Cooking with Comedians

850 Bordeaux Way,Napa CA 94558

22 July, 2022

Description

Chef and comedian mix it up! Join Chefs of the Meritage Collection Napa Valley as they team up with different comedians to bring you The Laugh Cellar original show, Cooking with Comedians! Participants will gain culinary tips, tricks and confidence to cook more at home, with plenty of laughs and tastes along the way! Plus, learn the latest trends and classics of food. JJ Barrows is comedian, author, and mixed media artist. She's performed in top comedy clubs, conferences, churches and awkward dinner parties all over America. With a refreshing story-teller style, she reveals the freedom a quippy sense of humor can reveal in all of us by giving breath to those gritty moments. She recently released a Dry Bar Comedy Special, published her first book it’s called a spade. Her favorite career highlight was meeting Rob Lowe in a parking lot, until most recently when Dolly Parton waved to her and she momentarily forgot to keep breathing. Join her on Instagram @jjbarrows Chef Bryan Gardner: After studying English and History at the University of Southern Maine, Chef Bryan Gardner longed to fulfill his passion for food. He went on to study culinary arts at the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont. After graduating in 2005 he launched an impressive career working among some of Napa’s finest Michelin Star restaurants. He expanded his food horizons in 2008 and became the Executive Chef at the Relain & Chateaux property, Hotel de la Paix in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Bryan returned to Calistoga in 2012 and went on to leverage his culinary prowess in the Napa Valley. Bryan’s fondness for food began while he was growing up in New England; he was born into a family of foodies and raised on some of the finest seafood from the Coast of Maine. Includes: A taste of comedy to start and end the evening, plus plenty of laughs along the way! ​Culinary tips and tricks to try at home3-course gourmet Farm to Fork dinnerGlass of award-winning wine or craft beer upon arrivalMENU: First: Stone Fruit & Burrata Salad – green goddess, sesame toasted za’atar, Napa Valley olive oil Second: Red Wine Marinated Hanger Steak – whipped scallion potatoes, grilled baby squashes, red onion marmalade Third: Classic Cherry Pie – oat and quinoa crumble, vanilla bean gelato PLEASE NOTE: If you have a dietary restriction, please get in touch with us before purchasing tickets. EMAIL us: [email protected] Kitchen doors open at 6:00PM Vista Collina Resort ⎪Food & Wine Center