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Some of the world’s finest chefs are coming together on one night for a simultaneous Celebrity Chef Tour dinner. The dinner will take place on Saturday, September 20 in four cities to celebrate 25 years of Tom Klein’s family ownership of Rodney Strong Vineyards.
The dinners are to be held in Healdsburg, CA, New York, NY, Miami, FL and Austin, TX, and will also serve as a fundraiser to benefit the James Beard Foundation, which sets out to provide scholarships for culinary school hopefuls.
There will be a live video feed at each of the individual dinner locations to link the cities together. Multiple viewing screens will be set up in each restaurant, and the event will also be made available online at RSV25.com.
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“This is a once in a lifetime event that acknowledges our pride and passion of being in the wine business,” said Klein. “The shared dinner will be a fantastic celebration, bringing together partners, friends and fans we’ve come to know over 25 years of running Rodney Strong. Wine is what brings family and friends together at the table and there is no better way to show our appreciation than hosting these special dinners that will bring people from across the country together on one spectacular night.”
Author and wine personality Leslie Sbrocco will be the evening’s emcee, and will greet guests and others around the country from Rodney Strong in Healdsburg, California. Joining Sbrocco will be Food & Wine executive wine editor Ray Isle in New York at Oceana restaurant, Food & Wine contributing editor Anthony Giglio at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami and radio show host Ziggy the Wine Gal at Uchi in Austin, as they come together through a live feed to share the evening.
Each dinner will feature multiple celebrity chefs who have each created an original dish to perfectly accompany Rodney Strong wines. The dinners will have five courses, one from each attending chef.
The dinners will be held on Saturday, September 20 at 5:00 p.m. in California, 7:00 p.m. in Austin and 8:00 p.m. on the eastern seashore. Tickets are $225 per person and are available for purchase at the winery, restaurants or online at www.celebritycheftour.com.
