Taste of Vail Welcomes Trio of Renowned Chefs

America’s arch wine and comestible anniversary hosts Rick Moonen of rm restaurant at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, Martial Noguier of one sixtyblue in Chicago and Jennifer Jasinski of Rioja in Denver.

Vail, CO -- A leash of nationally acclaimed chefs will be spending some above time in the Colorado High Country this spring.

This is a absolutely new experience. I jumped at the befalling just to be allotment of it, I’m thrilled I’m from the East Coast, so for me to be able to appear out west and be allotment of what’s traveling on out actuality is a abundant opportunity. It’s consistently acceptable to travel, to advance the restaurant — whether it’s to New York, or Las Vegas, or Vail It is consistently abundant to be called as a allotment of such a fun accident in such a abundant venue fresh, bounded capacity and simple acidity combinations, bright, counterbalanced preparations. Organizers of the 16th anniversary Taste of Vail comestible and wine festival, to be captivated April 5-8, advertise they’ve agreed to host not one, not two but three bedfellow chefs this year. They are:
Rick Moonen of rm restaurant at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort in Las Vegas; Martial Noguier of one sixtyblue in Chicago; and Jennifer Jasinski of Rioja in Denver.

“This is a absolutely new experience. I jumped at the befalling just to be allotment of it, I’m thrilled,” says Moonen, dubbed “King of the Sea” by the New York Times. “I’m from the East Coast, so for me to be able to appear out west and be allotment of what’s traveling on out actuality is a abundant opportunity.”

Besides accepting on duke as accustomed guests during some of the Taste of Vail’s abounding events, the bedfellow chefs will be confined up their own specialties at three Chefs’ Showcase Dinners — anniversary hosted by a bounded controlling chef and abutting by three added bounded chefs from restaurants throughout the Vail Valley. Each of these five-course, five-chef gourmet dinners aswell is commutual with appropriate selections from some of the about three dozen accommodating wineries; the dinners are followed by abide auctions featuring attenuate bottles from the wineries.

Chef Thomas Newsted of the Game Creek Restaurant, on Vail Mountain, hosts Moonen on Wednesday, April 5; guests can activate boarding the Eagle-Bahn Gondola in Lionshead at 5 p.m.

On Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m., Adam Roustom, controlling chef of the Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, hosts Noguier, a artefact of the celebrated Ecole Superieure de Cuisine Francaise in Paris.

“It’s consistently acceptable to travel, to advance the restaurant — whether it’s to New York, or Las Vegas, or Vail,” says Noguier, who has been acclaimed by aliment critics for his “gutsy cooking” able aural “a symphony of simplicity.”

Then, on Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m., Chef Richard McCreadie of the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, hosts Jasinski, called 2004 Colorado Chef of the Year and 2005 Western Regional Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation.

“It is consistently abundant to be called as a allotment of such a fun accident in such a abundant venue,” says Jasinski, accepted for application “fresh, bounded capacity and simple acidity combinations, bright, counterbalanced preparations.”

Each of the bedfellow chefs aswell will host a morning affable academy at the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa, in Lionshead. For details, appointment www.tasteofvail.com.

This year, as abounding as 5,000 attendees and volunteers and 58 wineries are accepted to participate in the 16th Taste of Vail. The festival’s Chefs’ Showcase Dinners — $125 per being — are not included with the Taste of Vail’s approved Festival Pass; the affable seminars, however, are included in the Festival Pass, or they can be purchased alone for $35. Tickets are on auction at www.tasteofvail.com.

The Taste of Vail was created in 1990 by a accumulation of Vail Valley restaurateurs as a business accident to advertise the resort’s world-class restaurants. Now the internationally acclaimed association boasts added than 20 Wine Spectator award-winning restaurants — the a lot of of any resort association in the United States.

Despite its ability a allotment of wine and comestible festivals and its acceptability for haute cuisine, the anniversary is a nonprofit organization. In the accomplished 15 years, the anniversary has contributed added than $300,000 to Vail Valley Charities; and in 2005, in affiliation with Ritz-Carlton, the Taste of Vail donated $13,000 to the Hurricane Katrina abatement fund.

For added information, appointment www.tasteofvail.com or acquaintance Media Liaison Stephen Lloyd Wood at 970-949-9774 or 970-926-5640 (fax).

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DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers Breaks Record at The Taste of Vail Charity Auctions

DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers break the almanac at The Taste of Vail, April 5 through 8, this year. Charity Auctioneer Tom DiNardo added this year’s four fundraising auction’s gross gain by added than $43,000 total. This is a 67 percent access over endure year, and a 50 percent access the antecedent almanac top set in 2004.

Lynden, WA -- DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers break the almanac at The Taste of Vail, April 5 through 8, this year. Charity Auctioneer Tom DiNardo added this year’s four fundraising auction’s gross gain by added than $43,000 total. This is a 67 percent access over endure year, and a 50 percent access the antecedent almanac top set in 2004.

“Taste of Vail is all about benefiting Vail Valley charities and accepting humans to ability into their pockets to do so,” says Mickey Werner, Taste of Vail’s wine auctions chairman. “This year the axle absitively to accompany in a able auctioneer, Tom DiNardo of the nationally accustomed DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers. I’ve been on a cause for eight years for a absolute abide auction, with a absolute alms auctioneer, to accomplish the absorption Vail Valley charities deserve. Now, I accept this is the appropriate venue, with the appropriate means. These almanac arrangement gain validate our accommodation to go with abide fundraising auctions. It’s accurate to be the way to accession added money.”

The Taste of Vail has contributed added than $300,000 to Vail Valley charities over the years.

Taste of Vail is all about benefiting Vail Valley charities and accepting humans to ability into their pockets to do so It was a amazing account and advantage to play a role in the nation’s arch comestible arts and wine arrangement event. Working amidst the arduous adorableness of Vail was an amazing experience “It was a amazing account and advantage to play a role in the nation’s arch comestible arts and wine arrangement event. Working amidst the arduous adorableness of Vail was an amazing experience,” DiNardo says.

DiNardo & Lord Auctioneers is accounted to be one the nation’s “Top 4 Fund-raising Auction Firms”. Tom DiNardo has specialized in alms auctions and wine auctions back 1993. Mr. DiNardo has presided over one thousand alms auctions for assorted non-profits, charities, and association fundraisers above the United States. Tom holds 5 apple annal for “price accomplished at auction.”

In accession to his able arrangement career, Tom DiNardo is a sommelier, certified appraiser, freelance biographer for Wine Adventure magazine, Wine Enthusiast magazine, AuctionZip.com, GlobalAuctionGuide.com and a consistently featured biographer for WineSquire.com.

For added advice on the Taste of Vail contact:

Stephen Lloyd Wood
Media Liaison to the wine industry and wine events.
970-949-9774