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Attn: Wine Savvy Chefs!
We are now seeking chefs for the 2011 Taste of Elegance Food and Wine
Competition on Thursday November 3, 2011.
Download PDF Forms and Info
Congratulations to our 2010 winning chefs!
People's Choice Chef 2010:
Jean-Luc Voegele, Executive Chef, The Westin Tabor Center, Denver
Best Chef 2010:
Robert N. Corey, 12 Seasons Personal Chef and Sommelier Services (formerly known as The French Manner)
Most Creative Chef 2010:
Leo Harvey, Executive Chef, Big Game Restaurant and Lounge, Denver
Honorable Mention:
Geoffrey Groditski, Executive Chef, The Fort
Denver
International Wine Festival
Taste of Elegance Chefs Food & Wine Competition
Thursday November 4, 2010, 6 to 9pm
The Mile High Station, Denver
*2010 Participating Chefs
- Geoffrey Groditski, Executive Chef, The Fort
- David Harker, Exec Chef The Meritage @ The Omni Interlocken Resort
with Mario Clapes, Chef De Cuisine
- David Oliveri, Executive Chef, Farradday's Steakhouse, Blackhawk
- Daniel Joly, Chef/Owner, Mirabelle, Beaver Creek
- Robert N. Corey, 12 Seasons Personal Chef and Sommelier Services (formerly known as The French Manner)
- Leo Harvey, Executive Chef, Big Game Restaurant and Lounge, Denver
- Jean-Luc Voegele, Executive Chef, The Westin Tabor Center, Denver
- DeWayne Lieurance, Chef & Consultant, Denver
- Eliza Gavin, Chef/Owner, 221 South Oak Bistro, Telluride
- Kelly Yepello, Chocolatier, Yepello Chocolates and Confections,
Steamboat Springs
- Eric Rivera, Chef, Lala's Wine Bar & Pizzeria, Denver
- David Davis, Executive Chef, Bridgewater Grill at The Golden Hotel
*This list is building and will be updated often
2010 JUDGES:
- Hosea Rosenberg, Top Chef Season 5 Winner
- Kelly Liken, Chef/Owner Restaurant Kelly Liken-Vail, CO
- Claire Walter, Food Critic & Author of "Culinary Colorado"
- Wes Marshall, Wine Writer and Author of "What's a Wine lover To Do?"
- Lori Midson, Cafe Society Editor, Westword
- Tom Spilman District President, KeyBank
2009
Taste of Elegance Winners!
"Best Chef" Michael Long,
Chef/Owner, Opus Restaurant, Littleton
"Most Creative Chef" Robert N. Corey,
Executive Chef, Sandoval's Kitchen
"People's Choice Chef" Jean-Luc Voegele,
Executive Chef The Westin Tabor Center
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| "Best
Chef" Michael Long
& Hosea
Rosenberg |
"Most
Creative Chef"
Robert N. Corey
& Hosea
Rosenberg |
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Left
Duane Kroeger of Outdoor Kitchen,
Center "People's Choice Chef"
Jean-Luc Voegele,
Right Hosea
Rosenberg |
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Judges
Hosea Rosenberg, Claire
Walter, Amanda M. Faison
& Teresa
Farney |
Last year's Judges:
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Hosea
Rosenberg, Top Chef Season 5 Winner
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Amanda
M. Faison, Senior Editor 5280 Magazine
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Claire
Walter, Food Critic & Author of "Culinary
Colorado"
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Teresa
Farney, Food Editor, The Gazette, Colorado Springs
They
will award the "Best Chef" and "Most Creative"
Chef Awards. All 400 consumers
will get their chance to vote for their favorite chef, their votes
are counted and used to determine the "People's Choice"
chef. This is the very same event that Chef Hosea Rosenberg won
"Best Chef" 2006 & 2007, "People's Choice Chef
2008, before going on to his triumphant victory wining Bravo's
Top Chef, Season 5 this year. Hosea has agreed to return as Celebrity
Judge this year. We will also be shooting a TV pilot of this competition,
so publicity for all participating Chefs and restaurants will
be great!
The auctions from this will benefit The Help America Hear Program.
PAST
LINE-UP OF PARTICIPATING CHEFS:
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Jean-Luc
Voegele, Executive Chef The Westin Tabor Center
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Ian
Kleinman, Chef de Cuisine O's Restaurant, Westminster
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David
Harker, Exec Chef The Meritage @ The Omni Interlocken
Resort
with Mario Clapes, Chef De Cuisine
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Michael Long, Chef/Owner, Opus Restaurant,
Littleton
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Eric Skokan Black Cat Restaurant, Boulder
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David Oleveri, Executive Chef, Farradday's
Steakhouse, Blackhawk
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Daniel Joly, Chef/Owner, Mirabelle, Beaver
Creek
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Robert N. Corey, Executive Chef, Sandoval's
Kitchen
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DeWayne
Lieurance, Chef & Consultant, Denver
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Eliza
H. S. Gavin, Chef/Owner, 221 South Oak Bistro, Telluride
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Austin
Cueto, Executive Chef, Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Denver
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Jeremy
Thomas, Executive Chef, Parizi & Firenze a Tavola,
Denver
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Jeff
Bolton, Executive Chef, Second Home Kitchen &
Bar, Denver
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Eric
Rivera, Chef, Lala's Wine Bar & Pizzeria, Denver
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Kelly
Yepello,
Chocolatier, Yepello Chocolates and Confections,
Steamboat Springs
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