Tag Archives: Bay Area

Chefs, Culinary Events, San Francisco Bay Area

Bite Silicon Valley, the nation’s first-ever FESTIVAL exploring the intersection of food + tech, to be held at levi’s® stadium June 5-7, 2015

Bite SV logo

 

 

 

 

For a weekend, the best and the brightest in the worlds of culinary and tech will converge at the epicenter of American innovation, Silicon Valley. Bite has been crafted to be like no other food festival before it – a place where ideas, issues, and solutions flow as easily as wine.

It’s about time that San Francisco and Silicon Valley foodies, get to enjoy their own Food and Wine Festival of their own for the very first time. With almost 30 chefs, 30 wineries,  20 speakers, and all for great cause, this is an event you don’t want to be miss. Support your local Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties and the 49ers Foundation, join your favorite chefs and Bite Silicon Valley to make a difference in our community.

Bite Silicon Valley www.BiteSV.com, the nation’s first-ever Andres_Jose_headshot-LGFESTIVAL exploring the intersection of food + tech, to be held at levi’s® stadium June 5-7, 2015

Festival headliners Chef Chair José Andrés, chefs Roy Choi and Michael Chiarello, Hampton Creek CEO

Josh Tetrick among culinary and technology innovators

Choi_Roy_headshot     Octagon Culinary announces BITE Silicon Valley, the first-ever event to celebrate and explore the intersection of food and technology, featuring some of the nation’s top celebrity chefs and tech innovators. The inaugural, three-day event combines conference and food & wine festival elements June 5-7, 2015 at Levi’s® Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.

BITE Silicon Valley will be hosted by internationally-recognized Voltaggio_Michael_headshotculinary innovator, James Beard Award winner for Outstanding Chef and one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2012, Chef José Andrés, who will serve as Chef Chair. “Food is our most important resource, and touches every aspect of our lives – from culture and science, to national defense!” said Andrés.  “Chefs need to play a bigger role in the world’s food issues and learn how to harness technology, whether new or age-old, in this mission.  I’m honored to host the inaugural BITE Silicon Valley, and to help create an event that drives these conversations to effect real change through the intersection of food and innovation.”

Mina_Michael_headshot     “We’re bringing together the most progressive celebrity chefs, respected thought leaders, innovative brands and savvy consumers to discuss the future of food,” Octagon Culinary Vice President Caryl Chinn said. “Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area are truly the epicenters of innovation, so it makes perfect sense to hold BITE Silicon Valley there.”

BITE Silicon Valley will feature:

Conference – BITE Silicon Valley’s will bring together tech, Chiarello_Michael_headshotculinary, business and academic leaders to discuss some of the world’s most pressing food issues.

Keynote addresses will be given by Chef José Andrés and Josh Tetrick, CEO of Hampton Creek.

The Renewed Debate Around GMOs led by Chef and Vintner Michael Chiarello and Dr. Robert Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto

The Challenge of Food Waste led by Robert Egger, Founder of L.A. Kitchen and DC Central Kitchen and Maisie Ganzler, Vice President of Strategy, Bon Appétit Management

What Are You Doing to Enable the Planet to Feed 9 Billion People? led by Michael Bakker, Director of Global Food Program, Google and Danielle Nierenberg, Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition

The Story of Loco’l – Bringing Restaurants to Food Deserts led by Roy Choi, Chef, Food Truck Pioneer, Co-Creator of Loco’l

Grand Tasting – The Grand Tasting, held Saturday June 6 and Maldonaldo_Louis_headshotSunday June 7, will feature world-class chefs and beverage experts from across the U.S. serving up tastes of their signature dishes.  Participating brands will showcase their newest products and demonstrate the latest innovative technologies and apps. You can find tickets here: www.bitesv.com/#buyTickets

Cooking Demonstrations – BITE Silicon Valley’s roster of Phan_Charles_headshotcelebrity chefs will share their latest tricks and techniques, giving guests a taste of how technology is changing everything from the home chef experience to how the world feeds itself.

Interactive Workshops – Foodies embrace technology as a way to share their passion for food – blogging and posting every bite, photographing every meal, and creating virtual dining experiences for fellow food lovers all over the world.  BITE Silicon Valley’s tech experts will lead workshops on creating, sharing and curating foodie-quality content.

BITE Silicon Valley is pleased to support two outstanding Elperin_Dmtiry_headshotorganizations: Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties which is the trusted leader dedicated to ending local hunger, and the 49ers Foundation whose mission is to ‘Keep Kids Safe, on Track and in School.’

