13th Annual Beaver Creek Master Chef Classic Planned For January

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Dec 18th 2010 at 7:01AM

You can feast amid the snow this January at the 13th Annual Beaver Creek Master Chef Classic in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Bon Appétit is sponsoring the three-day epicurean affair with events such as a Master Chef Challenge, intimate cooking classes, an après-ski cocktail seminar and a Grand Tasting at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch. the event is designed so that multi-taskers can ski in the morning and dine well in the afternoon and evening. Beaver Creek chefs will be joined by guest chefs selected by Bon Appétit magazine, such as Marco Canora (finalist of "Next Iron Chef"), Joey Campanaro (Chef/Owner of The Little Owl, NY), Francois Payard (Pastry Chef of FPB) and more.

Master Chef Classic lodging event packages are available starting at $522 per person, which includes two nights of lodging, two days of lift tickets and one ticket each for the Master Chef Challenge and the Grand Tasting. This package is available Jan. 27-31, 2011 Event-only ticket packages are also available including a Master Chef Package for $475, which provides one ticket to the Master Chef Dinner, Master Chef Challenge, Grand Tasting, one Seminar (choice of Chophouse/Wine Seminar or Osprey/Cocktail Seminar) and one Cooking Class (Marco/Splendido or Joey/Park Hyatt). The VIP package is $575 and includes the Master Chef Package offerings plus early admittance to the Grand Tasting for exclusive access to the Chefs. The Just a Taste Package for $165 includes tickets for the Master Chef Challenge and the Grand Tasting. A portion of proceeds from the Master Chef dinner on Jan. 27 benefits the Bright Future Foundation. To purchase tickets and for information on lodging packages, visit http://www.beavercreek.com/masterchefclassic or call (800) 404-3535 (lodging packages) or (888) 920-ARTS (event tickets only).

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