Charlotte, two of your favorite chefs are cooking up something different. And you’ll have one night to try it. On the table? A collaborative dinner. James Beard Award-semifinalist chef and owner Sam Diminch of Restaurant Constance and locally lauded chef and owner Andres Kaifer of Customshop are teaming up for a five-course dinner on Thursday, March 20 as a part of SAVOR Charlotte. The festival includes special menus and interactive culinary demonstrations across the city from March 12-25.

The one-seating-only collaboration dinner will be held at Restaurant Constance at 5:30 p.m. on March 20. Update: Due to overwhelming demand — the seating sold out in less than 24 hours — a second seating has been added for 8 p.m. Diminich and Kaifer head up two of Charlotte’s most well-known restaurants, landing in 11 restaurants USA Today missed and Eater’s essential Charlotte restaurants list. And it’s the first time they’re officially collaborating. “We had been talking about this for a long time, but we both stay so busy,” Diminich told CharlotteFive. In order to get together, we had to cook together.”

 

It’s kind of funny because I’ve interviewed the two of them many times separately in the past. And consistently, they both rave and gush about each other. It’s no wonder this collaboration has finally materialized.

“Whenever I have his food, it’s so edited and focused,” Diminich said about Kaifer. Kaifer said Diminich cooks “without ego.”

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