Metropolitan Cooking & Entertainment Show

Washington Convention Center

Submitted by Jamie on July 10, 2009 - 12:24pm

Venue Address: 

801 Mount Vernon Place, NW

Washington, DC 20001

United States

See map: Google Maps

www.dcconvention.com

Come meet Food Network celebrities Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis, Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri, and the Neelys!

The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show features more than 250 exhibitors, live cooking demonstrations by nationally renowned chefs, tasting and entertaining workshops, plus presentations from Food Network celebrities.

This is a one-of-a kind event for anyone who loves to cook or entertain!

DC’s hottest chefs presenting culinary demonstrations at the upcoming event include:
-Chef Victor Albisu, BLT Steak
-Chef Cathal Armstrong & Todd Thrasher, Restaurant Eve, Eammon’s, The Majestic
-Chef RJ Cooper, Vidalia
-Chef David Deshaies, Michel Richard Citronelle
-Chef Daniel Giusti, 1789 Restaurant
-Diane Gross, CORK Wine Bar
-Chef Mike Hanratty, Mie N Yu
-Chef Mike Isabella, Zaytinya
-Chef Jamie Leeds, Hank’s Oyster Bar, CommonWealth
-Chef Patrice Olivon, L’Academie de Cuisine
-Khalid Pitts, CORK Wine Bar
-Chef Barton Seaver, Blue Ridge
-Chef Bryan Voltaggio, VOLT
-Pastry Chef Thomas Wellings, Equinox
-Chef Robert Wiedmaier, Brabo, Brasserie Beck, Marcel’s

The show will offer cooking demonstrations by award-winning local and national chefs, intensive wine seminars, food and wine pairings, product sampling and sales from 200+ exhibitors, the Northeast Beef Board Tastings and Entertaining workshops, the Domino Sugar Just for Kids cooking area, and a beer, wine and spirits tasting pavilion.

General admission tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on-site. Children ages 4 – 12 are $10 in advance and $13 on-site. Children 4 and under are free. General admission includes demonstrations and entertaining presentations on the exhibit floor. Additional tickets are required for the feature presentations in Celebrity Theater, Food & Wine Pairings, Wine Seminars, the Domino® Sugar Just for Kids Interactive Cooking Area, the VIP Celebrity Events, Cocktails with Todd Thrasher and the Beer, Wine & Spirits Tasting Area.

For a schedule of events, go to: http://www.metrocooking.com/2009DC/tickets/documents/ScheduleofEvents_00...

For details on the participating DC chefs, go to:
http://www.metrocooking.com/2009DC/program/cooking.html

For tickets, go to: http://www.metrocooking.com/2009DC/tickets/index.html

Facebook link:
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metropolitan-Cooking-Entertaining-Show/114047...