DU VIN 2023 - Wine Pairing Dinner & Wine Tasting Event

2044 E. Evans Avenue,Denver CO 80208

11 May, 2023

Description

The DU Vin Festival at the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management is the product of a class of senior Hospitality Management students in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. The event typically attracts around 300 guests. Students manage and are in charge of planning, executing, and coordinating all aspects of the wine pairing dinner and wine tasting event with guidance from professionals in the Food, Wine, and Hospitality Industry. The students are also in charge of recruiting and training other student volunteers to work the event. Support us by: Purchasing tickets to only the Dinner on Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 6pmPurchasing tickets to only the Wine Tasting on Saturday, May 13th 2023 - 1-4pmor purchase tickets to BOTH events!If you represent a Univeristy of Denver Department and have questions regarding internal budget transfter for dinner ticket sales please contact [email protected] This year's Guest Chef is Fariyal Abdullahi - Executive Chef, Food Network Judge and PhilanthropistChef Fariyal hails from Ethiopia and earned a bachelor’s degree in Clinical Child Psychology before switching career paths. Instead of getting a graduate degree as she had intended to do, she bet on a dream and applied to the Culinary Institute of America. While Abdullahi was waiting to hear if she got accepted to the prestigious institution (she did!) she decided to hone her culinary skills by traveling to 18 different countries. During her three-months of travel, Abdullahi sampled dishes and studied flavors from around the world. Since becoming a chef, Abdullahi has worked at the three-Michelin-star eatery, Noma, in Copenhagen, and was previously the culinary manager at five Hillstone Restaurant Group locations. Her dishes tend to include nods to her Ethiopian roots and have been featured in spaces such as the Met Gala and Vogue. She is currently the Executive Chef at Hav & Mar in NYC and you can also see her on Food Network as a judge on Chopped and Alex vs America. Chef Abdullahi has also partnered with friends to launch a non-profit organization, Take Care of Home, that builds schools and gives access to water to families in rural parts of Ethiopia. This year, they have begun construction on their sixth school.