Las Vegas Fine Dining Collaboration Reunites Chefs with French Laundry Ties Bar Boheme in the Las Vegas Arts District will host its first wine dinner on Thursday, July 16 at 7 p.m., bringing together Chef James Trees with Chef Tyler Vorce of Lilli and McPrice Myers Winery from Paso Robles. The seven-course tasting menu will be paired with McPrice Myers wines and created collaboratively by Vorce, Trees, Corporate Executive Chef Sean O'Hara, and Executive Pastry Chef Jake Yergensen. The menu features crab-stuffed squash blossoms, poached prawn with eggplant confit, cavaillon melon and hamachi, barramundi with artichokes and sungolds, duck with figs and red wine braised fennel, venison with black trumpet mushrooms and morels, and a plum panna cotta dessert.
A Reunion with Culinary Roots Trees and Vorce share history through O'Hara, who worked with Vorce at The French Laundry in Napa Valley. "Chef Tyler was our first choice for this event, as he's an exquisite chef and it's a fun opportunity to reunite him and Chef Sean from their French Laundry days," Trees said. Vorce echoed the connection: "Chef Sean and I met at culinary school when I was 18. We worked together at The French Laundry, and those culinary foundations and that friendship have stayed with us both. Chef James has done something genuinely special with Bar Boheme. The opportunity to create this menu, in this space, with these chefs, is really exciting."
The Broader Restaurant Picture The dinner marks Bar Boheme's first in a planned series of wine events through year-end.
The restaurant, which opened in 2024, was included in the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Top 100 Restaurants for 2025, and Trees was named a 2026 James Beard semi-finalist for the restaurant. Vorce recently concluded a culinary residency at Durango Social Club and is preparing for Lilli's permanent opening in Las Vegas's Chinatown neighborhood at 3616 Spring Mountain Road.
Pricing and Reservations The seven-course menu is priced at $175 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.
Reservations are required and can be made through OpenTable. Dinner begins at 7 p.m.
Why It Matters The collaboration signals how Las Vegas fine dining continues to draw recognized talent and establishes the Arts District as a dining destination beyond the casino corridor. The wine dinner model also reflects a broader trend of restaurants using special events to build brand prestige and drive traffic during slower periods.
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Written by FBM Publications Editors
