Cheers! Chef Andrew Zimmern who hosts a show on Food Network, and Chef Cory Bahr of Restaurant Cotton in Monroe, toast with Louisiana Oysters at the Aspen International Food and Wine Classic. Photo: Louisiana Seafood Board
by Catherine Shreves/WNGO
It was an international celebration of food and wine like no other, in the breathtaking backdrop of Aspen, Colorado.
Chef Andrew Zimmern even goes so far as to call the Aspen International Food and Wine Classic, “The best food weekend of the year!”
“It’s really become sort of the showcase internationally for all the best food and wine,” according to Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.
“It`s crazy,” says Viet Pham, the Food & Wine Best New Chef of 2011. “Excitement, energy everywhere.”
There was no shortage of culinary star power during the four day classic, and no shortage of parties, after parties, exotic food and wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, cooking seminars, and celebrity cook-offs.
And of course if there’s a party – no matter where it is – Louisiana will try to find a way to be a part of it.
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