The Food Council

Our Food Council is made up of more than 75 food industry professionals from around New York City. Our Food Council brings together top chefs, restaurateurs, and others in the food industry to help City Harvest fight hunger. The Food Council donates some of the city's best food, raises funds to support City Harvest, and heightens our visibility.

Chair

Eric Ripert
Le Bernardin

Honorary Chairs

Arthur F. Backal
Backal Hospitality Group & State of the Art Enterprises

Dana Cowin
Food+Wine Magazine

Michael Lomonaco
Porter House New York

Danny Meyer
Union Square Hospitality Group

Drew and Tracy Nieporent
Myriad Restaurant Group

Cristyne L. Nicholas
Nicholas & Lence Communications LLC

Council Members

Michael Anthony
Gramercy Tavern

Donatella Arpaia
Donatella, Kefi

Phillip Baltz
Baltz & Company

Dan Barber
Blue Hill, Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Jennifer Baum
Bullfrog & Baum

Florian Bellanger
MAD MAC

Ron Ben-Israel
Ron Ben-Israel Cakes

David Bouley
Bouley, Brushstroke

Daniel Boulud
The Dinex Group

Terrance Brennan
The Artisanal Group

Ed Brown
Ed’s Chowder House

David Burke,
David Burke Kitchen, davidburke townhouse, Fishtail by David Burke

Joey Campanaro
the little owl, Market Table

Scott Campbell
New Leaf Café

Andrew Carmellini
Locanda Verde, The Dutch

David Chang
Momofuku

Tom Colicchio
Craft Restaurants

Jorge Collazo
Office of SchoolFood, The NYC Department of Education

Scott Conant
Scarpetta

Ariane Daguin
D’Artagnan

John Doherty
Wolfpack Hospitality

Geoffrey Drummond

Alain Ducasse
Adour Alain Ducasse at the St. Regis, Benoit Restaurant & Bar

Gillian Duffy
New York Magazine

Todd English
Ҫa Va, Olives, The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English

Scott Feldman
Two Twelve Management & Marketing

Myra Fiori
illy caffè North America

Bobby Flay
Bar Americain, Mesa Grill

Tyler Florence
Foodwork Productions

Tony Fortuna
T Bar Steak & Lounge

Penny & Peter Glazier
The Glazier Group

Alex Guarnaschelli
Butter, The Darby

Joseph R. Gurrera
Citarella, FULTON

Stephen P. Hanson
B.R. Guest Restaurants

Kerry Heffernan

Steven M. Kamali
Steven Kamali Hospitality

Karen Karp
Karp Resources

Jim Lahey
Co., Sullivan Street Bakery

Adam Perry Lang
Daisy Mae’s BBQ USA

Anita Lo
Annisa

Marco Maccioni
Circo

Nick Mautone
Mautone Enterprises

Tony May
SD26

Julian Medina
Coppelia, Toloache, Yerba Buena, Yerba Buena Perry

Henry Meer
City Hall

Philip Meldrum
FoodMatch

Pamela & Marc Murphy
Benchmarc Restaurants

Liz Neumark
Great Performances

Simon Oren
Culinary Tour de France Restaurant Group

Becca Parrish
Becca PR

François Payard
FP Patisserie, François Payard Bakery

Zakary Pelaccio
The Fatty Crew

Ben Pollinger
Oceana

Rachael Ray

Donna Rodriguez
B.R. Guest Restaurants

Philip Ruskin
Ruskin International

Marcus Samuelsson
Red Rooster

Chris Santos
Beauty & Essex, The Stanton Social

Benjamin Schmerler
First Press Public Relations

Gail Simmons
Food+Wine Magazine

Rick Smilow
Institute of Culinary Education

John Stage
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Dr. Felicia D. Stoler
DCN, MS, RD, FACSM

Bill Telepan
Telepan

Laurent Tourondel
Brasserie Ruhlmann, BLT American Brasserie

Maire Ullrich
Cornell Cooperative Extension

Tom Valenti
Ouest

Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Jean-Georges Management

Michael White
Altamarea Group

Katie Workman
cookstr.com

Geoffrey Zakarian
The Lamb’s Club, The National

Natalia Zaldivar-Bonzon
Victor’s Café

Terry Zarikian
China Grill Management