TEDxNashville Tasting: The Flavor of Time at Eleven11

The Flavor of Time

A TEDx Tasting Experience with Chef Son Pham
August 31 | Eleven11
$175 per person
Includes an eleven-course tasting menu and welcome sake toast.

What gives food its flavor?

Ingredients matter. Technique matters.

But some of the most transformative flavors come from something less visible: time.

Fermentation is one of humanity’s oldest culinary technologies—a process that asks us to slow down, trust nature, and allow ingredients to become something entirely new. It is preservation, transformation, and creativity all at once.

Join Chef Son Pham for an immersive eleven-course dining experience exploring the relationship between flavor and time.

A second-generation Asian American chef, Son’s cooking blends Vietnamese flavors with a refined fine-dining approach. His work is shaped by a deep fascination with fermentation and the ways ingredients evolve through patience, care, and transformation. Drawing from both tradition and experimentation, each course tells a story of change—revealing how time itself can become an ingredient.

Throughout the evening, guests will explore the science, culture, and artistry of fermentation while experiencing dishes that showcase its remarkable ability to unlock complexity, depth, and unexpected beauty.

Because some of the most extraordinary flavors cannot be rushed.

They can only be cultivated.