SF.
Chefs. Food. Wine Culinary Weekend
FACT SHEET
About:
SF. Chefs. Food. Wine. is a four-day interactive urban food
and wine weekend experience, set in the epicenter of San Francisco-
the historic Union Square. The event will celebrate San Francisco's
culinary innovation and will showcase the City's local talent,
regional ingredients, and Northern California flair. In addition
to the tented tasting pavilion that will stand center-stage
throughout the entire weekend, the festival will include culinary-driven
tastings, classes, dinners, and events at surrounding venues
such as The Westin St. Francis Hotel, Macy's Cellar and E&O
Trading Company, among others.
Who:
Over 100 participating restaurants and chefs and over 200 participating
wineries.
Dates:
Thursday, August 6 through Sunday, August 9th, 2009.
Event
Activities: Tasting pavilion, morning and afternoon
demonstrations and classes, evening galas and dinners, and community
classes, free of charge.
Tickets:
Tickets include weekend packages to event tickets and day passes;
prices range from $40 for a party, to $250 for a dinner. Weekends
packages start at $700.00.
Link
to general tickets: https://tickets.sfchefsfoodwine.com/mainstore.asp?vid=0
Link
to Visa Signature tickets: (click
here)
Website:
Evolving and current program and details can be found at http://www.sfchefsfoodwine.com/Schedule.aspx.
Founder:
Golden Gate Restaurant Association, 70 year old organization
with over 900 independently owned and operated restaurants.
Attendees:
More than 5,000 over the weekend
Location:
On Union Square, San Francisco plus locations off of Union Square
including restaurants and hotels.
Presenting
sponsor: Visa Signature
Hotel
Sponsor: The Westin St. Francis Hotel
Media
partners: Gourmet, Epicurious and San Francisco Magazine/Modern
Luxury, San Francisco Chronicle.
Sponsors:
Macy's is a retail partner, OpenTable.com is the restaurant
reservations partner and PG&E is the green energy partner.
Community
Supporters: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom , San
Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Union Square Association,
The Hotel Council of San Francisco, Sonoma Valley Vintners,
California Tourism and Travel Commission.
Charity partners: Feeding America, Meals on Wheels, SF Food
Bank, and Project Open Hand.
Featured
Chefs, Wine & Spirits Experts: Chris Cosentino,
Gary Danko, Traci Des Jardins, Elizabeth Falkner, Tyler Florence,
Hubert Keller, Thomas Keller, Emily Luchetti, Jamie Lauren,
Cindy Pawlcyn, Larry Stone, Michael Mina, Sara Moulton, Roland
Passot, Daniel Patterson, Charles Phan, Leslie Sbrocco, Annie
Somerville, Craig Stoll, Joanne Weir, Laura Werlin, Emily Wines,
Arnold Eric Wong and Martin Yan.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yQYBH3BE-c