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With the rousing success of last year's inaugural event, the Second Annual Hamptons Wine & Food Festival will take place Friday, August 11 through Sunday, August 13 at Ross School in East Hampton and other special event locations. This culinary entertainment event features an incredible weekend of parties, wine and food tasting seminars, cooking demonstrations, live competitions and a spectacular Grand Tasting both days. Attendees will explore emerging wine and food trends from around the world and the region's own backyard. The best local ingredients will also be added to the mix this year as the festival celebrates the rich agricultural heritage of the Hamptons with locally grown products from East End farms and Long Island winemakers.
The Festival features cooking demonstrations from well-known personalities such as Food Network stars
Sandra Lee (Semi-Homemade) and Dave Lieberman (host of both Good Deal and Eat This), Ralph Pagano (finalist from Fox TV's Hell's Kitchen) competing against
Harold Dieterle (recent winner of Bravo's Top Chef), top wine and spirits experts such as Steve Olson,
F. Paul Pacult, and Anthony Giglio and leading wine, spirits and food pairing seminars throughout the weekend.
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Spike McGuire of Jonnie Walker at the 2005 festival.
Photo by Katrina Lovett |
The spectacular Grand Tastings will be held Saturday and Sunday featuring numerous local and international wines and a full menu of signature dishes from top Hamptons restaurants.
The best local talent will be tapped for the Platinum Chef Competition. Round 1 will be held prior to the Festival, with the field narrowed to four contestants. Round 2 will open the Festival on Sat. at 1 pm on The Viking Cooking Stage. The final round with two finalists will take place Sun. afternoon, 1-3 pm, emceed by Jerry Della Femina and Judy Licht with a fabulous Grand Prize to be announced at the Festival!
On Saturday at 5 pm, things will really heat up during the Reality Chef Competition, where the Hamptons' own Ralph Pagano (Hell's Kitchen/Iron Chef) battles it out with Harold Dieterle, the winner of Top Chef. This competition is live, unedited and not to be missed.
A silent auction of one-of-a-kind chef jackets decorated by celebrities and designers such as
Nicole Miller,
Cynthia Rowley, and
Betsey Johnson and modeled by model-spokesperson/
Howard Stern gal-pal Beth Ostrosky will be displayed and bid upon throughout the event, to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation. Other donated items to the Festival's Silent Auction will help raise funds for the Ross School's Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund.
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AnnMarie and Marco Borghese of Castelli di Borghese
Vineyard at the 2005 festival. Photo by Katrina Lovett |
A festive weekend of parties includes a Friday night sunset Tapas and Tinis kick-off party at an oceanfront estate to benefit the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund, a Saturday night VIP party tent with live music and a Sunday VIP Sparkling Summer Brunch.
The Ross School in East Hampton serves as the festival's new setting, with events staged throughout the school's magnificent award-winning Center For Well Being. The beauty of its East Hampton location, combined with its cutting-edge contemporary architecture and international artwork, make the school campus an idyllic festival setting.
Sponsors include presenting sponsor The New York Times, major sponsors American Express,
Bedell Cellars, Level Vodka and Toshiba along with supporting sponsors Viking Range, Fiji Water, Partida Tequila, Wolffer Estate Vineyard, Paumanok Vineyards,
Land Rover Long Island, Veuve Clicquot, Johnny Walker Blue Label, Stella Artois, Sleepy's,
Judith Ripka, London Jewelers, Plum TV and the Hampton Jitney.
Tickets for the event are - $50/tasting seminar; $125/4-seminar pass; $125/Grand Tasting Saturday (6-9 pm) or Sunday (1-5 pm); $175/Saturday VIP Grand Tasting (includes admission to party tent with live band, dancing and VIP Terrace bars); $150 for Sunday combo-pass (includes two seminars and Grand Tasting); $150 for Friday night Tapas & Tinis kick-of party to benefit Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund (limited availability); $500 for VIP Platinum Pass (all seminars, VIP access to both Grand Tastings, and Sunday champagne brunch – limited availability). Event info and online ticket purchases available at the Festival's website,
www.hamptonswineandfood.com, or by phone at 631-613-3110.
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