The inaugural Tampa Bay Wine & Meals Pageant, dropped at you by Breakthru Beverage and offered by GOYA Meals, is formally beginning Wednesday, April twelfth with demonstrations of culinary greatness and first-class leisure. One main spotlight of the competition is the riveting Chef Showdown, the place a few of the area’s prime cooks will battle it out on Friday, April 14th.
This yr’s collaborating eating places and competitors lineup will embrace:
- Battle Burger offered by Halperns Steak and Seafood: Chef Freddy Figuera of American Social vs Chef Tyson Grant of Parkshore Grill
- Battle Seafood: Chef Manuel Arevalo of Rusty Pelican vs Chef Eric Bach of Bouzy
- Battle Fried Hen: Chef Joe Dodd of King of the Coop vs Chef Richard Hales of Hales Blackbrick
- Battle Tacos offered by Brickstreet Farms: Chef Chris Fernandez of Pink Mesa Cantina vs Chef Christopher Yadid Garcia of Tacos Las Californias
- Battle Truffle offered by Tartufo Status: Chef Josh Werksman of The Tampa Version vs Chef Matthew Zappoli of Seminole Laborious Rock Resort & On line casino, Tampa
- Battle Sushi offered by Brickstreet Farms: Chef Martin Hernandez of Kelp Sushi Joint vs Chef David Reyes of Haiku
- Battle Pasta: Chef Antonio Casamento of Beccofino vs Chef Ricardo Nava of Cru Cellars
The four-day foodie extravaganza culminates with the “Grand Tasting” occasion on Saturday, April fifteenth, the place Tampa Bay’s most notable cooks and celebrated eating places will likely be showcased. Ticketed company will likely be handled to flavorful objects created by a few of the area’s prime eating institutions, which have been confirmed and are as follows: Allelo, American Social, Genuine Jerk Hen, Azure at EDITION, Brickstreet Farms, Counter Tradition, Datz, DeVito’s Italian Specialties, Forbici Trendy Italian, Collect TPA, Haiku, Hales Blackbrick Chinese language, King of the Coop, Kona Grill, M&R Café, Mata’s Philippine Delicacies, Meat Market, Oddfellows Ice Cream, Oxford Alternate, Palazzo Pizza, Predalina, Pink Mesa Cantina, Rusty Pelican, Splitsville Southern + Social, Tacos Las Californias, Tanya & Matt’s Ice Cream Store, The Battery, The C Home, The Liberty Smokehouse, The Library, and Soulfull Biscuit.
“Our purpose with the inaugural Tampa Bay Wine & Meals Pageant is to function a platform that amplifies and connects notable figures and prime manufacturers of the area’s hospitality trade with excited followers to shine a light-weight on the unbelievable culinary abilities which can be booming all through the Tampa Bay space,” says Valerie Roy, Director of Advertising and marketing and Consumer Technique at CI Administration, producers of Tampa Bay WFF. “By bringing the most effective of the world’s native and nationwide culinary expertise with the assistance of nationally acknowledged manufacturers to at least one place for all to get pleasure from, we’re making that occur for the neighborhood to interact and expertise what the vacation spot has to supply. Visitors can anticipate 4 days filled with thrilling culinary experiences and quite a lot of cuisines that can go away them trying ahead to subsequent yr!”
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