The Harlem EatUp! Luminary Awards Dinner was created to spotlight local visionaries and leaders and has been a signature Harlem EatUp! event since the festival’s launch in 2015. The 2023 honorees for the sixth annual Luminary Awards were Emmy Award winning host, executive producer, and author Tamron Hall and legendary artist, DJ, and photographer D-Nice. Past honorees include The Honorable David Dinkins, Dapper Dan, Thelma Golden, Jonelle Procope, Bevy Smith, Lana Turner, and Madame C.J. Walker (posthumously.)
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors
The 2023 awards dinner was hosted at Harlem’s historic Alhambra Ballroom, 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. This unique neo classically designed venue was built originally as a vaudeville theater in 1905 and played an important role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s and in the jazz scene of the 1930s and 1940s hosting performances by Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and others.
Chef Marcus and Chef Ed Brumfield of Marcus Samuelsson Group partnered with executive Chef Daniel Philogene of the Alhambra Ballroom to create a festive meal celebrating African and African American cuisines and Harlem culinary favorites. Talented musicians from The Soapbox Presents kept energy up!