Nancy Silverton, Ryan DeNicola and the American Express ® Global Dining Collection present a dinner series at chi SPACCA highlighting chefs who cook over a wood fire. Starting in September, Nancy will welcome six internationally acclaimed cooks and pitmasters to the chi SPACCA dining room so that guests can watch the chefs at work and taste their creations.

Each dinner—limited to just the 40 seats in the chi SPACCA dining room—will be a multi-course family-style feast, starting with a welcome beverage reception at 7PM. Pricing includes beverages, tax and all service charges, seating is communal. 

$250 per person

Javier Plascencia is one of northern Mexico’s foremost cultural ambassadors. Born and raised in Tijuana, Javier opened his first restaurant, Saverios Mediterráneo, in 1989. His family’s Grupo Plascencia is now responsible for 10 restaurants in greater Tijuana including Misión 19, a sleek, critically acclaimed fine-dining restaurant. At Misión 19, all of the ingredients (including wine) are sourced from within a 120-mile radius of the restaurant (which includes farms in Baja and San Diego as well as vineyards in the Guadalupe Valley). Javier refers to his cooking as Baja Mediterranean— traditional Mexican cooking using ingredients and flavors of Baja’s coastal, Mediterranean-like climate.