Chef Einat Admony, Israeli chef, wife, mother, restaurant owner, cookbook author and the ultimate balaboosta.
Experience an unforgettable evening with Chef Einat Admony, a three-time James Beard Award nominee and the force behind Balaboosta, Taïm and Moondog restaurants. A trailblazer in New York’s Israeli food scene, she embodies the spirit of a true balaboosta—fearlessly filling tables with food and love for family and friends. Join us as she shares her journey, flavors and stories—plus a taste of her signature dishes!
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and select dishes of Chef Admony will be served.
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Chef Einat Admony, a three-time James Beard Award nominee, is the chef-owner of Balaboosta, known for its Middle Eastern and Israeli flavors, and Moondog, a listening bar blending Mediterranean and Mexican cuisines. She is also the founder of Taïm Falafel, a pioneer in New York City’s Israeli food scene.
Her food tells an intricate story of strong immigrant roots and living the American Dream. After more than 15 years leading the New York culinary scene and establishing multiple restaurants, Admony continues to innovate and inspire with elevated yet comforting homestyle cooking from her childhood.
Admony is a double-time champion and competitor of Food Network’s Chopped and Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. She has been featured in the New York Times, Bon Appetit, HuffPost, Forbes, among many others. Admony has authored two cookbooks with Artisan Books: Balaboosta and Shuk. In 2014, she was a recipient of the Great Immigrants award from Carnegie Corporation of New York for exemplary contributions to American life.
Outside of leading several expanding food businesses, Admony can be found at home in Brooklyn or at her country house in the Hudson Valley, cooking for her two children, her husband and business partner, Stefan Nafziger, and a steady stream of dinner party guests.
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