Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show November 3, 2007
Washington, District of Columbia
The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show is a consumer event focusing on food and entertaining with more than 150 exhibitors including specialty food companies, caterers, party planners, personal chefs, kitchen planners and appliance manufacturers. The Washington, DC show will include presentations by national and local celebrities including:
Paula Deen – Nationally renowned restaurateur, television chef and cook book author
Cathal Armstrong, Executive Chef & Owner of Restaurant Eve & Eamon's
Nathan Beauchamp, Executive Chef of 1789 Restaurant
Brendan Cox, Executive Chef, Circle Bistro & Notti Bianche
Tim Elliott, Executive Chef, Mie N Yu Restaurant
Jacques Haeringer, Executive Chef & Owner, L'Auberge Chez Francois
Frank Morales, Executive Chef, Rustico Restaurant
Jason Roberts, Celebrity Chef & Show Host, Jason Roberts LIVE
Walter Scheib, Owner of The American Chef & Former White House Chef
Phet Schwader, Executive Chef, BLT Steak
Barton Seaver, Executive Chef & Partner, Hook Restaurant
Adam Walker, Research Chef, McCormick & Company, Inc.
Troy Walker, Chef de Cuisine, Hank’s Oyster Bar
Susan Wallace, Pastry Chef, Black Salt
Dates and Times
November 3 & 4, 2007
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tickets
Adults - $20 (in advance), $22 (on-site)
Children ages 4-12 - $10 (in advance), $12 (on-site)
Children 4 and under - free.
General admission includes demonstrations and entertaining presentations on the exhibit floor. Additional tickets are required for the Paula Deen presentation ($55), Interactive Cooking Experience ($125) and the Wine, Beer & Spirits Tastings ($25).
Official Website: http://www.metrocooking.com
Added by kaytinykitchen on October 13, 2007
Comments
dissapointed
what a joke. I will never again attend this show until I hear they figure out how to get thousands of people in the place in less time. Standing in line for an hour and a half when your purchase a $55 ticket for reserved seats is just stupid. Lets not forget that once in the Paula Dean Show I felt like I was sitting on other peoples laps and couldn't even sit with the people I purchased tickets with. 11 of us purchased tickets on the same order, we were all in section H, well...they run out of wrist bands for section H so they give some of us section H and some of us section G. So our group gets split up, there are no seats to sit together ect. The DC convention center is a beautiful building and well laid out for events like this. What the metro cooking show managed to do was make a complete disaster of something that should have been smooth as glass.
aruba6
I was very disappointed with the processes involved to get into the actual show.It reminded me of an unorganized cattle drive.There were no signs directing people as to which line to be in or where the lines formed.I stood in three different lines for a total of 45 minutes.You know there was something wrong with the system when the starting time of the show had to be delayed.There was also constant complaining among the vendors that their space was too small-which I agree with.Several stated they could not display their full range of products.I went tothe Paula Deen Show and that was another disaster. I hope everyone enjoyed sitting on their neighbors laps since the chairs were so close together.What's the use of having a reserved seat when you have to be in a cattle drive to try to get to your seat.The most disappointing part was that Paula didn't cook!!! Just ran her mouth on and on and on!! I was expecting a pleasant Saturday outing.It was everything but.