Our February Second Saturday Dinner features the Top Vegans Chef Logan McMahan and Chef Lester Gates.
The show Top Vegan recruited contestants to The Mix, a state-of-the-art culinary facility at Columbus State Community College, to compete across multiple challenges to determine their kitchen aptitude, culinary creativity, and business potential. Logan and Lester cooked in a field of 8 chefs to find out who is the Top Vegan.
Logan and Lester will prepare dishes inspired by the show with wine pairings for the evening’s five-course, prix fixe dinner.
Welcome Hors d’Oeuvres
Ricotta Sourdough Toast — roasted butternut squash, onion jam, fried sage
Agnolotti — mushroom ragu, demi-glace, fried brussels
Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower — Invoke red sauce, cranberry chimichurri, roasted garlic polenta, fried shallot, micros
Saffron Ice Cream — poached pear, ginger cardamom cookie
All courses are vegan. We cannot accommodate food allergies or other dietary restrictions at this special event.
Only 40 seats are available at $150 each, plus tax and gratuity. Wine pairings accompany each course.
Reservations can be made by calling the shop at (317) 257-7374.
About Chef Logan McMahan
Logan, a self-taught Indianapolis chef, specializes in creating plant-focused dishes with locally sourced ingredients, drawing inspiration from Samin Nosrat, Salma Hage, and Yotam Ottolenghi. With over a decade of experience in cafes, vegan restaurants, pop-ups, and catering, his culinary journey began at Ezra's Enlightened Cafe in Broad Ripple. As Chef/Owner at Corridor and Nicole-Taylor’s Pasta, Logan has been a three-time nominee for Indy VegFest's Vegan Chef of the Year and a contestant on season two of Top Vegan.
About Chef Lester Gates
Chef Lester is a culinary artist specializing in vegan cuisine and plant-forward dishes that are pleasing to the eye and good for the soul. He co-founded Invoke, a Dayton, Ohio-based restaurant that bridges the gap between traditional comfort foods and vegan cuisine. A devoted father and family man, Lester enjoys bodybuilding, creative writing, and public speaking. He believes in raising consciousness through mindful consumption and the power of food to uplift both body and spirit.