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Friday Night Festival Dinners
October 24, 2008
In just 15 years Las Vegas has become home to many of the finest restaurants in the country. Here’s your chance to dine with the best, as the city’s celebrity chefs prepare signature menus for a night of special Taste America dinners.
Signature Dinners:
Saturday Night Gala
October 25, 2008
James Beard believed American cuisine was regional cuisine. Join us for a virtual road trip of the best cooking in America as JBF Award-winning chefs from across the country team up with Las Vegas host chefs at the Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino—some 16 chefs in all—to prepare this once-in-a-lifetime gala dinner. One word of advice, save room for dessert!
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Featured Chefs:
- JBF Award Winner Patrick Connolly, Bobo, NYC
- JBF Award Winner R.J. Cooper III, Vidalia, Washington, DC
- JBF Award Winner Traci Des Jardins, Jardinière, San Francisco
- JBF Award Winner Jean-Louis Gerin, Jean-Louis, Greenwich, CT
- JBF Award Winner Donald Link, Herbsaint, New Orleans
- JBF Award Winner Shawn McClain, Spring, Chicago
- JBF Award Winner Adam Siegel, Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro, Milwaukee
- JBF Award Winner Holly Smith, Café Juanita, Kirkland, WA
- JBF Award Winner Robert Stehling, Hominy Grill, Charleston, SC
- JBF Award Winner John Sundstrom, Lark, Seattle
- JBF Award Winner Celina Tio, Julia(n), Charlotte, NC
- JBF Award Winner Fabio Trabocchi, Fiamma, NYC
Weekend Festival Events
Add a little substance to your sustenance and join us on Saturday afternoon for a selection of culinary learning experiences featuring JBF Award winners. Listen, learn and discuss at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where a panel of JBF Award winners and culinary experts will examine the culinary transformation of Las Vegas. Or satisfy your sweet tooth at a cooking demonstration with famed chocolatier François Payard.