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Take A Look Inside Coachella's VIP Dining Experience, Where A Seat At The Table Will Set You Back $350 (Plus Fees)
Each night at Coachella, a lavish meal for VIP guests is served in the famous Rose Garden.
[The VIP Rose Garden at Coachella. Callie Ahlgrim/Insider]
The table is quietly tucked away inside the Rose Garden, one of several exclusive areas for VIP festivalgoers at Coachella.
However, a VIP wristband alone doesn't get you a seat at the table.
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It costs $350 per person, plus additional fees. Each night is sold separately.
In addition to the meal itself, a ticket grants access to the Rose Garden for the entire day — so you don't need a VIP wristband to attend one of the weekend's dinners.
As people trickled in, guests were encouraged to drink and mingle.
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Entrance for the dinner began at 5:45 p.m. and closed at 6:15 p.m. sharp.
Our gourmet meal was created by Zarah Khan.
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Khan joined Rustic Canyon, a critically acclaimed restaurant in Santa Monica, as the executive chef in 2022.
The first course was seeded levain bread from Clark Street Bakery and pickled turnips.
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The delicious turnips were garnished with rose and sumac.
The second course was mushroom labneh, a creamy Middle Eastern-style yogurt.
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The labneh was served alongside scallion and lion's mane powder laffa, a kind of Israeli flatbread.
Khan's cooking is focused on vegetables and inspired by Mediterranean influences, as well as her Pakistani heritage, according to a press release.