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7/21 Beat Chef Burke Cooking Competition 3-Course Dinner
July 21 @ 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$55.00
Sunday, July 21st
Beat Chef Burke Cooking Competition
and 3-Course Dinner
in the Chandelier Room
A relaxing, social dinner for you
A heated, yet friendly, competition between Chef David Burke and our up-and-coming celebrity guest chefs!
Competition 1:
Chef David Burke vs Ariane Duarte
Reception 4pm
with passed hors d’oeuvres, Cocktail, brief Q & A and mingling
4:30pm Seated 3-Course Dinner
The Competition begins and you might be selected as a judge!
A panel of 2 randomly selected Audience Members and a local dignitary will judge the cooking competition as you dine.
The GOAT by David Burke’s Pizza oven fires up pre-dinner snacks served with a signature cocktail, as Chef David Burke competes against challenger Chef Ariane Duarte in a friendly cooking competition. Witness first hand the Chefs’ creativity as they devise dishes on the spot highlighting flavor profiles and presentation of the mystery ingredient.
1st Cook Off
5pm Appetizer
5:30pm Second Cook Off and Judging
6pm Main Course
6:45pm Dessert
7-7:30pm Q & A + photo time!
Ariane Duarte
A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Her passion to cook and learn has taken her to some of the country’s finest restaurants, The Terrace in NYC, Star Canyon in Dallas, Trio in Chicago, and Vine in NYC. She owned and operated CulinAriane in Montclair, NJ, and Ariane Kitchen & Bar in her hometown of Verona, NJ. She competed on Top Chef Season 5, won the premiere season of “Cook Your Ass Off,” in December 2015, she defeated Bobby Flay on a special holiday episode of Food Network’s “Beat Bobby Flay,” and competed on “Chopped.” She currently owns and operates CulinAriane Caterers and works as a culinary producer for Celebrity Chefs Amanda Freitag and Carla Hall.