Contra Costa College Food and Wine Event 4/21/2013 April 21, 2013

6th Annual Food and Wine Event hosted by the Culinary Arts Management Department of Contra Costa College on Sunday, Apr 21 between 11:00 and 2:30 features over fifty local restaurants and wineries, the popular sip and taste gala offers a delicious diversion featuring celebrity chefs (Narsai David, Martin Yan, and Tyler Florence), fine wines, artisan chocolates and old fashioned food entertainment including a spirited live auction, a designer cake walk and gourmet mystery bags. A silent auction will offer array of unique beverages, adventures, dining and culinary accessories including artist designed chef coats and chef uniforms signed by the participating chefs.

The proceeds from this event funds study abroad scholarships sending promising culinary students on a two week educational tour to Europe or Asia, beginning with a concentrated week of training in a local culinary academy. Previous settings for the study abroad scholarships included a tour of China with Martin Yan and a two week educational journey with Italy's prestigious Marco Polo Culinary Institute in Parma.

For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.contracostafoodandwine.com

Last Year's Restaurants and Wineries included some of the following to give you an idea of who will be there: Artisan Bistro, The Bear Claw Bakery, Cabalen Filipino Cuisine, Danville Chocolates, El Sol Restaurant, Eleve Restaurant, La Strada Restaurant, La revolucian, Lemon Tree Catering Company, Mira Vista Country Club, Montibella Sausage Company, Mangia Mangia, The Powder Keg Pub and Seafood Cafe, The Original red Onion, Sabuy Sabuy Thai Cuisine, The Broiler at San Pablo Lytton Casino, Sasa, Smoke House 10, Spun Sugar, Upper Crust Pies, Yankee Pier Lafayette, Brassfield Wine Estates, Chrissa Imorts, Concannon, Darcie Kent, Esterlina Vineyards, Fenestra Winery, Rosenblum Wines, Sterling Vineyards, Trumer Pils Brauerei, Holy Cow Coffee.

More information or to purchase tickets visit www.contracostafoodandwine.com

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