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Bon Appétit Presents Chicago
Gourmet 2013
Thousands of Food and Wine Lovers Gather in Millennium Park for a
Sold-Out Celebration featuring Gourmet Fare, Celebrity Chef Demos,
Wine Tastings, and More
Photos by: www.FotoSB.com
The sixth annual Chicago Gourmet 2013 presented by title sponsor Bon
Appétit magazine, in conjunction with presenting sponsor Southern Wine &
Spirits of Illinois, showcased hundreds of renowned chefs, winemakers,
premium spirit producers and brewmasters from around the world at Chicago's
famed Millennium Park. The country's most celebrated culinary masterminds
interacted with thousands of attendees during a weekend filled with cooking
demonstrations, book signings, food and wine seminars, international talent,
Grand Cru Tastings, numerous gourmet tasting pavilions, ingredient
smackdowns, and more.
Inventive new offerings this year included the Global Market, where local producers had an opportunity to share and sell their products. The Chef Smackdowns, which took place on the Bon Appétit Culinary Stage in the Global Market, were hugely successful with friendly competitions in categories like tacos, fried chicken, sausage, meatballs, seafood, and ghost pepper. The newly added Dessert Pavilion shined a light on Chicago's fine pastry talent, while the La Femme du Chef Pavilion introduced event goers to many of Chicago's leading ladies in the culinary industry.
The ultimate wine experience on the Harris Theater Rooftop, the separately ticketed Grand Cru, presented by The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank, offered 400 attendees each day the opportunity to taste some of the finest wines in the world, as selected by the event's internationally recognized Master Sommeliers. This year's event was taken to new heights, thanks to the addition of nine internationally renowned chefs from around the globe and ten of Chicago's very own Michelin-starred toques.
Chicago Gourmet welcomed the following chefs and their Chicago hosts to the 2013 Grand Cru: Chef Hideaki Matsuo of Osaka, Japan (Kashiwaya) Hosted by Chef Takashi Yagihashi (Takashi, Slurping Turtle), Chef Jordi Vilà of Barcelona, Spain (Alkimia) Hosted by Chef Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia), Chef Lionel Rigolet of Brussels, Belgium (Comme chez Soi) Hosted by Chef Andrew Zimmerman (Sepia), Chef Stefan Karlsson of Gothenburg, Sweden (Fond) Hosted by Chef Homaro Cantu (MOTO), Chef Anthony Fusco of Lyon, France (La Table Lachassagne) Hosted by Chef Graham Elliot (Graham Elliot), Chef Svetlana Riskova of Riga, Latvia Hosted by Chef Carrie Nahabedian (NAHA), Chef Ángel Vazquez of Puebla, Mexico (Intro: In?uence by Flavor) Hosted by Chef Carlos Gaytan (Mexique), Chef Martin Juneau of Montreal, Canada (Pastaga) Hosted by Chef Chris Nugent (Goosefoot), Chef Aktar Islam of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Lasan) Hosted by Jared Wentworth (Longman & Eagle), Chef Tommy Raanti of Stavanger, Norway Hosted by Chef Thomas Lents (Sixteen)
Inventive new offerings this year included the Global Market, where local producers had an opportunity to share and sell their products. The Chef Smackdowns, which took place on the Bon Appétit Culinary Stage in the Global Market, were hugely successful with friendly competitions in categories like tacos, fried chicken, sausage, meatballs, seafood, and ghost pepper. The newly added Dessert Pavilion shined a light on Chicago's fine pastry talent, while the La Femme du Chef Pavilion introduced event goers to many of Chicago's leading ladies in the culinary industry.
The ultimate wine experience on the Harris Theater Rooftop, the separately ticketed Grand Cru, presented by The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank, offered 400 attendees each day the opportunity to taste some of the finest wines in the world, as selected by the event's internationally recognized Master Sommeliers. This year's event was taken to new heights, thanks to the addition of nine internationally renowned chefs from around the globe and ten of Chicago's very own Michelin-starred toques.
Chicago Gourmet welcomed the following chefs and their Chicago hosts to the 2013 Grand Cru: Chef Hideaki Matsuo of Osaka, Japan (Kashiwaya) Hosted by Chef Takashi Yagihashi (Takashi, Slurping Turtle), Chef Jordi Vilà of Barcelona, Spain (Alkimia) Hosted by Chef Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia), Chef Lionel Rigolet of Brussels, Belgium (Comme chez Soi) Hosted by Chef Andrew Zimmerman (Sepia), Chef Stefan Karlsson of Gothenburg, Sweden (Fond) Hosted by Chef Homaro Cantu (MOTO), Chef Anthony Fusco of Lyon, France (La Table Lachassagne) Hosted by Chef Graham Elliot (Graham Elliot), Chef Svetlana Riskova of Riga, Latvia Hosted by Chef Carrie Nahabedian (NAHA), Chef Ángel Vazquez of Puebla, Mexico (Intro: In?uence by Flavor) Hosted by Chef Carlos Gaytan (Mexique), Chef Martin Juneau of Montreal, Canada (Pastaga) Hosted by Chef Chris Nugent (Goosefoot), Chef Aktar Islam of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Lasan) Hosted by Jared Wentworth (Longman & Eagle), Chef Tommy Raanti of Stavanger, Norway Hosted by Chef Thomas Lents (Sixteen)
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