Recent Posts Tagged With 'wine dinners'

• Adam Horton – A Young Chef with a Lot of Talent

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 in food, chef, restaurant, los angeles, chefs, fine dining, tasting menu, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, adam horton, 27446560

  Adam in 2004 working Garde Manger Station I got to know, now Chef Adam Horton back in 2004 when I went to work on the line at the Saddle Peak Lodge.  He started there a few months before I did working for Chef Warren Schwartz who is now at the Wests...

• Foxen Wine Dinner at Saddle Peak Lodge

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 00:19 in food, culinary, restaurant, Wine, restaurants, los angeles, fine dining, wine pairings, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, foxen, adam horton

  I am in the process of wrapping up my business day getting ready to head over to the Saddle Peak Lodge for the Foxen wine dinner when my phone rings, it’s Chris the Sous Chef, “Hey can you stop on your way in and pick up 10 cucumbers?”,...

• The Chappellet Wine Dinner at the Saddle Peak Lodge, Dessert

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 10:30 in food, culinary, restaurant, restaurants, los angeles, dessert, fine dining, wine pairings, tasting menu, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, chappellet

  The dessert course is a Cabernet sauvignon and semi sweet chocolate cake with raspberry glaze and sherbet.  At the Saddle Peak all their ice creams, sherbets and sorbets are house made.  I have gone in there from time to time to taste such frozen p...

• Rico’s 8 Course Tasting Dinner

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 17:59 in restaurant, Wine, risotto, pork belly, wine pairings, tasting menu, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, al fresco dining, tasting dinner, chef rico mandel, tasting dinners

  A couple of years ago my wife Karen and I  were with some friends talking about food and wine when the idea was put forth to do our own tasting dinner. I would cook and everyone would split the expenses for the dinner including kitchen help. My firs...

• The Chappellet Wine Dinner at the Saddle Peak Lodge, Third Course

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 00:30 in culinary, restaurant, Wine, restaurants, los angeles, wild boar, pork belly, fava beans, wild boar chops, morels, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge

  The third course of this sumptuous tasting was a Duo of wild boar, chops with morel mushroom fava bean fricassee,crispy belly with tomato and pepper confiture. Chef Adam Horton, like me and many other chefs loves pork and all things pig. Whether it&#...

• The Chappellet Wine Dinner at the Saddle Peak Lodge, Second Course

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 23:44 in culinary, restaurant, restaurants, los angeles, risotto, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, chappellet, adam horton, braised veal cheeks

  So the first course goes out and the shrimp heads start coming back.  Our prediciton proves correct that most of the guests wouldn’t eat the heads and we move on to the next course: Braised veal cheeks with wild ramp & asparagus risotto, crisp...

• The Chappellet Wine Dinner at the Saddle Peak Lodge, First Course

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 02:33 in culinary, restaurant, Wine, restaurants, los angeles, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, chappellet, adam horton, santa barbara spot prawns

  The first course that we served was the Santa Barbara spot prawn “ceviche” with sweet peas, uni velouté and black garlic. What a dish. Just think, only a few hours before the Spot Prawns were alive, swimming happily in a styrofoam container fill...

• The Chappellet wine dinner at the Saddle Peak Lodge, Appetizers

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 19:06 in culinary, Wine, restaurants, los angeles, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, chappellet, adam horton

  I worked at the Saddle Peak Lodge for their Chappellet wine dinner, which was a spectacular event. When I arrived for work I gave my personal greetings to everyone in the kitchen, as is the custom. It is always good to see everyone at Saddle Peak. Fo...

• Next Week Saddle Peak Lodge Foxen Wine Dinner

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 12:53 in culinary, Wine, restaurants, los angeles, wine dinners, saddle peak lodge, foxen, adam horton, iain walling

  Next week the Saddle Peak Lodge will be hosting another in its series of wine dinners.  This time they are featuring the Foxen winery. I will have the privilege of working in the kitchen that night with Chef Adam Horton, Sous Chef Chris Kufek and th...