New Jersey Wine & Food Festival Set For March 31 – April 2
The New Jersey Wine & Food Festival at Crystal Springs Resort is a celebration of the world’s best wines and renowned local and national chefs. The weekend’s events are designed to allow food and wine lovers to meet and mingle with chefs, winemakers, sommeliers and fellow wine aficionados.The events will include The Grand Tasting, a luxurious Wine Cellar dinner with Guest of Honor Daniel Boulud, the Top Chefs & Top Wines dinner with Bravo TV’s Top Chef stars, tasting of award-winning small production wines, and a variety of exciting seminar with chefs and winemakers from around the world.Proceeds benefit the James Beard Foundation.
Dates: March 31st – April 2nd, 2017
Address: 1 Wild Turkey Way, Hamburg, NJ
Cost: Varies per event. Tickets
Press Release:
Tickets are now on sale for the 9th annual New Jersey Wine & Food Festival at Crystal Springs Resort, taking place March 31 – April 2. This year, we are excited to announce that one of the most celebrated chefs in the world, Daniel Boulud, will be the Guest of Honor. Proceeds benefit the James Beard Foundation and its mission to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making America’s food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone.
Chef Daniel Boulud is an industry legend who has won four James Beard awards with restaurants in New York and around the world. Daniel and his team will be cooking in the Wine Cellar on Friday March 31 and taking part in several events on Saturday April 1 including the VIP room at The Grand Tasting. The Wine Cellar Dinner will be a once in a lifetime experience featuring a menu by Chef Daniel Boulud and Chef Anthony Bucco along with rare vintage wines from the cellar (8pm, $1,000 plus tax and gratuity).
Also on Friday March 31 at 8pm, a Festival favorite will be returning – the Top Chefs & Top Wines Dinner ($225 plus tax & gratuity). This year, the dinner will feature three chefs from the current season of Bravo’s Top Chef: Katsuji Tanabe, Silvia Barban and Casey Thompson, alongside Chef Martyna Krowicka of Restaurant Latour and Pastry Chef Miro Uskokovic of Gramercy Tavern.
On Saturday April 1, The Grand Tasting returns with 30 top NJ and NYC chefs and winemakers from around the world (7pm – 10pm; Early VIP admission at 6:30pm). The VIP experience will feature Daniel Boulud and 5 acclaimed restaurants ($135 regular, $295 VIP). At 10pm, guests can party into the night at the Meet the Chefs & Winemakers After Party ($150).
Here is the full roster of Saturday April 1 seminars and tastings:
10am – Perfectly Paired Pastries with Chef Jessie Dardar of Le Petit Temptation Dessert Truck ($35)
11am – A Conversation & Book Signing with Guest of Honor Daniel Boulud – Enjoy a glass of Champagne as Daniel reminisces about his career and signs copies of his cookbooks. ($50, including a copy of either My Best: Daniel Boulud or DANIEL: My French Cuisine)
11:30 / 1pm – Marketplace Lunch
12pm – The Art of Fresh Pasta with Chef Silvia Barban (Top Chef Season 14) and Aishling Stevens (Crystal Springs), featuring winemaker Ryan Rech of Beringer ($50)
1pm – A Taste of Mexico with Chef Katsuji Tanabe (Top Chef Season 14) and Chef Martyna Krowicka (Restaurant Latour) – refined Mexican dishes with beers and spirits from Mexico ($40)
2pm – Create your own Red Blend with Rodney Strong winemaker Justin Seidenfeld ($35)
2pm – Daniel Boulud Foie Gras Challenge – 4 NJ chefs will compete to produce the winning dish as judged by Chef Boulud ($60)
3pm – An Afternoon in Provence – kick off the spring rose wine season and enjoy Daniel Boulud’s custom smoked salmon, caviar and more ($45)
3pm – Punch Party – learn how to make the perfect party punch and try punches from top NJ bartenders ($35)
3pm – Secrets of the Crystal Springs Wine Cellar with Wine Director Robby Younes – Robby will open rare wines from the award-winning cellar ($150)
4pm – 7X Ranch: The Perfection of Beef – join Chef Anthony Bucco for a discussion of the prized 7X beef and tasting of this rare delicacy ($65)
4pm – Craft Whiskey Spotlight: Widow Jane Distillery – tastings of this award-winning spirit ($40)
Restaurants confirmed for the Saturday April 1 Grand Tasting include: Maritime Parc, Hudson Greene Market, Halifax, Pier 115, Ninety Acres, Brick Farm Tavern, Bernards Inn, Ariane Kitchen & Bar, Fascino, Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen, Osteria Morini, Pig & Prince Restaurant and Gastro-Lounge, The Orange Squirrel, Redux, Viaggio, Andre’s, Villalobos, Crystal Tavern, MishMish Café, Montclair Bread Co, Common Lot, Char Steakhouse, Heirloom Kitchen, Stage Left, South + Pine, Uproot.
Tickets can be purchased at www.njwinefoodfest.com. Rooms can be booked at 855-415-2776.
