crEATe: September!

September was one hell of a month!! Events, offsite, weddings, rehearsal dinners, buyouts... Is't September a slow month in the restaurant industry!?!
My 3 favorite moments of September:
Suburban Home Records Sweet 16 Brunch (since I couldn't make the actual shows, ha!)
Flavors of Denver
9News Saucy Affair

First was the Hangover brunch. You can read about that in my previous post. :)

Flavors of Denver was an absolute blast! The event had 20(?) of Denver's chefs cooking a four-course dinner paired with wine tableside for 10 people, each paying $400 a seat to raise money for the American Liver Foundation. We all made a passed appetizer for 100 people as well.

Schmoozin' my table

My menu was as follows:

Passed appetizer: Wonton chip topped with avocado goat cheese and pickled corn salsa

First course: California caesar with fresh berries tossed in plum aioli, served in romaine leaves with mandrin oranges.

Second course: Poblano crab bisque

Third course: Soy marinated portobellos, wasabi hummus, sweet ginger bechemel

Fourth course: Sake-cilantro marinated beef tenderloin, seared sweet potatoes and onions, jalapeno soubise

It was a very hectic day, but so much fun!

Two days later I participated in the 9News Saucey Affair. 15 Chefs come up with an appetizer and, most importantly, a sauce to top it off with. I did root-beer braised ribs with a sweet poblano BBQ sauce. After setting up and getting rolling, Andrew Lubatty, executive chef of the Avenue Grill, came over to my table. His stove burned out and asked if I could spare one of my burners. I use Coleman camping stoves for offsites rather than the single german stoves, so I cleared my burner and hung out with him for the remainder of the event talking about food, offsites, the Denver scene... it was great!! The night couldn't have gotten better...