Denver International Wine Festival
Taste of Elegance Chefs Food & Wine Competition

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

"Best Chef" Michael Long & Hosea Rosenberg	"Most Creative Chef" Robert N. Corey & Hosea Rosenberg
Left Duane Kroeger of Outdoor Kitchen, Center "People's Choice Chef" Jean-Luc Voegele, Right Hosea Rosenberg
Judges Hosea Rosenberg, Claire Walter, Amanda M. Faison & Teresa Farney

This year's Judges:

• Hosea Rosenberg, Top Chef Season 5 Winner
• Amanda M. Faison, Senior Editor 5280 Magazine
• Claire Walter, Food Critic & Author of "Culinary Colorado"
• 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.

CURRENT LINE-UP OF PARTICIPATING CHEFS:

• Jean-Luc Voegele, Executive Chef The Westin Tabor Center
• Ian Kleinman, Chef de Cuisine O's Restaurant, Westminster
• David Harker, Exec Chef The Meritage @ The Omni Interlocken Resort
  with Mario Clapes, Chef De Cuisine
• Michael Long, Chef/Owner, Opus Restaurant, Littleton
• Chad Clevenger Mel's Bar & Grill
• Eric Skokan Black Cat Restaurant, Boulder
• David Oleveri, Executive Chef, Farradday's Steakhouse, Blackhawk
• Daniel Joly, Chef/Owner, Mirabelle, Beaver Creek
• Robert N. Corey, Executive Chef, Sandoval's Kitchen
• DeWayne Lieurance, Chef & Consultant, Denver
• Eliza H. S. Gavin, Chef/Owner, 221 South Oak Bistro, Telluride
• Austin Cueto, Executive Chef, Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Denver
• Jeremy Thomas, Executive Chef, Parizi & Firenze a Tavola, Denver
• Jeff Bolton, Executive Chef, Second Home Kitchen & Bar, Denver
• Eric Rivera, Chef, Lala's Wine Bar & Pizzeria, Denver
• Kelly Yepello, Chocolatier, Yepello Chocolates and Confections,
  Steamboat Springs