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Eater Young Guns Class of 2015 Celebrated at Viceroy Santa Monica
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Sonia Chopra@soniachopra
Photography by Wonho Frank Lee
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- Eater Young Guns champagne bottles for the winners.
- The venue from above.
- Young Gun Tyler Bienvenu from Joe's Stone Crab in Miami and his family.
- Deuki Hong has mastered the art of the soju shot.
- Deuki Hong, Matt Robard, and the Kang Ho Dong Baekjong team.
- Hong's kimchi fried rice.
- Will Preish and Joel Stocks from Holdfast in Portland, OR.
- Colin Stringer and Andon Whitehorn from Nani in Oklahoma City
- Whitehorn plates his tempura okra on corn husks.
- Feast BBQ's Ryan Rogers served oysters on the half shell with Hawaiian shaved potlikker.
- Huxley's Sara Hauman offered corned beef tongue with house pickles.
- Corned beef tongue from Sara Hauman.
- Adrian Padilla from CAST at the Viceroy served roasted pork belly.
- Charcuterie from West Coast Prime Meats.
- The Young Guns pool.
- Deep Eddy vodkas.
- Eater EIC Amanda Kludt and Lockhart Steele welcome the Young Guns.
- This year's class of Young Guns.
- EYG class of 2015 ready to party.
- Eater LA senior editor Farley Elliott and Eater SF's Ellen Fort.
- Eater LA associate editor Crystal Coser and friends.
- EYG winner Lisa Ludwinski from Sister Pie in Detroit.
- EYG winner Ryan Rogers from Feast BBQ in Louisville.
- Colin Stringer and Andon Whitehorn from Nani in OKC and Rachel DelRocco from Qui in Austin.
- EYG winner Angela Dimayuga from Mission Chinese Food with Kris Yenbamroong, owner of Night + Market.
- EYG winners Alicia Kemper from Fundamental LA and Rebecca Merhej from Love & Salt.
- EYG winner Sebastian Dumonet from Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas and his wife.
- EYG winner Joel Stocks and the Holdfast team.
- EYG winner Alex Levin from Osteria Morini in DC and his family.
- Eater SF's Ellen Fort and Eater EIC Amanda Kludt.
- EYG winner Sara Hauman from SF's Huxley.
- Eater LA's Stan Lee and friends.
- Vox Media creative director Rob Bear and Andrew Bear.
- Isaac Anh and Rochelle Osoteo.
- Cheers!