Thursday

03.01

François Payard Reunion//Guest of Honor JBF Award Winner François Payard with Philippe Bertineau and Pastry Chef Nicolas Néant, Payard Patisserie & Bistro, NYC/Pastry Chef David Carmichael, The Russian Tea Room, NYC/Pastry Chef Lincoln Carson, Michael Mina, San Francisco/Pastry Chef Pierre Gatel, Wynn Las Vegas/Pastry Chef Gregory Gourreau, Alain Ducasse’s Mix in Las Vegas at the Hotel at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas/Pastry Chef Craig Harzewski, Country, NYC/Pastry Chef Christopher Hereghty, Hereghty, Raleigh, NC/JBF Award Winner Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini, Jean Georges, NYC/Nancy Kershner, Sweet Street Desserts, Reading, PA/Pastry Chef Hervé Poussot, Almondine Bakery, Brooklyn, NY

Friday

03.02

First Friday Luncheon//Todd Mark Miller, STK, NYC

Saturday

03.03

Taste of Wales//Mike Bates, MacDonald Holland House, Cardiff, Wales/Mike Coram, Colin Gray, and Pastry Chef Stuart Gray, Capital Cuisine, Cardiff, Wales/Kurt Fleming, Elements Champagne Bar and Restaurant, Cardiff Bay, Wales/Daniel Gray, Glamorgan Cricket Club, Sophia Gardens, Wales/Doug Windsor, Frolics Restaurant, Doug Windsor Cookery School & Consultancy, Southerndown, Wales

Monday

03.05

Italian Love Affair//Owner/Chef Caleb Barber, Owner/Wine Director Deirdre Heekin, and Pastry Chef Erlé LaBounty, Osteria Pane e Salute, Woodstock, VT

Tuesday

03.06

Long Island Wine Country Dinner//Gerry Hayden and JBF Award Winner Pastry Chef Claudia Fleming, The North Fork Table & Inn, Southold, NY

Wednesday

03.07

Washington Women and Wine//Amanda Zimlich and Owner/Wine Director Karen Binder, Madison Park Café, Seattle/Winemaker Marie-Eve Gilla, Forgeron Cellars, Walla Walla, WA

Thursday

03.08

Taste of Paradise//Beau MacMillan, Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa, Paradise Valley, AZ

Friday

03.09

Holi: An Indian Spring Celebration//Maneet Chauhan and Owner/Wine Director Rohini Dey, Vermilion, Chicago

Saturday

03.10

Low Country Cookin’//Brian Dukes, Blue Marlin, Columbia, SC

Sunday

03.11

Best of Sarabeth’s Brunch//JBF Award Winner Sarabeth Levine and Paul Scheffler, Sarabeth’s , NYC

Monday

03.12

Sensational Steak Dinner//Brett McKee, Oak Steakhouse, Charleston, SC

Wednesday

03.14

Italian Wine Lovers’ Dinner//Greg Neville, Lugano, Salt Lake City

Thursday

03.15

Veuve Clicquot Champagne Celebration//John Tesar, The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas

Friday

03.16

Italian Luncheon//Alex McCrery, Antonucci, NYC

Saturday

03.17

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration//Lou Rook III, Annie Gunn’s, Chesterfield, MO

Tuesday

03.20

Greatest New York Chefs//Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park, NYC

Wednesday

03.21

Norouz: Persian New Year//Michael M. Mir, Bha! Bha! Persian Bistro, Naples, FL

Thursday

03.22

The Maine Event//Rebecca Charles, Pearl Oyster Bar, NYC/Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier, Arrows, Ogunquit, ME/Kathy Gunst, Stonewall Kitchen, York, ME/JBF Award Winner Sam Hayward, Fore Street, Portland, ME/JBF Award Winner Melissa Kelly and Pastry Chef Kushner, Primo, Rockland, ME, Tampa, FL, and Tucson, AZ

Friday

03.23

Caviar Indulgence Dinner//Oliver Reschreiter, Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, CA

Monday

03.26

Texas Modern Dinner//Jason Gould, Gravitas, Houston/Mark Schmidt, Café 909, Marble Falls, TX/Pastry Chef Monica Rios-Carter, Abacus, Dallas

Tuesday

03.27

Divine Wine Spring Extravaganza//William Bradley, Addison at the Grand Del Mar, San Diego

Wednesday

03.28

American Culinary Classics Remixed//Wolfgang Ebenbichler, Daniel Herman, Duccio Orlandini, Gregory Shimoda, and Pastry Chef Laurent Branlard, The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL/Christopher Windus, Todd English’s Blue at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Thursday

03.29

Best Hotel Chefs of America//Joel Huff, Silks at Mandarin Oriental San Francisco

Friday

03.30

Beard Presents: Masterpiece Dining//Illusion and the Art of Culinary Constructionism: Self-Portrait for Spring 2007/Miguel Sánchez Romera, L’Esguard, Barcelona, Spain/ Supporting Chef Shane McBride, 7 Square, NYC

Saturday

03.31

Sushi and Beyond Workshop//David Ruggerio and Desmond Teoh, Sushi A-Go-Go, NYC