Eleven Madison Park Coming to Caruso’s in Montecito

One of New York City’s most celebrated — and controversial — restaurants is taking over the kitchen at Caruso’s in the Rosewood Miramar this weekend, when Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park comes to present his vegetarian fare on June 30 and July 1. 

The winner of three Michelin stars — the Michelin Guide’s top designation, only earned by 142 restaurants in 2022 across the globe — Eleven Madison Park made waves by shifting to a vegan menu in 2021, trading standout dishes like duck and scallop carpaccio for roasted beets and Japanese cypress seeds called tonburi. The dramatic shift in strategy got mixed reviews at first, but Humm stayed the course, retaining the three stars and becoming the first plant-based restaurant in the world to achieve as much. 

He sees common ground with Chef Massimo Falsini of Caruso’s. The seaside Montecito restaurant won its first Michelin star last year and was also named as one of only 12 “Green Star” restaurants in the country, a designation for sustainably minded approaches. Humm and Falsini worked together to develop this weekend’s menus, and there is talk of Falsini potentially heading to New York City for a Caruso’s takeover of the EMP kitchen sometime later.