Celebrity chefs  and speakers for this event:

José Andrés
Veronica Arroyo
Miriam Lueck Avery
Charlie Ayers
Michiel Bakker
Bradley Ceynowa
Michael Chiarello
Roy Choi
Tom Colicchio
Chris Curtiss
Kerry Diamond
Robert Egger
Dmitry Elperin
Kathy Fang
Richie Farina
Anya Fernald
Lisa Fetterman
Marco Fossati
Robert Fraley
Maisie Ganzler
Jake Godby
Danielle Gould
Dorothy Cann Hamilton
Gerald Hirigoyen
Chris Jones
Patrick Kelly
Lucas Knox
Mei Lin
Jordan Mackay
John Madriaga
Louis Maldonaldo
Francisco Migoya
Michael Mina
Ariel Nadelberg
Danielle Nierenberg
Frank Otte
Charlie Parker
Scott Peabody
Charles Phan
Ben Roche
Brian Smith
Ray Tang
Josh Tetrick
Michael Voltaggio
William Werner
Alder Yarrow

To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit  www.BITESV.com; for updates, follow us at @BiteSV on Twitter and Instagram.

a1By  Manda Bear
Instagram.com
Twitter.com

Chef, Restaurant, San Francisco Bay Area, Wine Country Bay Area

El Dorado Kitchen at El Dorado Hotel, Sonoma, CA

After a long day wine tasting in Sonoma County, we were eldorado1starving and ready to eat  our heart out. El Dorado Kitchen comes to our rescue. Knowing chef Armando Navarro from REDD in Napa, and I was excited to see what he was about to serve us.

El Dorado Kitchen is located in the El Dorado Hotel, it’s such a cute place, open kitchen, a 21-foot-long table fashioned from a single wood plank reclaimed from a Vermont bridge, lots of eldorado3windows for sun light, white trim, fresh flowers, something about this place is so romantic to me. Well, I was in the company of 2 other hot foodies/good friends 🙂

El Dorado Kitchen serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. We were here for a dinner feast, and I wasn’t kidding.eldorado4

– Kusshi, South Puget Sound, Baywater Sweet oysters – a dozen of freshness!

– Ahi Tuna Tartare – Soy vinaigrette, wonton chips, asian pear, avocado, wasabi tobiko, micro cilantro – tasty, generous portion.

– Roasted Young Beets – Goat cheese mousse, orange, watercress, pistachio meringue – perfect for a warm summer night in Sonoma.
eldorado6
– Steamed Mussels – Chorizo, chickpeas, garlic, white wine broth, country croutons – the mussels weren’t plumed, but the broth was perfect for crouton dipping. It soaked up the broth and it was so good!

– The Truffles fries – oh goodness, gracious, this order is BIGGER than my head! However, it was perfect for dipping to the mussels broth!

– Chilled Corn Soup – Corn & shrimp salsa, chili oil, brioche crouton – it was nice and smooth, love.eldorado5

– Pork Belly – cherry tomato, pickled ramps, jalapeño vinaigrette – this was a SPECIAL order, since I’m allergic to watermelon, chef changed up the recipe. I love pork belly and this is why I work out regularly, so I can indulge this kind of goodness!

– Dungeness Crab Cake – Heirloom tomato gazpacho, avocado, sweet 100 tomatoes, pea shoots – fresh and sweet, beautiful plating.

– Housemade Ricotta & Lemon Ravioli – Roasted artichokes, asparagus, rutabaga, parmesan, guazzetto – delicious.

– Pork and ahi tuna tacos, special order from chef Armando Navarro – thank you for this – they offer on the bar menu.

eldoado5DESSERTS:

– Vanilla Tapioca – Peach, rhubarb gel, brioche, raspberry sorbet

– Baked Chocolate Mousse – Chocolate shortbread crumble, crème fraîche froth, mint chocolate chip ice cream

– Cherry Crisp – Lemon curd, streusel, cream cheese sorbet

For the wine list, El Dorado Kitchen carries almost 170 wines by the bottles and 30 by the glasses, majority Sonoma County, Napa, and decent choices of French wines, I’m impressed. I love that how all the local wines are small mark up, that was exactly what we did, ordered Sonoma wines.

Service was good, the food was so reasonably price point, GENEROUS PORTIONS, so we obviously over ordered ourselves. Thank you chef Armando for the extra love and changed the recipe because I was allergic to the watermelon.

eldorado2           During our dinner, there was a black out in Sonoma Square, the restaurant kept calm, and continue to serve us in extra candle lights, just about 5 minutes later, the light was back on, and everything was as smooth as nothing had happened.

My 2 girlfriends and I couldn’t even move by the time we finished the dinner. We are full, satisfied, and happy. I love it here and I can’t wait to bring more friends and family back here soon.

Follow chef on IG: http://instagram.com/chef_g_navarro

El Dorado Kitchen
www.EldoradoSonoma.com
405 1st St W,
Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 996-3030

by Manda Bear – @1MandaBear