Taste Of Ebony

2007-12-13

The Taste of EBONY celebrates the contributions Blacks have made to the world of culinary arts. During this year’s event, participants interacted with 20 food industry experts, including the best of the best as celebrity chefs from TV One, The Food Network, Discovery Home, and Bravo’s Top Chef served up an array of treats at food tasting stations set up throughout the River East Art Center venue.
 
The evening included a culinary show and tasting hosted by Bill Bellamy of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and TV One’s Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes. Co-Chairs Marcus Samuelsson, celebrity and executive chef/TV host and owner, Aquavit, New York, G. Garvin, executive chef/TV Host, Turn Up the Heat - TV One, Los Angeles; and Jeff Henderson, NY Times best seller/executive chef, Las Vegas presented the Culinary Show. Charlotte Lyons, EBONY Magazine Food Editor and Author of The New EBONY Cookbook was the event’s culinary director. 

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Other Taste of EBONY featured participants included:

Leon Baker, pastry chef, Farrah Olivia Restaurant, Alexandria, VA; Warren Brown, Food Network host of Sugar Rush and owner, CakeLove and Love Café, Washington D.C. and Silver Spring, MD; Sterling Burpee, chief culinary officer, Culinary Training Academy, Las Vegas; Jacqueline Cholmondeley, executive chef, Always Accolades Catering, New York; Timothy Dean, executive chef/owner, Timothy Dean Bistro, Baltimore; Brian Duncan, wine enthusiast/co-owner, Bin 36, Chicago; Robert Gadsby, executive chef/owner, Bedford Star Group, Houston; Steven McAfee, executive chef, Parrot Cage, Chicago; Andre Mack, corporate sommelier, The Fireman Hospitality Group, New York; Morou Ouattara, executive chef/owner, Farrah Olivia Restaurant, Alexandria, VA; Darryl Petty, owner, Blu 47, Chicago; Cliff Rome, Chef, Parkway Ballroom, Chicago; Connie Rousseau, executive chef, Connie Cooks, Fort Lee, NJ; Allan Vernon, owner, Vernon’s Jerk Paradise, New York; Tre Wilcox, executive chef, Bravo TV’s Top Chef contestant, Cuisine of Abacus restaurant, Dallas; Melba Wilson, owner/proprietor, Melba’s Restaurant, New York and Marvin Woods, executive chef/TV host, Home Plate, Atlanta.
 
The Taste of EBONY was sponsored by: EBONY, title sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Chrysler, TV One, RR Donnelley, American Airlines, Viking, American Express and Swanson.