Chef Angie Mar celebrates designer Bach Mai

Fashion designer Bach Mai burst into tears this week after a speech by chef Angie Mar at Mar’s luxury restaurant Le B.

Guests at the event honoring Mai included famed ballet dancer Misty Copeland and “Avatar: The Way of Water” star Bailey Bass.

Mar said she thought about the parallels between haute cuisine and haute couture when creating the four-course menu with OpenTable.

“It’s so much an expression of one’s creativity and one’s soul in its purest form before we get into the business and everything else. It’s the truest expression of one’s self,” she said. “Bach, you do this so well every day.”

Mai’s work has been worn by Venus Williams, Heidi Klum, Lucy Liu and Tessa Thompson. The designer will present her work at New York Fashion Week in September.

Mar further described the designer – who was born to Vietnamese immigrants in Texas before working at Oscar de la Renta and under John Galliano at Maison Margiela in Paris – as “the epitome of the American dream”.

“Your father is so proud of you,” said Mar.

Mars’ own grandparents came to America from China.

Jessica Wang, Debby Soo, celebrity Sharon Coplan Hurowitz, RéVive Skincare CEO Elana Drell-Szyfer and Kate Lanphear also attended the dinner, which featured Tasmanian sea trout, salmon and roast duck, among other dishes.

Mar, who was formerly behind the Beatrice Inn restaurant, has teamed up with Masterclass for the GOAT series and shows how to prepare the perfect gourmet burger in streaming courses.