
1 Sunday morning started with a class held in the newly renovated demo kitchen on the 5th floor of the hotel. Rainer Zinngrebe, corporate head of food and…

4 Sunday morning just doesn't start right without some freshly made margaritas. Hard to believe that we have to go to a champagne brunch in about an hour. It's a…

6 During the champagne brunch, the two finalist teams from the local cooking school compete in a cookoff

7 The judges are Tony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, José Andrés, and Rainer Zinngrebe. As the clock winds down and the judges have become well-lubricated, the play by…

13 The look on Ariane's face says it all for the second team's creation. The first team is the winner of the cookoff!

14 Sunday evening is the capstone event, the gala dinner. Held at Blue, there is very limited seating and it was sold out last year before we had a chance to get…

15 The evening starts off on the patio with mixologist Charles Joly mixing up some wild and crazy libation he calls the "Double Agent". Everybody needs one of…

16 The first course is a burratta and Japanese baby peaches byJosé Andrés, amply decorated with flowers and blossoms