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Quick Bites: Elizabeth Blau, La Cuvée One Drop, Jack Binion’s Steak and more Vegas food news

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Prime rib at Jack Binion’s Steak
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Elizabeth Blau has been named the recipient of the 2022 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration. The 13th annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards Gala was held June 7 in New York City, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the school, and featured a dinner catered by Todd English. Blau, founder and CEO of Blau & Associates and the Las Vegas restaurateur behind Honey Salt, Buddy V’s and more, was awarded alongside the school of hotel administration as the icon.

The One Drop Foundation is planning a new Las Vegas philanthropic event, La Cuvée One Drop 2022, to celebration the foundation’s 15th anniversary and raise funds and awareness for its mission to ensure sustainable access to safe water and hygiene for communities around the world facing extreme challenges. The event is set for November 12 at Rivea and Skyfall Lounge at Delano Las Vegas and will include a wine-tasting experience presented by Southern Glazers, and a cocktail party and multicourse dinner designed by chef Alain Ducasse and the Rivea team. For more information or to reserve a table, contact Tiffany Twohig at [email protected].

Jack Binion’s Steak at Bally’s Las Vegas is now open, serving steaks selected from Black Angus corn-fed cattle and aged for 28 days for dinner nightly from 5 until 10:30 p.m. The restaurant is in the former BLT Steak space near Indigo Lounge and is also offering signature dishes like the Colossal Seafood Tower with six types of crab including Merus King crab legs, Oysters Rockefeller, rotisserie chicken with barbecue beans and the 24-ounce Jack’s Cut slow-roasted prime rib.

StarBase will host Flight School, an immersive wine tasting experience with sommelier Matthew-Loren Lindsey, on June 24 at 8 and 9 p.m. Summer wines will be on the agenda and each ticket ($40) includes four samples, cheese pairings and a lapel pin and custom flight board keepsake. For information, visit starbaselv.com.

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