Soleil in Destin is hosting a five-course New Year’s Eve Dinner on Dec 31, 2022. Seatings are available from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. and each course will be paired with wine. Chef Michael Sichel has put together the menu which begins with an Amuse Bouche of Caviar and champagne jelee, whipped créme fraiche, and green onion. The first course will be a Crab and Smoked Trout Roe, The Fish Course will be a Seared Scallop, the Meat Course will be a Petite Filet, and the final and sweetest course will be a selection of desserts. Tickets are $125 per person without wine pairings and $159 with 3oz wine pairings. Call 850-353-2867 to reserve your space. The regular dinner menu will also be offered on New Year’s Eve. Information about Soleil can be found at Soleildestin.com.

About Soleil:
Soleil, a beachfront restaurant and bar located in Destin, Florida features coastal modern cuisine from Celebrity Chef Michael Sichel. Guests delight in the elevated dining experience set with a backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico. Seasonally evolving menus blended with a sense of warmth and belonging to match the naturally exquisite setting of sun, sand, and sea. Soleil’s top-notch service philosophy and world-class cuisine standards provide a dining experience you won’t soon forget.

About Chef Michael Sichel:
As a New York native, Chef Michael Sichel grew up immersed in the ingredients, heritage, and family-style cooking of his Italian roots. A Culinary Institute of America (CIA) grad, Sichel’s first job in the kitchen was at New York City’s legendary Gotham Bar and Grill, and he credits its pioneering Chef Alfred Portale as his most influential culinary inspiration. Chef Sichel has since been in the kitchens of Rubicon (Drew Nieporent’s San Francisco blockbuster restaurant), the Abbey of Sainte Croix (Salon-de-Provence, France), Auberge du Soleil (Napa), Restaurant Indigo (New Orleans), and Galatoire’s (New Orleans), among others.

Chef Sichel’s accolades include competing on Bravo’s Top Chef: New Orleans, 2013, an Internship with World Pastry Champion Chef En-Ming Hsu of The French Pastry School at the Ritz Carlton Chicago, being a featured Chef at Jazz Aspen in June of 2018, being a featured Chef at Gatsby on DAOU Mountain Annual Wine Club event in Paso Robles, California in 2016, and he was a featured Chef at Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Opus Ball XXXII in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2016, to name a few.