2007 Event Highlights

A special thanks to all of the guests, vendors, merchants, chefs, sommeliers and partners for making The Art of Food & Wine Palm Desert 2007 a resounding success.

 

 

Click here to relive the very best in art, food and wine education and hospitality through pictures from the four-day festival.

• 4 Days: Thursday, Nov. 8 – Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007
• 6 Events: Opening Night Reception; Golf Tournament; Street Festival; Concert; Grand Tasting Saturday; and Grand Tasting Sunday.
• 5 Venues: McCallum Theater; Desert Willow Golf Resort; El Paseo; Civic Center Park; and JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa.
• 12 Celebrity Chefs
• 5 Sister City Chefs from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
• 3 Featured Local Chefs
• 6 Master Sommeliers
• 6 Host Committee Members
• 20 Sponsors
• 63 Local/Regional Merchant Participants
• 26 Local Restaurant Participants
• 31 Wineries
• 100+ Wine Labels Poured
• 24 Educational Seminars

Celebrity Chefs:

• Lidia Bastianich, author of Lidia's Family Table, Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen, Lidia's Italian Table and La Cucina di Lidia and owner of Felidia, Becco and Esca, New York
• Kris Capra, a desert local, featured on public television
• Gale Gand and Rick Tramonto, James Beard Award winners, executive pastry chef and executive chef of Tru and Cenitare Restaurants
• Elaine Gonzalez, master chocolatier emeritus, author of The Art of Chocolate and winner of the Henry J. Bornhofft Award
• Dean James Max, expert in French cuisine, creator and executive chef of 3030 Ocean, Fort Lauderdale
• Ina Pinkney, known as The Breakfast Queen, owner and executive chef of Ina's, Chicago
• Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, Stars of Party Line with the Hearty Boys on the Food Network and owners of Hearty Boys Catering, Chicago
• Tommy Tang, legendary Thai chef and owner of Tommy Tang's Restaurant, Los Angeles and New York
• Jason Wilson, named one of the 10 Best New Chefs by Food & Wine Magazine (2006), owner and executive chef of CRUSH Restaurant, Seattle

 

Local Chefs:

• Jose Luis Bravo, 2007 California Date Chef Competition award winner
• Jacqueline Bachar, author of Under Chocolate Skies and international gourmet chocolate expert
• Kris Capra, founder of Capra's Italian Restaurant in Palm Springs, and host of the new cooking show, "Capra's Kitchen – The EasyWay Gourmet."