Las Vegas Behind-The-Scenes Photos

Gala Tasting | Honorees Dinner | Blind Wine Tasting | JobFinder Career Fair

Gala Tasting at Caesars Palace

The Las Vegas Rising Stars and their Mentors
Paramount Caviar at the VIP Reception	Eric Klein’s Blue Crab Salad with Avocado	Ralph Perrazzo plating his watermelon dessert
Inniskillin Ice Wine	Martin Heierling’s SENSI Lamb Combo and Roast Halibut	Chef Sean Griffin of Neros
Will Blunt of StarChefs and Cort Kinker of Pernod	Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Cuvee Palmes d’Or	Las Vegas Life Magazine
Espiritu del Ecuador	Sven Mede’s Marinated Tuna with Sea Urchin	Grey Goose
Le Cordon Bleu Student Volunteers	George Wines	Bryan Ogden’s Corn Soup with Butter Poached Lobster
Olive’s Wild Mushroom Display	UNLV Jazz Band	Vincent Girardin Savigny Les Beaune
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte	Menu for Chef Sven Mede of NobHill	Sommelier Luis de Santos
Bryan Ogden’s Fluke Sashimi	Betsy Feinberg, Amy Tarr, Noelle Azucena and Alison Nadler	Cort Kinker and Martin Heierling
Pastry Chef Tammy Alana and Chef Jacques Van Staden of Alize	Daniel Boulud Brasserie	Chef Vincent Pouessel’s Gala Menu
Vineyard 7	Sean Griffin’s Kobe Flatiron Steak with Slow Cooked Broccoli	Chef Sven Mede of NobHill and Chef Sean Griffin of Neros
Greg Intlekofer of Nespresso	Bar Chef Drew Levinson of Bellagio	Grey Goose Ice Sculpture
Pastry Chef Tammy Alana of Alize	Chef Eric Klein of SW Steakhouse	Loimer Gruner Veltliner
Pastry Chef Kenny Magana of Sensi	Sonny Mannino helps Antoinette Bruno pick the Jade Raffle winner	Chef Martin Heierling of Sensi
Chef Philippe Rispoli of Daniel Boulud Brasserie	Tammy Alana’s Strawberry Banana Shortcake	Chef Richard Chen of Wing Lei
Amy Tarr of StarChefs	Noelle Azucena and a friend	Chef Vincent Pouessel plates a stuffed zucchini blossom
Rising Stars Klein, de Santos, Chen, Pouessel, Mannino, Perrazzo and Rispoli		Heirloom tomatoes from Olives
Tammy Alana’s Pandan Cheesecake Spring Rolls	Amy Tarr, Daniel Boulud, Bryan Ogden, Antoinette Bruno and Bradley Ogden
Daniel Boulud, Philippe Rispoli, Bradley Ogden, Antoinette Bruno and Will Blunt		Ralph Perrazzo’s Chocolate Panna Cotta and Guinness Cotton Candy

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Honorees Dinner at Charlie Palmer Steak

Charlie Palmer Steak Chef Stephen Blandino and his cooks with Amy Tarr and Antoinette Bruno		Prime New York Strip Steaks courtesy of Anderson Family Steaks
Honorees Dinner Menu	Chef Blandino’s Cheese Course	Max Jacobson, Will Blunt and Gil Lempert Schwarz
Servers from Charlie Palmer Steak present the main course	Las Vegas Rising Stars Honorees Dinner	Antoinette Bruno with Steven Grover of Vineyard 7 & 8
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Cuvee Palmes d’Or 1996	Luis De Santos, William Sherer, Phil Sgroi of Espiritu and Les Kincaid	Sarah Lee Marks and Seattle Rising Star Chef William Belickis of Mistral
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte served at Charlie Palmer Steak	Alison Nadler with Chef Jeremy Lieb of Le Cirque	Luis De Santos, Sven Mede and Betsy Feinberg
Alicia Malone, Megan Romano, William Sherer and Melissa Fields	Steven Grover of Vineyard 7 & 8 and Antoinette Bruno	Stephen Blandino’s Truffled Frisee, Duck Confit, and Foie Gras
Noelle Azucena, Gil Lempert Schwarz, William Belickis and Sean Griffin	Lex Poulos of Jade	Chefs Tammy Alana, Ralph Perrazzo and Vincent Pouessel
Chef Francois Dionot, Jacques Van Staden and Max Jacobson

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Blind Wine Tasting at Charlie Palmer Steak

Tom Zimmerman of Vineyard 7 & 8	The lineup of first growth Bordeaux and one mystery wine	Sommelier Luis de Santos with Larry Langbehn
Sommelier JB Bolduc of MIX	Host Sommelier Paul Ellis of Charlie Palmer Steak
Radio Personality Les Kinkaid	Sommelier Luis de Santos elicits feedback from the tasting panel	Steven Grover of Vineyard 7 & 8
JB Bolduc, Tammie Ruesenberg and William Sherer		Winemaker Larry Langbehn of Vineyard 7 & 8
Gil Lempert Schwarz comments on the Bordeaux

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JobFinder Career Fair and Chef Panel

Antoinette Bruno, Richard Chen, Sean Griffin, Martin Heierling and Jeremy Lieb		Chef Sven Mede of NobHill
Chef Jeremy Lieb of Le Cirque	Chef Eric Klein of SW Steakhouse	Chef Philippe Rispoli of Daniel Boulud Brasserie
JobFinder Career Fair Las Vegas	The Stratosphere Hotel at StarChefs Career Fair	The Ritz-Carlton at StarChefs Career Fair
Antoinette Bruno’s ‘What’s Hot? What’s Not?’ Culinary Trends Seminar
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