Taste! Gourmet Trade Show & Expo
The Bad Boy Breakfast with Guy Fieri opens the show May 14 at 9 am. Tickets are $95 with limited seating for this exclusive event which will include a big Southern breakfast with the gourmet touch of the popular Food Network host. Book signing and photo opportunities also will be highlights. It's your best opportunity to see this favorite blond up close and personal!Fabio's Intimate Wine Dinner is May 14 at 7 pm. Tickets are $120 for the exclusive dinner hosted by Fabio Viviani, fan favorite of Bravo TV's season five of Top Chef, and his business partner Jacopo Falleni. A welcome cocktail, Santa Margherita wines paired by Falleni and a dessert martini are included with the five-course dinner featuring Fabio's specialty recipes. Book signing and photo opportunities will be allowed. A silent auction will be part of the event to raise funds for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Live cooking demonstrations in Celebrity Theater are $80 for limited stage seating with tasting, $44 for floor seating and $32 for bleacher seating. See Guy Fieri May 14 at 12:30 pm. Book signing opportunities will be available for a short time following his presentation. Aaron McCargo, Jr., host of Big Daddy's House on Food Network, presents at 11:30 am May 15, and Fabio Viviani presents at 1:30 pm May 15. General admission to the Expo is included with the celebrity cooking demonstration tickets.
Tickets to The Village are $35 each day and include general admission to the Expo plus an unlimited seafood bar and 20 vouchers for beer and wine tasting.
Just-4-Kidz cooking classes will be taught May 15 at 2 pm for ages 7 to 9 by Cecil Chandler, television celebrity with his own cooking show on WBTW Channel 13. He will teach healthy pizza making. Fabio Viviani and Jacopo Falleni will teach a healthy cooking class for ages 10 to 12 May 15 at 3:30 pm. Kids' class tickets are $15 and are limited to 24 children each session to allow for hands-on participation.
General admission to the Expo is $7 each day and includes gourmet product sampling and shopping opportunities. Restaurants will be selling tasting portions of their featured dishes. Also included with general admission are floor seats for live cooking demonstrations in Celebrity Theater by Chef Eric Masson of The Brentwood Restaurant and Wine Bistro; Andreann Geise of Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown; Rich Hollenberg and the Supper Swap Girls. The final judging of the barbecue competition with Aaron McCargo, Jr. awarding the Best of Show will be open to general admission ticket holders.
A variety of coffee, cigar, herb and agriculture seminars also are included with the general admission ticket. Check our blog posts often and watch for announcements of seminars, book signings and presentations for children and adults.
Visit www.TasteShows.com for details and tickets.
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