Summer Lovin’

At my job I have always have had really busy summers and they have been very entertaining. We do this culinary tour of Colorado, going to places like Telluride, Aspen, Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs, and local places like Cherry Creek and Fort Collins. When we do these festivals they always seem to get really great chefs. Last couple of summers we had chefs such as Lidia Bastianich, Cat Cora, Dean Fearing, my personal favorite Rick Bayless, and other talented and well known chefs. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of time to talk shop with them, but I do get to here from them during their demo and I always learn something.

This summer we do not have as many of the big name chefs but we do have many events. First we are MC a local Stainless Steel chef competition at the taste of Fort Collins. At the end of June We will head up to Telluride and spend almost a week up there for the Telluride Wine Festival. They have some pretty well known chefs at this event. In fact one of the chefs is Andy Nusser who plays a prominent role in the previously mentioned Heat. He was Mario’s executive chef at Babbo’s. If you are curious here is the site with the other chefs http://www.telluridewinefestival.com/.

Then I am going to Mississippi and doing some Viking Range training and will be involved in a little Iron Chef Competition of my own. Then I will travel pack to Colorado and In the beginning of August we have the Steamboat Wine Festival and we will be doing some more MC and then to finish my summer off in Mid September we will do another wine event in Grand Junction. It seems so busy I just get tired typing it. I complain, but in all actuality, it is one of my favorite parts of my job. I love the freaking crap out of it.