Top chefs cooking for Community Gardens
September 6, 6:21 PM Upstate
NY Restaurant ExaminerBill
Dowd
TROY, NY
-- The tireless chef/entrepreneur Larry Schepici is partnering with
Capital District Community Gardens for a fundraising dinner at 6
p.m. Wednesday, Sepember 23, at Tosca, Schepici's flagship
restaurant.
The event
will feature 15 of the area’s biggest name chefs creating dishes
using ingredients from several dozen local farms. It is one of the
largest lineups of chefs from the region in recent memory.
In
addition to Schepici -- also owner of the Illium Cafe and Tosca Etc.
market as well as a catering service -- chefs Dale Miller (Dale
Miller restaurant), Yono Purnomo (Yono's), Ric Orlando (New World
Bistro Bar), Jaime Oritz (Angelo's 677 Prime), Scott Krause
(Milano), Mark Graham (Mezza Notte), John Marzilli (Salty's Pub &
Bistro), Swen Boehm (EATS Gourmet Marketplace), Michael Cocca
(Franklin Plaza), Michael Cunningham and Patrica Dalton (Provence),
Danny DeLorenzo (Parenzo's Aperitivo), Beth Duval (Illium Cafe), Un-Hui
Filomeno (Avenue A), Paul Dolan (BOCES Culinary Program) and Harry
Hatziparaskevas (Athos) are involved.
NOTES ON NAPKINS: Tickets are $75 for persons ages 21 to
35, $150 for 36 and up, or $250 per couple. They are available
online or by sending a check to Capital
District Community Gardens, 40 River Street, Troy, NY 12180. Tosca
is located at 200 Broadway, just off Monument Square in downtown
Troy. ... Go
here for the list of farms and other food and beverage providers
for the event.
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