Don't Miss These Great Events! Santa Fe Harvest Festival Gold passes are still available. Red passes are sold out.
$160 Red Pass provides admission to all events, including "Best of the Fest" gala dinner on Nov. 13. $35 Gold Pass provides admission to Nov. 10 Chef Showdown, cooking classes and Nov. 13 Grand Gourmet.
Restaurant Relay CANCELLED
Chef Showdown's 2nd Elimination Round on Nov. 10 at the
Inn & Spa at Loretto was a great success!
Working with one pot on a single burner, chefs Kirstin Griffin of Cafe Cafe, Ahmed Obo of Jambo Cafe, Rocky Durham of SFCC, Matt Ostrander of Luminaria, Eric Hall of Fuego, Seamus Collins of Buffalo Thunder, Jose Rodriguez of Plaza Cafe Southside, Joseph Wrede of The Palace, Michael Meisel of Red Sage, Xavier Grenet of Ristra and Azur, Christian Ponteggia of Osteria d'Assisi, and Steve Lemon of O Eating House created amazing and delicious dishes. Congratulations to all who competed on Saturday for your awesome performance under pressure!
Kirstin Griffin of Cafe Cafe, Rocky Durham of SFCC, Steve Lemon of O Eating House and Eric Hall of Fuego will compete in Sunday night's Chef Showdown finale to determine who is named the "Best of the Fest"!
And congratulations to our Amateur Competition winner Deborah Barbe, who took home a beautiful 7-piece set of Chantal professional Copper Fusion Collection cookware!
Grand Gourmet Food & Wine Expo with Silent Auction
Eldorado Hotel & Spa
Sunday, November 13th, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Grand Gourmet & Bar Wars! finale admission FREE with Gold and Red Pass!
$25 at the door without SFHF Pass
Food and wine lovers, don’t miss this Sunday afternoon epicurean extravaganza! You’ll find nearly 50 booths featuring wine & food tastings, exhibits and culinary demonstrations. Meet celebrity chefs Sara Moulton, John Rivera Sedlar & Bradley Ogden, who will be signing their latest cookbooks: Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners (Simon & Shuster); Tamales (John Wiley & Sons) Holiday Dinners with Bradley Ogden:150 Festive Recipes for Bringing Family and Friends Together (Running Press).
You can do your holiday shopping at the Silent Auction, where you’ll find dozens of great gifts at bargain prices! All proceeds go to benefit the educational programs of Cooking with Kids.
During the Grand Gourmet, watch 10 of Santa Fe's best bartenders battle it out in a cocktail mixology challenge to determine who will win the $1,000 cash prize!
Restaurants & Wineries:
Andiamo
Azur
Balconies on the Plaza
Epazote
Jambo Cafe
La Boca
Luminaria
Ore House at Milagro
Osteria d'Assisi
Pizzeria da Lino
Plaza Cafe Southside
Ristra
The Old House
Black Mesa Winery
Gerard Bertrand
Gruet
Santa Fe Vineyards/Trinchero Family Estates
Alexander Valley Vineyards/ Sterling Winery (Diageo)
Constellation Wines US/ Francis Ford Coppola
Delicato Family Vineyards/ Pernod Ricard USA
Hahn Family Vineyards/ Row Eleven
Morgan/ WJ Deutsch
Sokol Blosser/ Treasury Wine Estates
Toad Hollow/ Marcus Molitor/ Winebow
La Casa Sena Wine Shop
Other Exhibitors include:
Inn & Spa at Loretto
Java Joe’s Groovy Bean Roasters
Oleaceae
Santa Fe Basket Company
The Tea House
Uli's Boutique
Chef Link
Heidi Loewen Pottery
Paderno World Cuisine
Nambe
Sunflower Farmers Markets
Whole Foods
Ziggy's
Bar Wars! semi-finalists include: Alex Velez (Amavi), Sergio Perez (Luminaria), Veronica Rae Raffensperger (Eldorado Hotel), Forrest Wynn (Milagro), ames Reis (Inn of the Anasazi), Melanie Liparulo (Sleeping Dog), Adrienne Miller (Hard Rock), Todd Walker (Hotel St. Francis), Tony Fiorina (Milagro) and Dana Luttrell (Tiny's).
"Best of the Fest" Chef Showdown Finale, Dinner
& Silent Auction SOLD OUT!
Eldorado Hotel
Sunday, November 13th, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
"Best of the Fest" included in Red Pass
Savor a delectable dinner as you root for your favorite restaurant chef, competing for the title of "Best of the Fest"! This exciting finale of the Chef Showdown includes a cocktail hour, silent auction to benefit Cooking with Kids, and a special sit-down dinner prepared by Eldorado Hotel & Spa Executive Chef Anthony Smith.
Celebrity judges include Chef Sara Moulton, TV personality (Food Network & PBS), cookbook author and Gourmet Magazine's former dining room executive chef; Chef John Rivera Sedlar, owner of the acclaimed Rivera and Playa restaurants in Los Angeles, who was called “the father of modern Southwest cuisine" by Gourmet magazine and was just named “Chef of the Year” for 2011 by Esquire magazine; and James Beard Award-winning restaurateur & Chef Bradley Ogden, author of the new cookbook, Holiday Dinners with Bradley Ogden:150 Festive Recipes for Bringing Family and Friends Together.
