Food and Wine Taste of Beverly Hills Festival, Day 1
Posted on Sep 30, 2010 under Archives | No Comment
food and wine set up
The first annual Food and Wine Taste of Beverly Hills epicurean extravaganza was held on Sept 2 – 5 at the space adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The event showcased top chefs and restaurants from Beverly Hills and beyond.
Over Labor Day weekend, guests enjoed food, beer, wine, cocktail tastings, and chef demos within the Grand Tasting area over four days. The Grand Tasting showcased over 50 chefs and restaurateurs. Here are pics from the Grand Tasting event.
media check in
We checked in inside the hotel and then headed off to taste some food and drink wine.
hula girl stand
Hula Girl provided some refreshing libations.
Hula girl drinks
Across the way was a stand advertising “bacon wrapped bacon,” so we headed that way…
Bacon wrapped bacon booth
Makin' the Bacon
Bacon wrapped bacon
Thick slabs of bacon were served with lettuce and heirloom tomatoes. Yum, one of our faves.
Chefs from Fraiche
The chefs from Fraiche served up a nice foie gras sample…
Foie gras sample
Terroni booth
The Terroni booth had chefs rolling fresh pasta for their samples.
Fresh pasta
Terroni pasta dish
Nonna Italy served up a nice meatball.
Nonna Italy
Meatball
The Il Cielo booth had some great pizzas.
Il Cielo booth
prosciutto pizza
salmon pizza
mini slider
The Border Grill booth served pizzas.
Pizzas
little pork tacos
We also had little pork tacos. We stopped by to speak with Mark Peel, from Camponile and Tar Pit, who was making some killer grilled cheese sandwiches, my fave of the night.
Chef Marc Peel
Camponile grilled cheese
Chris and Me at festival
After sampling lots of wine and small dishes of food, we headed home.