| Jason Silva |
A year ago, I sipped some wine at West of Western culinary festival with entrepreneur and small business advocate Kimber Lanning of Local First Arizona, chatting about boosting the profile of local restaurants.
If only I'd brought a crystal ball with me.
Now, Lanning's a key player involved with Devoured Phoenix Culinary Classic, the new event taking place at Phoenix Art Museum this Saturday and Sunday. Local First Arizona is behind Devour Phoenix, the new non-profit alliance of locally owned restaurants that's putting on the event.
The schedule for Devoured looks tantalizing, with more than 50 participating restaurants and 30 wineries, craft beer and spirits reps, five different hourly chef demonstrations per day, and an impressive array of seminars, including a tequila tasting with agave expert Tania Oseguera, and a talk on "The Splendors and Miseries of a Restaurant Critic's Life" by Wall Street Journal columnist Raymond Sokolov.
There will also be live entertainment, film screenings, and full museum access for attendees.
Read on for the full rundown of chefs, wineries, seminars, performances, and ticket info.
Participating Restaurants
Barrio Café Caffé Boa Chef Bernie Kantak Cheuvront Christopher's Crush Cibo Cowboy Ciao Crescent Moon at Four Seasons Resort Crudo Different Pointe of View District American Kitchen & Wine Bar Downtown Public Market Espressions Coffee Roastery Estate House FnB Fossil Creek Creamery Frank & Albert's green new American vegetarian Gallo Blanco Hana Japanese Eatery Heirloom An American Restaurant Honey Moon Sweets Bakery J&G Steakhouse Kai LOLA Tapas Mabel's on Maizie's Café & Bistro Modern Steak Nine|05 Modern Olive & Ivy Over Easy PastaBAR Petit Fromage Petite Maison Postino Wine Café Prado at Montelucia Relish Burger Bistro - The Phoenician Rita's Kitchen at Camelback Inn Roka Akor San Tan Brewing Company Switch Restaurant & Wine Bar Taggia Talavera at Four Seasons Resort Tammie Coe Cakes and MJ Bead Tarbell's The Breadfruit The Parlor Ticoz Resto-Bar True Food Kitchen Tuck Shop Udder Delights
Participating Wineries
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Anne Aime Amrita Anne Aime Muller Thurgau Anne Aime Pinot Noir ( BR Cohn Chardonnay Buehler Napa Cabernet |
Cecchi Chianti Classico Decoy Merlot Dos Cabezas Gloria Ferrer Pinot Noir Hangtime Pinot Noir Hess Suskol Chardonnay Iron Horse Unoaked Chardonnay Jerome Las Rocas Garnacha |
Lockwood Sauvignon Blanc Martin Codax Albarino Panther Creek Pinot Gis Pillsbury Wine Purple Hands Quail Distributing Robert Craig Affinity Robert Hall Rhone de Robles |
Robert Hall Viognier Rodney Strong Merlot Rombauer Chardonnay Scarpetta Silvan Ridge Pinot Noir Souverain Chardonnay Su Vino Trefethen Reisling |
Sponsors & Purveyors
Craft Beer
A variety of Craft beer and spirits will be available for tasting, including local favorite
Sub-Zero/Wolf Chef Demonstration Stage
Saturday, March 13
11:30 - Roy Pell, executive pastry chef, The Phoenician
12:30 - Christopher Gross, chef, Christopher's / Crush Lounge
1:30 - Matt Carter, chef, Nine|05
2:30 - Aaron May, chef, Mabel's on
3:30 - Jacques Qualin, chef de cuisine, J&G Steakhouse (at The Phoenician)
Sunday, March 14
11:30 - Roy Pell, executive pastry chef, The Phoenician
12:30 - Chef Damon Brasch, green
1:30 - James Porter, chef, Petite Maison
2:30 - Payton Curry, chef, Caffe Boa
3:30 - Gio Osso, chef, Estate House
MUSIC, ART & MORE
Art
Devoured guests have full access to
§ Ansel Adams: Discoveries. Exclusive to
§ Urban Plough. Land artist Matthew Moore presents an installation of his family farm outside
SEMINARS SCHEDULE
Sat, March 13
11:30 - Gary Spadafore, Director of Education,
12:30 - Pam Swartz. Author, Dine Out
1:30 - Raymond Sokolov. Author, Wall Street Journal column Eating Out. Topic: The Splendors and Miseries of a Restaurant Critic's Life. Stories from the Corner Table. One Man's View of Today's Food Scene
2:30 - Tania Oseguera. Brand ambassador and foremost expert in Agave, certified as a "Distintivo T" by the CRT (Consejo Regulador del Tequila). Topic: Cazadores Tequila Tasting. Known the world over, Cazadores is the #1, 100% blue agave tequila in the world.
3:30 - Winemaker Eric Glomski. Topic: Mr. Glomski will speak on his experience of cultivating a rugged, high desert
Sunday, March 14
11:30 - Jeff McCarty. Estate Specialist, Alliance Beverage Dist. Co. Topic: When in Rhone...A quick look at The Rhone Ranger from Paso Robles featuring
12:30 - Todd DeSilva. Mixologist for The Phoenician. The Phoenician beverage team won the first-ever Devoured cocktail competition, March 2. Topic: How to concoct a "winning" cocktail. DeSilva also will prepare batches-for-sampling of "C Cooler" - the winning cocktail in the Devoured competition.
1:30 - Raymond Sokolov. Author, Wall Street Journal column Eating Out. Topic: The Splendors and Miseries of a Restaurant Critic's Life. Stories from the Corner Table. One Man's View of Today's Food Scene
2:30 - Tania Oseguera. Brand ambassador and foremost expert in Agave. Topic: Corzo Tequila Tasting Seminar. Handcrafted tequila made from 100% blue agave from the highlands.
3:30 - Jeff McCarty. Estate Specialist, Alliance Beverage Dist. Co. Topic: And now for something completely different. Introducing obscure new wine recently entering the market.
Film
11:30am, Sat. & Sun -- Blood Into Wine. Whiteman Hall,
Music - LIVE Sat. & Sun.
11am -- Steve Ansel Band
Noon -- SugarThieves
2pm -- Big Bang Theory
Devoured Tickets. Tickets in advance at are $65 each day; $90 for both days (fees apply) at www.ProTix.com (or call 1.866.977.6849). For
