First Bite: Celebrity Chef Dale Talde opens Tigress at The Perry Hotel
I’ve always been surprised Naples doesn’t have celebrity chef-driven restaurants. Why shouldn’t Thomas Keller or Jean- Georges Vongerichten want to have an outpost on Fifth Avenue and an excuse to fly south for the winter? The Perry Hotel must have felt the same. In January, the new Naples property quietly debuted Tigress (the official grand opening is March 19), a Cantonese restaurant from Dale Talde. The multihyphenate chef, restaurateur and television personality rose to public consciousness on “Top Chef,” quickly becoming a fan favorite. He translated that buzz into a fleet of Asian-inspired restaurants in New York, Miami and elsewhere; a James Beard nomination; and a coveted spot on Esquire’s “Best New Restaurants in America” list in 2020 for Goosefeather, his Hong Kong-inspired eatery in New York’s Hudson Valley.