Long Beach International Film Festival & Devour! The Food Film Fest Present Chefs & Shorts

Join us as we return for a special evening where we pair gastronomy, wine and short films as part of the Long Beach International Film Festival presented by Wells Fargo! We’ll be presenting a five-course, locally-sourced dinner with wine pairings inspired by short films and prepared by highly-esteemed local chefs.

This year’s featured chefs:

Guy Reuge, Mirabelle Restaurant

Andrew Allotti, Grotta Di Fuoco

Seadon Shouse, Halifax @ W Hotel Hoboken

Chef John Maffei, Allegria Hotel

Chef Michael Howell, Devour! The Food Film Fest 

The Menu & Films: 

Warm Seafood Salad – smoked mussels, smoked trout, lobster, local greens, nduja coral cream, seaweed toast, crispy sun chokes
Chef Seadon Shouse, Halifax @ W Hotel Hoboken
Nova Scotiadirected by Daniel Klein & Mirra Fine
Wine Pairing TBD

Spaghetti alla Chitarra, spicy garlic shrimp, sesame, chive crumbs
Chef Andrew Allotti, Grotta di Fuoco
Pulled Stringsdirected by Vicki Chau-Ryan
Wine Pairing TBD

Crisp branzino, cauliflower custard, slow-roasted beets,
candy striped beets, beet vinaigrette, chive-scented oil
Chef Guy Reuge, Mirabelle Restaurant
In a Nutshelldirected by Fabio Friedli
Wine Pairing TBD

Smoked duck breast, gooseberry ketchup, purple sweet
potato confit, watermelon radish slaw
Chef John Maffei, Allegria Hotel
How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara
directed by Felicity Morgan-Rhind
Wine Pairing TBD

Waffle, lemon curd, hibiscus purée, maple-poached peach, cinnamon mousse, pop rocks, Justus chocolate, strawberry
Chef Michael Howell, Devour! The Food Film Fest
What if Michael Bay Made Waffles?directed by David Ma
Wine Pairing TBD

Films curated by Lia Rinaldo
Wines will be provided by Bee Hunter Wines