Friday, March 5 2004
CELEBRITY
CHEFS & WINE MAKERS GOLF TOURANMENT
The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables (8:30am
- 1pm)
Chefs and Vintners tackle greens of a different
sort as they take to the hotel's championship course,
co-sponsored by the Florida Restaurant Association.
BOBBY FLAY
& FRIENDS ALL AMERICAN MOET & CHANDON BUBBLE
Q
The Delano Hotel, Miami Beach (7:30pm -
11pm)
Honoring "The Gladiator Of Grilling" and
the award-winning author of The Barbecue Bible,
Steven Raichlen. A private concert by legendary
country singer Willie Nelson is the centerpiece
of this amazing night on the sand as renowned grillmaster
& Food Network's Chef Bobby Flay (Bolo, Mesa
Grill, New York) and his bevy of barbecue buddies--Dean
Fearing (Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas), Aaron
Sanchez (Paladar, New York), Jack McDavid (Jack's
Firehouse & Down Home Diner, Philadelphia),
Jonathan Waxman (Washington Park, New York), Jonathan
Eismann (Pacific Time, Miami) and Claude Troisgros
(Blue Door at Delano, Miami) along with special
guest NBC and Food Network's Al Roker.
Saturday,
March 6 2004
WINE SPECTATOR
WINE SEMINARS
Hotel Inter-Continental, Miami
(10am - 5pm)
These "teaching tastings" feature owners
and winemakers leading you through vertical tastings
from such big names as Dom Perignon, Etude, Beringer
Blass Wine Estates as well as smaller houses and
are capped by an authentic Spanish luncheon sponsored
by Wines from Spain.
WINE &
FOOD PAIRING SEMINAR
Hotel Inter-Continental, Miami
(10:30am - 12pm)
Sizzling Wine and Food Pairings – Andrea Immer,
Master Sommelier and host of Fine Living's new show,
Simply Wine, shows you how to pair everything from
Champagne to Shiraz with sizzling South Beach flavors.
This is a hands-on (and forks-on!) seminar featuring
world-class wines, and a play-with-your-food sampler
of spicy and sexy tastes prepared by Miami's own
Chef Allen Susser (Chef Allen's- Aventura)
INTERACTIVE
COOKING LUNCH
Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables
(12pm
- 2:30pm)
American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author
Todd English (Olives, Figs, Kingfish Hall, Boston-Ma),
and master patissier and cookbook author Francois
Payard (Payard Patisserie & Bistro) team up
to lead students in a hands-on cooking experience
as they prepare an unforgettable meal.
CULINARY SEMINARS
& GRAND TASTING
Target Grand
Tasting Tent, Miami Beach (Ocean Dr. & 10th
St.)
Culinary Seminars (12pm
- 6pm)
Wine Spectator Trade Tasting (11am - 1pm)
Public Tasting (2pm - 5pm)
Food Network's Chefs Emeril Lagasse,
Bobby Flay, Alton Brown, Tyler Florence and Rachel
Ray, as well as Tony Abou-Ganim, Deborah Madison,
Joan Nathan, Rose Levy-Beranbaum, and Steven Raichlen-to
name just a few reveal their kitchen secrets in
a series of high-energy, off-the-cuff cooking
demos, while more than 100 world-class wineries
and spirits suppliers offer their finest, while
Barilla provides an enticing array of its authentic
Italian specialties for tasting.
KITCHENAID Dinner
Series
Various Locations (7:30pm to 11pm)
Four dinners--each crafted by celebrity chefs
and accompanied by an appropriate wine--take place
simultaneously at some of South Florida's most
well-known restautrants: The Loews Miami Beach
Hotel, where Emeril Lagasse (Emeril's, New Orleans)
will wow diners with his bold dishes and even
bolder personality, both served up with the wines
of Trinchero Family Estates; The Ritz-Carlton
Miami Beach, where masters Nobu Matsuhisa (Nobu-Worldwide),
Julian Serrano (Picasso, Las Vegas), Norman Van
Aken (Norman's, Miami and Orlando), Scott Conant
(L'Impero, New York), and the Ritz-Carlton Chefs
will create magic with a little help from Beringer
Blass Wine Estates; Azul, where the renowned Ming
Tsai (Blue Ginger, Boston) along with Michele
Bernstein, will skillfully prepare the perfect
meal for pairing with Veuve Clicquot; and the
Biltmore Hotel, where the unbeatable combination
of Alain Ducasse (Alain Ducasse, Mix in New York,
New York), Eric Ripert (Le Bernardin, New York),
Philippe Ruiz (Palme d'Or Restaurant, Coral Gables),
Pascal Oudin (Pascals on Ponce), and Francois
Payard (Payard Patisserie & Bistro), New York)
will entertain palates as premium vintages of
Lanson Champagne flows. An added attraction, the
American Airlines Live Auction, a spirited affair
featuring wine lots, exotic trips and much, much
more, will begin immediately following dinner
at the Biltmore.
Saturday,
March 6 2004
WINE & FOOD
PAIRING SEMINAR
Hotel Inter-Continental, Miami (10:30am
- 12pm)
Wine and Food Pairings – Andrea Immer, Master
Sommelier and host of Fine Living's new show Simply
Wine, shows you how to pair everything from Champagne
to Shiraz with sizzling South Beach flavors. This
is a hands-on (and forks-on!) seminar featuring
world class wines, and a play-with-your-food sampler
of spicy and sexy tastes prepared by Miami's own
Chef Cindy Hutson (Ortanique on the Mile, Miami)
TRIBUTE
BRUNCH
Loews Hotel, Miami Beach (11:30am - 1:30pm)
Festival hosts Florida International University
and Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida pull
out the corks to honor leaders in the food and
wine industry: trend setting restaurant pioneers
Jeffrey and Linda Chodorow of China Grill Management
and Gaja Winery president/owner Angelo Gaja, one
of the world's legendary Piedmontese winemakers.
Chef Todd English (Olives, Figs, Kingfish Hall,
Boston) will prepare the Family Style Italian
brunch.
CULINARY SEMINARS
& GRAND TASTING
Target Grand Tasting Tent, Miami Beach
(Ocean Dr. & 10th St.)
Culinary Seminars (12pm - 6pm)
Grand Tasting (12pm - 5pm)
Food Network's Chefs Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay,
Alton Brown, Tyler Florence and Rachel Ray, as
well as Tony Abou-Ganim, Deborah Madison, Joan
Nathan, Rose Levy-Beranbaum, and Steven Raichlen-to
name just a few of the scheduled all-stars-reveal
their kitchen secrets in a series of high-energy,
off-the-cuff cooking demos, while more than 125
of South Florida's greatest restaurants and more
than 100 world-class wineries and spirits suppliers
offer their finest under the Target Grand Tasting
Tent.
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