{"id":222922,"date":"2026-04-08T03:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222922\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:37:11","slug":"michelin-star-chefs-unite-for-exclusive-plant-forward-dinner-at-lilac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222922\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelin-Star Chefs Unite for Exclusive Plant-Forward Dinner at Lilac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lilac, a MICHELIN-starred restaurant inside the Tampa EDITION, will host a one-night collaboration dinner on Tuesday, April 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. This event will bring together Chef Miguel Guerra of MITA in Washington, D.C., and Lilac&#8217;s Chef John Fraser for a plant-forward dining culinary celebration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thatssotampa.com\/lilac-vegetable-michelin-pop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a That&#8217;s So Tampa report<\/a>, the dinner centers on a vegetable-forward, seasonally driven menu that highlights Latin American influences, presenting vegetables as luxurious and dynamic as traditional protein-based dishes.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration brings together philosophically aligned, renowned chefs to showcase the vitality and elegance of plant-forward fine dining as a meaningful culinary statement rather than a novelty.<\/p>\n<p>MITA, led by Guerra and co-chef Tatiana Mora, has earned a MICHELIN star for the second straight year and is a James Beard Award finalist for Best New Restaurant. Guerra and Mora have both been named semifinalists for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. Guerra was also named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Fraser is regarded as one of the most recognized leaders of vegetable-forward fine dining in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner is priced at $205 per person, with an optional wine pairing available for $95. Reservations are required and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/booking\/experiences-availability?rid=1229404&amp;restref=1229404&amp;experienceId=680366&amp;utm_source=external&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">available through OpenTable<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lilac, a MICHELIN-starred restaurant inside the Tampa EDITION, will host a one-night collaboration dinner on Tuesday, April 14,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[687,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-222922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-restaurants","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}