BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Halifax X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Halifax BEGIN:VEVENT UID:532@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190328T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190328T213000 DTSTAMP:20190315T124820Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/devour-sonoma-chefs-shorts-gala-dinner/ SUMMARY:Devour! Sonoma Chefs & Shorts Gala Dinner DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to partner with the Sonoma International Film F estival to bring our unique film &\; food dining experience to this spe cial part of the world for the second year in a row. The Devour! Sonoma Ch efs &\; Shorts Gala Dinner will bring highly-regarded chefs to Sonoma. Read all about it here!\n\nEach course will be paired with a short film to inspire the chefs and the best Sonoma has to offer for wines\, as well as a little taste from Nova Scotia. The films are presented simultaneously d uring the dinner.\n\nThis unique offering has sold out in many locations a round the world\, and with this combination of award-winning chefs\, great local foods and wines\, it’s sure to please the inner foodie in all. Bu y tickets here now. Don't miss out!\n\nThe evening's featured chefs:\n\nMi chael Howell is the Founder and Executive Director of Devour! The Food Fi lm Fest in Nova Scotia\, Canada. For more than 25 years\, Michael has been a leading chef in the United States\, Canada and the Bahamas.\n\n\nChef  Marcellus Coleman is the Executive Chef at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn &am p\; Spa. He brings over 18 years of culinary experience from prestigious r estaurants in Boston\, New York\, and Washington\, D.C.\, among others. A graduate of Johnson Wales University in Providence\, Rhode Island\, Colema n is a “Chopped” Champion (Season 6) and has competed on the TV shows “Iron Chef” (Season 1) and “Beat Bobby Flay” (Season 14).\n\n\nChe f Cole Dickinson is the Executive Chef\, MacArthur Place Hotel &\; Spa . He brings a vibrant culinary pedigree to Sonoma\, having worked for year s as a protégé of Chef Michael Voltaggio\, at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck in London\, Laurent Gras’ 3 Michelin star L20 in Chicago and with W olfgang Puck in Hollywood. Dickinson has competed in and won Food Network ’s ‘Chopped’ and has been recognized as a StarChefs ‘Los Angeles R ising Star Chef\,’ an Eater ‘Young Guns’ winner\, and has also been named one of Zagat’s ’30 Under 30.’\n\n\nChef Eduardo Garcia is a c hef\, entrepreneur\, public speaker and passionate outdoorsman. He is co-f ounder of the clean label\, national food brand\, Montana Mex.  In 2011\, Eduardo was electrocuted by an exposed high voltage power source\, where he suffered extensive\, life-threatening injuries and had to have his arm amputated. Today Eduardo is the subject of the award winning feature lengt h documentary CHARGED-THE EDUARDO GARCIA STORY\, and works in film\, most recently on the YETI presents cooking series a Hungry Life. Eduardo travel s extensively as a public speaker and is on a personal mission to help tho se who are dealing with trauma.\n\n\nPastry Chef Michelle Gayer has five James Beard nominations and co-authored a book with Charlie Trotter. She owns and operates the Salty Tart bakery in Minneapolis and St. Paul.\n\n\n Chef Della Gossett is the Executive Pastry Chef at Spago Beverly Hills.  She brings 25 years of pastry experience which included Trio in Evanston\ , Illinois\, Atlas in New York\, The French Pastry School in Chicago\, and lead the pastry team for nearly a decade at Charlie Trotter’s.  She wa s named one of the Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America 2014\, LA Weekly’s P eople of 2015 and honored with the Women Chefs &\; Restaurateurs “Wom en Who Inspire-Golden Bowl Award”.\n\n\nAbout the Sonoma International F ilm Festival\nThe Sonoma International Film Festival\, an entirely walkabl e festival\, is a 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to promoting independent f ilm\, supporting filmmakers around the world\, and inspiring film lovers. Most films screened at the Festival have attending filmmakers and actors m aking for informative Q&\;A’s. This unique five-day event features sc reening venues in and around Sonoma Plaza and offers world-class cuisine f rom local artisans and exceptional wine from Sonoma vintners. Renowned fil mmakers\, industry leaders and celebrities such as Bruce Willis\, Susan Sa randon\, Robin Williams\, John Lasseter\, Danny Glover\, Demián Bichir\, Mary-Louise Parker\, Michael Keaton and Meg Ryan have walked the festival red carpet and enjoyed its intimate ambiance.\n\n\nLast year\, Chefs Evan Funke (Felix Trattoria\, Los Angeles) &\; Dominique Crenn (Atelier Cren n\, San Francisco) were two of our featured chefs.  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://devourfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/1 2/Sonoma-Website-Slide.jpg LOCATION:Ramekins Culinary School\, Events & Inn\, 450 W Spain St\, Sonoma\ , CA\, 95476\, United States GEO:38.295097;-122.466782 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=450 W Spain St\, Sonoma\, C A\, 95476\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ramekins Culinary Sch ool\, Events & Inn:geo:38.295097,-122.466782 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR