Taste of Atlanta welcomes Grammy Award winner and cookbook author Trisha Yearwood to the cooking stage. Not only a country music star, but also a great cook, Trisha's "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen," is full of wonderful southern favorites. Preparing recipes from the cookbook, Trisha will take the stage with her mother and sister to bring her Atlanta fans a true taste of home cooking!
Get Trisha’s autograph on your copy of Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen or on her latest CD, Heaven Heartache and the Power of Love. Visit the 94.9 The Bull tent on Saturday to get one of only 200 tickets. Tickets are limited and distributed on a first come basis beginning at 11:00 am. Autograph signing will begin at 2:00 pm on Saturday only.
Food and wine authority Ted Allen returns to the Taste of Atlanta stage to tempt the audience with delicious recipes. Ted will you lead you through the basics of pairing these dishes with food-friendly Robert Mondavi Private Selection wines. Impress your guests at your next party with tasty dishes and perfectly paired wines with a little help from a well-known expert!
Top Chef finalist and culinary designer Richard Blais brings his unique style and creativity to the 2008 festival. The Atlanta resident, named one of Gayot Guide’s Top Five Rising Chefs of 2005, continues to draw a wide variety of interest from food lovers in Atlanta and across the country. Learn a few Top Chef secrets as Richard demonstrates his creative take on American food.
Classically trained chef and comedian Will Rece makes his Taste of Atlanta cooking stage debut at the 2008 festival. He will entertain the crowd with his tongue-in-cheek humor and his election-themed RECEipes, Lame Duck Spring Rolls with Liberal Amounts of Citrus-Ponzu Slaw and Pork Barrel Pot Stickers with Blue and Red State Drizzle.
Acclaimed chef, cookbook author and host Gerry Garvin (a.k.a. G. Garvin) is most widely known for his television series, Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin, now in its fifth season on TV One. Taste of Atlanta is excited to present G. on the main cooking stage. This talented artist and notable cookbook author just released his third cookbook, titled Dining In, which will feature new, fine dining recipes that even the most inexperienced home cook can make to create impressive gourmet meals.
Radio personalities Chef and the Fatman will entertain and tape their radio show October 11 & 12, 2008 from Taste of Atlanta being held in the streets of Atlantic Station. The cooking duo, Host, Kevin Jenkins better known as the Fatman, and Chef Fred Genovese, bring a long history of experience in the food and beverage industry..
George Duran is a chef and entertainer. George is the author of Take This Dish and Twist it. As colorful and funny as the chef himself, the book is packed with highly useful tips, extremely amusing anecdotes—and of course, obscenely mouthwatering recipes, revealing his delectably unexpected take on comfort food.
