Cooking Matters Colorado’s Chefs Up Front 2015 with Chef Troy Guard
May 7, 2015 • Informational, Restaurants
I tell everyone who will listen: Chefs Up Front, the signature fundraiser to help Cooking Matters in the mission to teach healthy cooking and nutrition as part of the effort to end childhood hunger, is by far the best fundraiser you will ever attend. Where else do you get 30 of the very best chefs in Denver to cook table side for your table of 10 guests while you enjoy a 5 course dinner with wine pairings? This year I was thrilled to find out Chef Troy Guard (owner of 6 restaurants: TAG, TAG Raw Bar, Los Chingones, Sugarmill and the newest, Guard and Grace) would be our personal chef for the event. Here’s our menu from the evening:
Pan seared scallops, spring peas, wild mushrooms, speck, chive blossom
Smoked duck breast, foie gras, Boston brown bread, asparagus, rhubarb jus
Colorado lamb loin, local pear, raw root vegetable salad, Japanese curry
This year, instead of each chef doing their own dessert, celebrity pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini created this gorgeous signature dessert for the entire crowd. Spectacular – thanks Chefs!Wondering how you might help in the mission to end childhood hunger right here at home? Please check out the No Kid Hungry website to learn more or contact me for more information.