A Night of Extreme Taste


Ritz-Carlton
Submitted by Anita on September 24, 2009 - 5:18pm26 Celebrity Chefs Cooking Live Gives Guests a Culinary Experience of Lifetime
“A Night of Extreme Taste”, will feature more than 13 savory action stations and a grand dessert buffet prepared by over 28 of the nation’s most talented chefs, complemented by fine wine and spirits, beer, breads, cheese, teas, coffee and water stations.
The guests will be able to meet the participating chefs and share great conversations while enjoying cocktails, wine, champagne and beer tastings with unlimited access to the stations. We will also have an amazing entertainment and a crazy room set up. The guests will be very impressed by this event. The grand dessert buffet will feature more than 20 different pastry selections, Show pieces and desserts will be prepared live.
Cocktails will be especially prepared by a World Class Mixologist, while guests listen to Fernando Varela and The Leclaire Brothers.
In addition to the delectable offerings, every guest will receive a box of chocolate truffles, exclusively created by one of the most renowned chocolatiers.
Tickets: $125 plus service fee. Go to: http://www.jeromegirardotfund.com/wp/news
This event is open to the public, for more information, please visit: www.jeromegirardotfund.com.
Recommended attire for this event is 'urban chic'.
Celebrity Chefs participating in the Washington D.C. “A Night of Extreme Taste” include:
| Chef Jean Phlippe Maury | Executive Pastry Chef |
City Center Las Vegas |
|
Chef Michel Richard |
Chef/Owner |
Michel Richard Citronelle |
| Chef Daniel Zeal | Chef de Cuisine |
Georgian Room, The Cloister at Sea |
| Chef Laurent Pillard | Executive Chef | Fleur De Lys, Hubert Keller |
| Chef Bryan Voltaggio | Chef/Owner | Volt Restaurant (Finalist Las Vegas Top Chef) |
| Chef Robert Wiedmaier | Chef/Owner |
BRABO by Robert Wiedmaier |
| Chef Robert Ciborowski | Executive Chef | Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort |
| Chef Clayton Miller | Executive Chef | Trummer’s on Main |
| Chef Julien Jouhannaud | Executive Chef | Alain Ducasse Group |
| Chef David Deshaies | Executive Chef | Michel Richard Citronelle |
| Chef Scott Drewno | Executive Chef | The Source by Wolfgang Puck |
| Chef Peter Timmins | Executive Chef |
The Gasparilla Inn & Club |
| Chef David Varley | Executive Chef | Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak House |
| Chef Laurent Branlard | Executive Pastry Chef |
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort |
| Chef Christopher James | Deputy Chef/Pastry Chef | The Department of State in Washington D.C. |
| Chef Jerome Landrieu | Chocolate Academy Director | Chocolate Academy Cacao Barry |
| Chef Laurent Lhuiller | Executive Pastry Chef |
Catering by Windows |
| Chef Frederic Loraschi | Chocolatier/Owner | Chocolats Frederic Loraschi |
| Chef Frederic Monti | Corporate Pastry Chef | Pregel America |
| Chef Jose Andres | Chef/Owner |
ThinkFoodGroup (TV Host, Author) |
| Chef Geoff Manthorn | Executive Sous Chef | Charm City Cakes
(Co- Star,Ace of Cakes TV show) |
| Chef Johann Willar | Assistant Pastry Chef |
The Ritz Carlton Resorts of Naples |
| Chef Arnold Myint | Contestant |
Bravo's Top Chef D.C. |
| Chef William Werner | Executive Pastry Chef |
Whisk Group |
| Chef Kenny Gilbert | Contestant |
Bravo's Top Chef D.C. |
| Chef Claude Escamilla | Executive Pastry Chef |
Jean Phillipe Patisserie |
| Chef Stephane Treand | Chef/Owner |
Stephane Treand Pastry Consulting, LLC |
| Chef Santosh Tiptur | Executive Chef |
Coco Sala Restaurant |
|
Chef Jacques Poulain |
Chef/Owner | Cacao |
|
Chef Sebastien Thieffine |
Executive Pastry Chef | The Ritz Carlton Napes Resorts |
|
Chef Stephane Cheramy |
Executive Pastry Chef | J.W. Marriot & The Ritz Carlton Orlando |
|
Chef David Serus |
Executive Chef | The Ritz Carlton Washington D.C. |
|
Freddy Diaz |
Mixologist | Alambiq, Inc. |



