OCI Graduate Chef Alvin Cailan Expands Eggslut to Las Vegas

OCI graduate Chef Alvin Cailan debuted his second location of Eggslut at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas this past weekend. Open seven days a week, Chef Alvin’s menu consists of breakfast-only dishes served day and night.

Eggslut, the food-truck-turned-food-stand at the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles was Chef Cailan’s first adventure in 2011. Since then he opened Ramen Champ, which he’s since sold; and a kitchen incubator called Unit 21. Expanding to Las Vegas was a step he hadn’t expected to take for many years.

Cosmopolitan CEO Bill McBeath came to Los Angeles to stand in Eggslut’s line, on the recommendation of his daughter, a USC student. He waited 30 minutes to get an egg sandwich — then got back in line and waited another 30 minutes for his second.

When McBeath approached Eggslut Chef Cailan, Cailan said he was “shocked and stoked. I mean, my idols are there,” said Cailan. “Thomas Keller, Jose Andres. I thought we were like a decade away from actually being a part of the Las Vegas food scene — if that.”

Next up for Chef Cailan — opening two more units in California, Venice later this summer and Glendale this fall.