The Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show November 3, 2006

DATES & TIMES
Friday..................November 3, 2006.............3:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday..............November 4, 2006............10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Sunday................November 5, 2006............10:00 am to 4:00 pm

TICKETS

General Admission - $20 per person
Children 5 and under are free. Children between 6-12 are $10.General admission includes:
· Demonstrations and displays by more than 100 food and entertaining companies
· Complimentary cooking and entertaining presentations on the exhibit floor
· Opening Happy Hour (Friday, November 3)
· Just for Kids Program (10:30 am – 12:30 pm, November 4 and 5)

Interactive Cooking Experience – $60 per person, per session
Limited to 100 participants per session
Enjoy a fun-filled two and a half hour session of a hands-on cooking lesson with one of the Washington area's leading chefs. Afterwards enjoy your self-prepared meal in an elegant setting.
· Appetizers, Hors d'Oeuvres & Cocktails (Friday, November 3, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm)
· Festive Fall Luncheon (Saturday, November 4,11:30 am – 2:00 pm)
· Sunday Jazz Brunch (Sunday, November 5, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Wine and Beer Tastings (in conjunction with the Wine Tasting Association) – $40 per person, per session
Space is limited so register early
Participate in either a Wine Tasting or a Beer Tasting and sample from more than 50 wines or beers from around the world.
Wine Tasting
· Friday, November 3, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
· Saturday, November 4, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Beer Tasting
· Friday, November 3, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
· Saturday, November 4, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Register now at http://www.metrocooking.com/tickets/index.html

EXHIBITOR LIST
A current list of exhibitors is available at http://www.metrocooking.com/exhibitors/exhibitor_list.html

FEATURED SPEAKERS
Enjoy presentations by many national and local celebrities including:
· Jamie and Bobby Deen – Food Network's Road Tasted (included in General Admission)
· Cathal Armstrong, Food & Wine Chef of the Year, Executive Chef & Owner Restaurant Eve & Eamon's (included in General Admission)
· Jacques Haeringer, Executive Chef, Owner, L'Auberge Chez Francois (Interactive Cooking Experience – Festive Fall Luncheon)
· Walter Scheib, Former White House Chef (included in General Admission)
· Barbara Fairchild, Editor in Chief, Bon Appetit
· Francois Dinoit & Brian Ross, L'Academie de Cuisine (included in General Admission)

See a full list of speakers at http://www.metrocooking.com/program/chefs_person.html

SPECIAL EVENTS
On Friday, November 3rd enjoy Happy Hour at the show! Swing dancing and live music performed by the Radio King Orchestra.

Official Website: http://www.metrocooking.com