San
Francisco Chefs 2013 - Celebrating Bay Area Cuisine
Dining
Detectives
By Carol & Joe Davis
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It's
been quite interesting to see the evolution of SF Chefs, since
it first began five years ago. It has always been well produced
and allowed the "Foodie" Public to have access to great
Chefs, Cuisine, Wine and Cocktails, as well as allowing the Food
industry to celebrate the San Francisco Culinary scene. Now, there
are many more events and dinners throughout the year but the highlight
is still The Grand Tasting Tent on Union Square. It all starts
with the Spring Dinner Party Project Series with local dinners
showcasing San Francisco's greatest Chefs.
Next,
there is a preview tasting at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and
Food Industry Day Seminars. The weekend with the Grand Tasting
Tent Events also features Cocktail Parties, After Parties, Classes
and Demos. Then, later this year there will be the Fall Dinner
Party Project Series in New York and Los Angeles featuring chefs
from San Francisco.
Featured Chefs this year included Boulevard's Nancy Oakes, El
Paseo's Tyler Florence, M Y China's Martin Yan, Incanto's Chris
Cosentino, Plumed Horse's Peter Armellino, Waterbar's Peter Ulrich,
Copita's Joanne Weir, Scomas' Alan Fairhurst, La Mar Diego Oka
, Fifth Floor's David Bazirgan's , Ozumo's Yo Matsuzaki , Epic
Roasthouse's Jan Birnbaum , Dixie's Joseph Humphrey , Culinary
Institute of America's Lars Kronmark, Nick's Cove Austin Perkins
,
Presidio
Social Club's Jay Abrams , Ahwahnee's Robert Anderson and Park
Tavern's Jennifer Puccio to name a few.
This
year we went on Sunday for the "Brunch on the Bay" theme.
We liked the fact that there were different themes for each of
the Daily Tent Events, giving you a selection if you were going
for just one day or the ability to enjoy more themes if you purchased
the three day admission ticket.
As
always, we were thrilled by the abundant cuisine, wine and spirits.....as
well as the overall ambience and excitement within the Tent! Some
of our favorite tastes included Park Tavern's Eggs Hollandaise,
Nick's Cove's Bloody Mary Oyster Shooters and Crab & Melon
Gazpacho, the Cuban Reuben, Brixton's French Toast, Pizza Antica's
Porchetta and La Mar's Causa.
We
particularly enjoyed the beverages including tastes of the 18
year old Highland Park Scotch http://www.highlandpark.co.uk/lda/
, the Suerte Tequila Blanco www.DrinkSuerte.com , Longevity Wines
www.longevitywines.com Rhone Style Blend debru-vee and the Lavazza
Espresso. We also loved the Cooking Demonstration by Martin Yan
hosted by Eye on The Bay's Liam Mayclem. We polled quite a few
attendees and the overwhelming sentiment was that they felt they
truly got the chef access they expected , tasted fine cuisine
and beverages and got their money's worth.
We
really enjoyed SF CHEFS 2013 which truly celebrated the San Francisco
Bay Area's love of food and plan to attend again next year.
Go to www.SFCHEFSFOODWINE.com
to stay informed about the upcoming competitions, cooking demonstrations,
educational seminars, special dinners and events.