Fabio Viviani Returns
to the Garlic Festival
- When
- Sat Jul 24, 2010 - Sun Jul 25, 2010
- Where
- Multiple locations
- Tags
- Restaurants, Food & Drink Event/Festival, Culinary School, Food Services
Description
Fabio Viviani , the dynamic star of Bravo Television Network's "Top Chef" series, will conduct a cooking demonstration on July 24 and host Garlic Showdown on July 25.The Garlic Showdown, presented by Raley's and Nob Hill Foods, will match four prominent Bay Area cooking professionals in an Iron Chef competition on the Festival's cook-off stage. The contestants will be given a "secret ingredient" and will have two hours to prepare, plate and serve their creations to a select panel of judges.
The winner of the competition will be awarded $5,000.
San Francisco chef Ryan Scott won the 2009 Garlic Showdown.
In addition to his rising television career, Fabio Viviani is the partner and executive chef of Firenze Osteria in Toluca Lake, northeast of Los Angeles. A native of Florence, Italy, Fabio currently specializes in molecular cuisine, using cutting-edge technology in the preparation of food. Fabio said his specialty is "northern Italian comfort-style foods".
The acquisition of Fabio as Garlic Showdown host is regarded as a strong boost to the event, according to Garlic Festival recipe chairman Dennis Harrigan.
"The Festival introduced the Garlic Showdown two years ago as a way of recognizing the enormous number of skilled professional chefs in Northern California," Harrigan said. "The public response to this event has been incredible and has demanded that we take this activity to the next level."
Fabio will also be available to autograph copies of his new book, "Viviani's Café Firenze Cookbook", scheduled for release July 22 and available in the Festival Mercantile.
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