Chefs, Scenery, and Social Snaps From Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Golf Tournament

Celebrity chefs, winemakers, and festival attendees played golf at Pebble Beach's famous course.

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Golf Tournament

Golf carts lined up as the sun rose.

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Golf Tournament

The golf course overlooks the Pacific.

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Golf Tournament

Attendees wore their preppiest golf threads for the course.

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Golf Tournament

The fog rolled in from the Pacific.

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Golf Tournament

Golfers packed it in to attend the opening-night reception.

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Opening-Night Reception

Drummers greeted attendees at the opening-night reception.

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Opening-Night Reception

Bart Vandaele of DC's B Too planted a spicy grilled carrot garden in edible soil. The chef used tweezers to pick each carrot and humorously told each guest to open wide!

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Opening-Night Reception

Dean Fearing of the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas served Tex-Mex in a whole new way with his barbecue pork street tacos.

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Opening-Night Reception

David Werly, chef of Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, used a siphon to garnish his dish with asparagus foam.

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Opening-Night Reception

Bowls of goldfish added whimsy to Chef Werly's presentation.

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Opening-Night Reception

Chef Elizabeth Falkner caramelized gyoza using a flame torch.

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Opening-Night Reception

It's no surprise Morimoto ran out of his dish early in the evening before we snagged a taste.

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Carla Hall Cooking Demo

Carla Hall of ABC's The Chew made a spinach paneer recipe from her new cookbook Carla's Comfort Foods.

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Opus One Blending Seminar

Chateau Mouton Rothschild partnered with Robert Mondavi in 1979 to blend Opus One. The cult wine made its first appearance at the Napa Valley Wine Auction in 1981, where a single case sold for $24,000. Michael Silacci, winemaker of Opus One, carefully blended wines to replicate that historical vintage.

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Forage to Feast

Donatella Arpaia wrapped her arm around Michael Symon at the Forage to Feast lunch.

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Forage to Feast

Attendees clinked to Sequoia Grove Chardonnay. Winemaker Michael Trujillo explained to the crowd that he attempts to make each bottle the truest expression of the grape varietal.

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Tyler Florence Cooking Demo

Tyler Florence showed the crowd all the various cuts of a steak.

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Tyler Florence Cooking Demo

Then he previewed a recipe for CO2-inoculated hamburger buns cooked on the griddle from his new cookbook, Inside the Test Kitchen, out Nov. 4.

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Social Snap

It's "Rosé with a view."

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Caviar Shot

Pro tip for Pebble Beach: form a fist with your hand for easy caviar shot-taking.

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Fire-Pit Snuggle

Chefs Johnny Iuzzini and Michael Voltaggio cuddled up by the Spanish Bay fire pits.

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Tribute to Charlie Trotter

At the tribute dinner honoring Charlie Trotter, chefs served sunchokes with smoked steelhead trout.

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Hunter-Gatherer Dinner

SPQR chef Matt Accarrino foraged near the ocean for the hunter-gatherer dinner.

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Dinner in the Kitchen With Guy Fieri

Guy Fieri kept his kitchen tight before service. More on that unexpectedly plate-licking dinner later.

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Australia Wine [R]evolution

The wine seminars began bright and early. But it was 5 o’clock somewhere, right?

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Happy Hour For Chefs

Celebrity chefs Guy Fieri, Robert Irvine, Marc Murphy, and Gerry Garvin kicked it for happy hour.

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Dinner With the Stars of Los Angeles

Tim Hollingsworth, former chef de cuisine of French Laundry, is a recent Los Angeles transplant. His restaurant at the Broad museum will open later this Summer.

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Dinner With the Stars of Los Angeles

Tim added the final touches to his dishes before sending them out.

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Dinner With the Stars of Los Angeles

Duff Goldman, Michael Voltaggio, and John Shook smoked up the kitchen with nitrogen for the dessert course.

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Caviar-Dolloped Oysters

Caviar on top of oysters: that's what Andrew Zimmern snacked on this weekend.

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Grand Finale Dinner

Johnny Iuzzini’s Grand Finale dessert included baby carrots dipped in caramel.

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Grand Tasting Tent

Fabio Viviani plated Chianti-braised pork cheeks with parmesan polenta and joked that it was like New Orleans woke up in Tuscany.

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Grand Tasting Tent

Everything tastes better with a fried quail egg.

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Grand Tasting Tent

Duff Goldman and chef Linton Hopkins swapped dishes.

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Grand Tasting Tent

Andrew Zimmern presented his Sunday brunch bite: Jaternice hash with hot sauce and a fried quail egg.

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Goodbye, Pebble Beach!

The sun shot out from the clouds on the last day.

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Golf Tournament

Golf Tournament

Golf Tournament

Golf Tournament

Golf Tournament

Golf Tournament

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

Opening-Night Reception

Carla Hall Cooking Demo

Opus One Blending Seminar

Forage to Feast

Forage to Feast

Tyler Florence Cooking Demo

Tyler Florence Cooking Demo

Social Snap

Caviar Shot

Fire-Pit Snuggle

Tribute to Charlie Trotter

Hunter-Gatherer Dinner

Dinner in the Kitchen With Guy Fieri

Australia Wine [R]evolution

Happy Hour For Chefs

Dinner With the Stars of Los Angeles

Dinner With the Stars of Los Angeles

Dinner With the Stars of Los Angeles

Caviar-Dolloped Oysters

Grand Finale Dinner

Grand Tasting Tent

Grand Tasting Tent

Grand Tasting Tent

Grand Tasting Tent

Goodbye, Pebble Beach!

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