Fisher & Paykel
Grand Cooking Stage

11am Rick Tramonto

Fantastico!
Due to a conflict, Rick Tramonto will be unable to attend the show. However, Christopher Pandel, Corporate Chef of Cenitare, will take his place for the cooking demo. Books autographed by Rick Tramonto (American Brasserie, Butter Sugar Flour Eggs, Amuse-Bouche, and Tru: A Cookbook From the Legendary Chicago Restaurant) will also be available for purchase.

Noon Allison Fishman

Get Saucy! 3 Classic International Sauces that Liven Up Meat & Potatoes
One of New York’s most sought-after cooking instructors and the owner of The Wooden Spoon, a private cooking school, and the co-host of TLC’s Home Made Simple

1pm Adrian Hoffman

Four Winter Warming Soups
Group Chef for the Lark Creek Restaurant Group. Hoffman joined the company in 2000 as Chef of the acclaimed One Market Restaurant, where he earned three and a half stars from the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Magazine. Hofmann was selected as one of five national finalists for the James Beard Foundation’s “Rising Star Chef of the Year” award in 2002.

2pm Martial Noguier

Cheese from the Windy City
Executive Chef of Chicago’s one sixtyblue, selected “Restaurant of the Year” by the Chicago Sun Times in 2006

3pm Janet Fletcher

The Cheese Course: Enjoying the World’s Best Cheeses at Your Table
James Beard Award winner and author of Four Seasons Pasta, Cheese & Wine, The Cheese Course and Fresh from the Farmers’ Market

Recipes demonstrated: Gorgonzola Mascarpone Torta, Fromage Fort and Marinated Pecorino with Orange Peel and Herbs

4pm Beatrice Ojakangas

Bread Heaven
Minnesota’s own Scandinavian Chef and cookbook author. Ojakangas has written more than 25 cookbooks in her lifetime, has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and in May of 2005 she was inducted into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame.

Noon Colombe Jacobsen

Cook Fast Eat Slow; Everyday healthy dishes with an international flair
Appeared on the Food Network in season 3 of “The Next Food Network Star”; she is best remembered for her creatively healthy approach to everyday meals. Named in 2007 as one of Shape Magazines “Woman who Shape the World”, Colombe coordinates the “Harvest Time in Harlem” program through Slow Food New York City.

1pm Alice Medrich

Simply Sweet
Three-time winner of the James Beard Cookbook of the Year award for Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts, Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts and Bittersweet

2pm Jim Dodge

Dazzling Cakes, quick and easy
As Director of Specialty Culinary Programs for Bon Appétit Management Company, Dodge has published several books, including the award-winning cookbook, The American Baker (October 1987) and Baking with Jim Dodge (October 1991). Dodge has received numerous honors, including the “Honor Roll of American Chefs” (Food & Wine magazine, 1983), the “James Beard Cookbook Award” in 1987, and the “Gold Plate Award” presented by the American Academy of Achievement in 1989.  

3pm Suvir Saran

American Masala: Of New Classics and Playful Spices
Author of two widely acclaimed cookbooks, Indian Home Cooking (2004), and American Masala: 125 New Classics From My Home Kitchen (2007). In 2004, Saran established new standards for Indian food in America when he teamed up with tandoor master Hemant Mathur to create the authentic flavors of Indian home cooking at Dévi restaurant in New York, for which they earned a Michelin one-star rating for 2007 and 2008.