American Express is partnering with James Beard Award-winning Resy chefs and a renowned bar director to form The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge. The team is responsible for creating a menu of dishes and craft cocktails inspired by the cuisine from their celebrated restaurants across the country.
The four chefs are Mashama Bailey of The Grey Restaurant in Savannah, Georgia; Sarah Grueneberg of Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio in Chicago; Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana in New York and Dogon in Washington, D.C.; and Mike Solomonov of Zahav and seven other restaurant concepts across New York, Philadelphia, and Miami. On the beverage side is bar director Harrison Ginsberg, who leads the beverage programs at the restaurant and bar concepts of Kent Hospitality Group in New York.
New menu items will be available in all 15 U.S. Centurion Lounges beginning July 29. Select recipes developed by The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge will also be available at Sidecar by The Centurion Lounge, an entirely new, intimate airport lounge, expected to open at Harry Reid International (LAS) in Las Vegas in 2026.
“We know how much card members love the food and drinks at the Centurion Lounges and look forward to seeing what’s new,” said Audrey Hendley, president of American Express Travel. “With help from our Resy chef partners, we’ve brought together a group of some of the most exciting culinary minds in America to create incredible menus, available all in one place for the first time ever.”
