The Met Gala 2025 Served Food By Chef Kwame Onwuachi | Eater NY
"Home to the annual gala—the hottest ticket in town held on the first Monday in May—this famed New York museum staged a paparazzi-packed arrival up a grand staircase and an inside feast prepared by James Beard Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi. Anna Wintour, the event's 'queen bee' and Vogue editor-in-chief, handed the Top Chef star one big quick-fire challenge: cook with no garlic, onions, or chives — saying these were 'three things I’m not particularly fond of,' she told the Today Show ahead of the 2024 gala. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion famously broke the no-cell phone policy and documented passed apps of caviar-topped cornbread on Instagram. The chef opted for a sleek black look complete with a jeweled crown by Ugo Mozie, and his résumé — a Time100 honoree, owner of the New York Times’ No. 1 restaurant in NYC, and with a newly announced Vegas project — was cited as part of why he was well-suited for the job. Tables for 10 started at $350,000, invite-only solo tickets were $75,000, and the gala raised a record $31 million for the Costume Institute; the newest exhibition unveiled that night explores dandyism through the ages. Notable hosts and guests included Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, ASAP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, and Teyana Taylor, who said she was the most excited to see him (and eat his food)." - Tierney Plumb
