The Fifth Annual Taste of Slow Food San Diego will be held on Saturday, August 23rd, 2007 5-9 PM at the PLAZA OF OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO HISTORIC STATE PARK.
Scott Wagner, Executive Chef for ChileCo Catering, will be working with a team of outstanding local chefs, farmers, and food purveyors to create dishes inspired by the food cultures of early San Diego. Guests will taste their way through various food stations, sampling dishes featuring fresh, seasonal organic produce, artisan meats and cheeses. Local wines and beers will be available for tasting. 2 glasses of beer or wine included in ticket price: $65.00.
Participating Chefs include Dean Thomas, Jim Phillips and Duncan Firth Barona Casino ♦ Bernard Guillas, Marine Room ♦ Tom McAliney, Brandt Beef ♦ Katie Grebow, Café Chloe ♦ Timothy Au, Molly’s ♦ Antonio Friscia, Dish ♦ Scott Wagner, ChileCo ♦ Jeff Massey, Stone Brew World Bistro & Gardens ♦ Margarite Griftka, Starlight ♦ Christy Samoy, Sea Rocket Bistro ♦ Leah Di Bernardo, Delytes Catering ♦ Ray Kau, Whole Foods ♦ Javier Plascencia, Restaurante Romesco, ♦ Margarita Salinas di Carrillo, Don Emilianos’s ♦ Mrs. Trimmer’s Restaurant ♦ Berta Utreas, Berta’s ♦ Geoffrey Yahn, Currant, ♦ Bob Gibson, Pasado Del Paseo ♦ Jeanne Ferrell, Cold Stone Creamery ♦ Elizabethan Desserts ♦ Mario Montes, El Agave ♦ Samantha Hanan, The Market ♦ Café Coyote ♦ Acapulco ♦ Connie Puente Miller, El Fandango ♦ Jason Knibb Nine Ten ♦ Victor Jimenez, Cowboy Star.
Purveyors and Farmers include: Brandt Beef ♦ Hamilton Meats ♦ Gina Friese, Venissimo Cheese ♦ Michael Antonorsi, Chuao Chocolate, Barry Logan’s La Milpa Organica, Phil and Juany Noble’s Sage Mountain Farm, Sweet Tree Farm, Helene Beck’s La Vigne ♦ Jackie Anderson’s Jackie’s Jams ♦ Debra Katz, Sadie Rose Baking Co. ♦ Ana Salcedo’s Old Town Ice Cream ♦
Local Breweries and Wineries include: Stone Brewing Co ♦ Port Brewing Co ♦ Alesmith Brewing Co ♦ Hacienda de las Rosas Winery ♦ Salerno’s ♦ San Pasqual Winery ♦ Twin Oaks Valley Winery ♦ Woof’n Rose Winery.
Proceeds from this joint fundraiser will benefit the projects of Slow Food San Diego and The Old Town San Diego State Park. Scott Murray, President of Slow Food San Diego will host a produce booth from the farm at the San Pasqual Academy, a residential home for foster teens in Escondido. There will be a silent auction to benefit the projects of Old Town San Diego State Park.
For more information visit www.slowfoodsandiego.org/home.htm
Purchase tickets at brownpapertickets.com/event/35925
The Slow Food event was a great time. There were dozens of vendors there and my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and discovered some good local wines.