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1999 Yosemite Chefs' Holidays
Winter adventure
in Yosemite will again include simmering sauces, delicious desserts and flashing
knives as great chefs of the west prepare dishes to delight the eye and palette
at the 15th annual Yosemite Chefs' Holidays. Held in the historic Ahwahnee hotel
features four weeks of culinary greats, January 10 through February 4.
Indoors,
guests can satisfy their cravings for culinary knowledge and fine food through
demonstrations, recipes, sampling and attending specially prepared banquets, while
outdoors sharpening their appetites with winter activities including ice skating,
cross-country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing, sightseeing tours, camera walks
and naturalist programs.
In the impressive setting of The Ahwahnee's Great
Lounge, food enthusiasts will learn tips on preparation and presentation of fine
food, while surrounded by the snow-capped peaks and misty meadows of Yosemite
winter landscape visible through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
The grand
finale of each session is the gala Chefs' Banquet, held on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings when all the guest chefs from each session, each preparing their own
specialty, present a gourmet five-course meal in the magnificent Ahwahnee Dining
Room .
Demonstrations are free. Reservations are required for the banquets, which cost $75 per person, including tax and gratuities.
The Ahwahnee hotel offers special Chefs' Holidays Packages featuring two, three and five nights lodging, banquet tickets and a welcome basket. The two and three-night packages include lodging and two (same night) Chefs' Banquet tickets. The five-night package includes four banquet tickets (two tickets to two banquets). Prices for the Chefs' Holidays Packages range from $598 to $1420 (double occupancy).
Participants also have a choice of some tempting lodging specials available at Yosemite Lodge, with lower off-season room rates. Rates at Yosemite Lodge do not include Chefs' Banquet tickets in the cost of the accommodation. We recommend guests arrive the night before the presentation they wish to attend.
For event and hotel reservations call (209) 252-4848 or write:
Yosemite Chefs'
Holidays, 5410 East Home Avenue, Fresno, CA 93727
1999 Yosemite Chefs' Holidays Schedule
Session
1
Sunday January 10, 1999
6 PM Meet the Chefs' Reception
Monday January 11, 1999
10 AM Rolland Passot (LaFollie, San
Francisco)
2 PM Pierre Albaladejo (Ritz Carlton)
Tuesday January
12, 1999
10 AM Otto Eckstein (Pan Pacific Hotel, San Francisco)
1 PM Kitchen
Tour
7 PM Chefs' Banquet
Session
2
Wednesday January 13, 1999
10 AM Gerald Hirigoyen (Fringale,
San Francisco)
2 PM Todd Humphries (Campton Place, San Francisco)
6 PM
Meet the Chefs' Reception
Thursday January 14, 1999
10 AM
Katrina Rozelle (Topp Pastries & Desserts, Alamo)
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7 PM Chefs' Banquet
Session 3
Sunday January 17, 1999
6 PM Meet the Chefs Reception
Monday
January 18, 1999
10 AM Fred Halpert (Brava Terrace, St. Helena)
2 PM John
Caputo (Socca, San Francisco)
Tuesday January 19, 1999
10 AM Gerhard Michler
(International Creative Pastries, San Francisco)
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7 PM
Chefs' Banquet
Session 4
Wednesday
January 20, 1999
10 AM Greg Cole (Celadon, Napa)
2 PM George Francisco
(Farallon, San Francisco)
6 PM Meet the Chefs' Reception
Thursday January
21, 1999
10 AM Darcy Tizio (Farallon, San Francisco)
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7 PM Chefs' Banquet
Session 5
Sunday January 24, 1999
6 PM Meet the Chefs Reception
Monday January 25,
1999
10 AM Joey Altmann (The Palace, Sunnyvale)
2 PM Mark Valliani (Lulu
and Zibbo)
Tuesday January 26, 1999
10 AM Bo Friberg (Greystone, St. Helena)
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7 PM Chefs' Banquet
Session
6
Wednesday January 27, 1999
10 AM Hubert Keller (Fleur
de Lys, San Francisco)
2 PM Lisa Magadini (Club 19, Pebble Beach)
6 PM
Meet the Chefs' Reception
Thursday January 28, 1999
10 AM Guest chef to
be chosen by Hubert Keller
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7 PM Chefs' Banquet
Session
7
Sunday January 31, 1999
6 PM Meet the Chefs Reception
Monday February 1, 1999
10 AM Ken Frank (La Toque, Rutherford)
2 PM
George Geary (Writer/Instructor, Fullerton)
Tuesday February 2, 1999
10
AM Peter Reinhart (Author/Breadmaker, Santa Rosa)
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7
PM Chefs' Banquet
Session 8
Wednesday February 3, 1999
10 AM Nancy Oaks (The Boulevard, San Francisco)
2 PM Jesse Cool (Flea Street Cafe, Menlo Park)
6 PM Meet the Chefs' Reception
Thursday February 4, 1999
10 AM Annie Sommerville (Green's, San Francisco)
1 PM Kitchen Tour
7 PM Chefs' Banquet
Note: This information was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the businesses in question before making your plans.
