For the third consecutive year, visiting guest chefs will dazzle diners with their expertise in element 47’s kitchen in the Relais & Châteaux Little Nell hotel in Colorado. The Residences at the Little Nell in Aspen’s are part of Forbes only Five Star/ Five Diamond-recognised ski-in/ski-out hotel. Too tired to walk back to your hotel after the slopes? The Silver Queen Gondola is 22-metres away, on foot. Little Nell has also won the James Beard “Most Outstanding Wine Program Nominee” and “America’s 100 Best Wine Restaurants”.
The three talented guest chefs hail from Brazil, New York and Sweden, and offer a unique dining experience for guests. The Nell’s culinary team will work with the international chefs to help prepare their style of cuisine.
Three chefs, three nights in Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is a favourite for all three visiting chefs (Credit/Little Nell)
Chef Thomas Troisgros; Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Cedric; and Chef Håkan Thörnström will orchestrate this special experience on January 26, March 2, and March 22. All menus are multi-course prix fixe dinners at US $165++/guest and an $85 wine pairing option. Reservations are available from 6–10 p.m. Guests who purchase tickets for all three dinners up front will be invited to an exclusive Chef Meet & Greet bubbles + canape reception prior to each dinner in the restaurant’s amazing cellar. This is offered for US $600++/person (wine pairings are an additional at $85 per dinner) and must be specially booked.
About The Little Nell
The Little Nell signature suite has two wrap-around balconies overlooking Aspen Mountain (Credit/Little Nell)
This cosmopolitan yet intimate Aspen boutique hotel enjoys the very best location on the mountain. Pair this with exceptional five-star service, some of the yummiest food in the village and an enviable and award-winning wine list, and you have one (two, three) extraordinary nights to remember.
Always a popular formal dining scene in Aspen, [it] just improved with a new chef and a modern New York style décor. The seven course tasting menu was perfectly portioned, and elegantly presented …
—sobederm, Tripadvisor
Table for two?
Element 47 has been honoured by Forbes as a Five-Star restaurant since 2015. The restaurant’s name pays tribute to silver, which saw a boom in miners after the the precious metal around 1870. Foodies don’t just come for the food, however: the legendary wine cellar holds about 20,000 bottles. Now oenophiles can take part in the The Little Nell Wine Academy course at the exclusive members-only Aspen Mountain Club.
Reservations: element 47 website
Email: element47@thelittlenell.com
Phone: +1-970-920-6330
Chef Meet & Greet: guestchefseries@thelittlenell.com
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Written By: Adriane Rysz