitho, omnye wabapheki ngasemva kwesikhululo wasazisa. 
Nje ukuba sidlule kumfanekiso othe ngqo wentloko yehagu, sathathwa kunye nesikhululo sesandwich sika-Chef Laurent Tourondel's porchetta.(Ifoto: UJamie McCarthy / Imifanekiso ka-Getty yoKutya newayini)
Isikhululo sesandwich sikaMnumzana Tourondel sesandwich mhlawumbi sasisoyikisa kakhulu, kunye nehagu yonke iphumle kwibhodi yokukrola. Iklasi ye-1998 alum, nangona kunjalo, iyayazi into ayenzayo-ekungcamleni i-porchetta steam bun bar, siphumelele ngoko nangoko, kwaye sazibuza ukuba masizame na ukubhukisha kwindawo yakhe yokutyela, i-L'Amico, esemazantsi nje.
UGeorge Mendes, umpheki olawulayo wevenkile yokutyela e-Aldea, ovula indawo yakhe yokutyela iLupolo kulo nyaka uphelileyo, wakhonza i-shrimp ene-trout roe. Sasifuna into elula kodwa ebukekayo, nenqanaba lobunewunewu, u-Mendes ucacisile, ke sicinge, 'caviar,' kwaye sasingafuni ukuba kakhulu, ke ngoko, i-roe, utshilo. I-Shrimp sisiseko sazo zombini iivenkile zokutyela, ke ngoko besicinga ukuba simele thina. Ukuthanda kwakhe akupheleli kuphela kwiintlanzi zaselwandle – uxelele uMbonisi ukuba ngehlobo, uya kwenye into.
Ndiyayithanda i-barbecue! Wadanduluka. Iimbambo, yonke into. Ukutya okungcolileyo kunye nokungcolisa izandla zakho!
Nangona yayingeyiyo eyona barbeque, uMnu Schuman wayeneendwendwe ezisebenzisa izandla zazo. Yitya nje nge-taco, wayalela uMqwalaseli xa sibuza ukuba ungasondela njani ngokufanelekileyo kwisoseji yaseTshayina ngepepile ephezulu yeklabishi ebomvu. 
Esona sidlo sasithandayo sasivela kumdlali ophumeleleyo kwi-Top Chef, uJeremy Ford.(Ifoto: UJamie McCarthy / Imifanekiso ka-Getty yoKutya newayini)
Oyena mntu simthandayo, yayiyimvana ene-fava beag ragout kunye nekholifulawa kwisikhululo esincedwa nguJeremy Ford, ophumeleleyo Umpheki ophezulu, owabelana nothando lwethu lukaMadonna ‘La Isla Bonita,’ olwaludlalwa ngexesha le-DJ ebekwe nguNina Sky.
Ndiphumile! wahleka, esenza umqondiso kwisikhululo apho, ngombulelo, besele sizonwabele izitya zakhe ezibini. Kusentwasahlobo, kwaye xa ndicinga ngemvana, ndicinga ukuba intwasahlobo, uxelele uMqwalaseli. Kukho indlela enye yokupheka, nangona kunjalo, ayamkeli.
Ndigqithile kuye wonke umntu owenza ngokukhawuleza okungaqhelekanga ngesiquphe, wakhala. Ayikuko ukuba ndiyayithiya into ebangela msinya, kodwa wonke umntu uye wakhwela ebhodini. Wonke umpheki! Ngaba ndilungile, okanye ndilungile?
Umpheki oPhezulu wayeneengcebiso kubapheki-kuqeqesho awabelanayo naye, ngokunjalo. Kufuneka ukholelwe kuwe, kwaye kufuneka ukholelwe kukutya okume emva kwakho, watsho ngokunyanisekileyo. Ukuba uyakwenza oko, uza kuya kude!
