“Miss Samsom became an acclaimed culinary artist and style icon: an event planner with decades of experience in New York’s restaurant and creative scene.
Known as ‘The Dumpling Diva’, she seamlessly blended food, cutting edge style and story telling with her natural gift for hospitality.
Originality, creativity and wit ensured that any establishment or event she touched became a true destination, the kind of place people couldn’t stop talking about.
From intimate dinners to large scale events she didn’t just host. She designed and elevated the entire experience - left you with a lasting impression.
She is currently writing a book about the restaurant industry and remains deeply connected to a world she knows ... “ Madame Hulot
1985 The Kitchen Club began as ‘underground' word-of-mouth salon in the E.Village with a prix fixe menu on my then new answering machine.
In 1990 it moved ‘above ground’ to the corner of Prince/Mott street and there became a legendary eatery.
The Kitchen Club & Chibis Bar attracted a local and international clientele serving European cuisine with a Japanese twist and on Sunday nite live music performances in Chibis Bar .
Our menu also included a wide variety of savory or delicious desert dumplings, when they became a big hit the restaurant began offering afternoon classes : Dumplings as Story telling.
After its 20th anniversary celebration in 2010, our Dumpling Diva opened her golden cage and flew out singing, in pursuit of new adventures …
