2009 STARCHEFS.COM INTERNATIONAL CHEFS CONGRESS A KITCHEN WITHOUT BOUNDARIES Sunday, Sept 20 MAIN STAGE WORKSHOP 1 TASTING WORKSHOPS 11:30AM - 11:45AM 9:00AM - 10:00AM 10:20AM - 11:30AM Antoinette Bruno & Will Blunt Dave Arnold & Nils Noren Bruce & Eric Bromberg StarChefs.com | New York, NY The French Culinary Institute | New York, NY Blue Ribbon Restaurants | New York & Brooklyn, NY 2009 Culinary Trends Report: A Look Forward The FX Revolution What’s the Buzz About Honey? & Back 10:10AM - 11:10AM 12:45PM - 2:00PM 11:45AM - 12:00PM Bruno Goussault Charles Curtis, MW Matt & Ted Lee Cuisine Solutions, Inc. | Alexandria, VA Christie’s | New York, NY Authors | New York, NY So You Think You’re Sous Vide Savvy Buying and Selling Wine at Auction Keynote Address: What is American Cuisine? 2:45PM - 4:00PM 12:00PM - 12:45PM Jim Clarke, Simon Buck, Fraser Mackenzie Emeril Lagasse, Charlie Trotter, WORKSHOP 2 & George Geris Norman Van Aken & Clark Wolf Megu, RO Imports, & Pernod Ricard | New York, 9:00AM - 10:00AM Emeril’s | New Orleans, LA, Charlie Trotter’s | NY & Marlborough Winery | Marlborough, New Chicago, IL, Norman’s | Miami, FL, & Clark Wolf Kate Zuckerman Zealand Company | New York, NY Chanterelle | New York, NY Pinot Passion, The Difference a Day Makes Keynote Panel: What is American Cuisine? Precision Pastry: Execution, Technique and Flavor 12:45PM - 1:30PM David Bouley 10:10AM - 11:10AM MIXOLOGY WORKSHOPS Bouley | New York, NY Boris Portnoy Paris to Tokyo: French Cuisine, Japanese SucrePunch | San Francisco, CA 3:30PM - 4:30PM Techniques TechniqColor: Color Transfer Inspired by Junior Merino Modern Art The Liquid Chef | New York, NY 1:30PM - 2:30PM Sabor Latino in Cocktails Lunch in the Products Fair INTERACTIVE DEMOS 2:30PM - 3:15PM BUSINESS SEMINARS Yoshihiro Murata 9:00AM - 10:00AM Kikunoi | Kyoto, Japan The Quest for Umami Zach Allen 9:00AM - 10:00AM B&B Ristorante, Carnevino, and Enoteca San Jerome Chang, Lev Ekster, Roy Choi & 3:15PM - 4:00PM Marco | Las Vegas, NV The Charcuterie Equation Josh Ozersky Chris Young & Dr. Nathan Myhrvold DessertTruck & CupcakeStop |New York, NY, Kogi Intellectual Ventures | Bellevue, WA 10:10AM - 11:10AM | Los Angeles, CA & The Feedbag | New York, NY Patent Pending: Secrets from Food Scientists Take it to the Streets: Restaurant Food Richard Blais in Trucks and Carts 4:00PM - 4:45PM Trail Blais | Atlanta, GA Breakfast in B Minor: Progressive Techniques 10:10AM - 11:10AM Networking Break in Breakfast Cookery 2009 New York Rising Stars 4:45PM - 5:30PM How to Make It: The 2009 StarChefs.com New April Bloomfield York Rising Stars The Spotted Pig | New York, NY Pig, Pig, Pig 5:30PM - 6:15PM Pierre Gagnaire Pierre Gagnaire | Paris, France Creativity à la Minute TRanslatoR: ALEXANDRA LEAF Monday, Sept 21 MAIN STAGE WORKSHOP 2 MIXOLOGY WORKSHOPS 11:30AM - 12:30PM 9:00AM - 10:00AM 11:30AM - 12:30PM Johnny Iuzzini, Sam Mason & Alex Stupak Paco Torreblanca Albert Trummer Jean Georges, Tailor, & wd~50 | New York, NY Pastelería Totel | Monóvar, Spain Apothéke | New York, NY Three Men and a Dessert Mano a Mano with a Pastry Master Advanced Infusions and the Bar Apothecary TRanslatoR: LOURDES CastRO 12:30PM - 1:30PM 1:15PM - 2:15PM Jose Andres 10:10AM - 11:10AM Scott Beattie ThinkFoodGroup | Washington, DC Charles Phan Author of Artisanal Cocktails | Healdsburg, CA American Cuisine Through a Spanish Lens The Slanted Door | San Francisco, CA The Making of Artisanal Cocktails Vietnam in America: Adapting Vietnamese 1:30PM - 2:30PM Street Food 3:00PM - 4:00PM Lunch in the Products Fair Christy Pope & Chad Solomon Cuff & Buttons | New York, NY 2:30PM - 3:15PM Getting Schooled in Cool: Practical Ice Masaharu Morimoto INTERACTIVE DEMOS Applications Behind the Bar Morimoto | New York, NY 9:00AM - 10:00AM Hook, Line, & Sinker: A Surprise Demonstration from the Iron Chef Gabriel Bremer Salts | Cambridge, MA BUSINESS SEMINARS 3:15PM - 4:00PM The Art of Presentation: Making “Eatable Art” Rohini Dey & Maneet Chauhan 9:00AM - 10:00AM 10:10AM - 11:10AM Vermilion | Chicago,IL & New York, NY Rick Tramonto, Waldy Malouf, David Waltuck Bastardizing Disparate Cuisines or Innovation? Maura Kilpatrick & Will Blunt The Deal with Fusion Sofra | Cambridge, MA Tru | Chicago, IL, & Beacon, Chanterelle & Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: StarChefs.com | New York, NY 4:00PM - 4:45PM Middle Eastern-Inspired Pastry Rebirth: How to Re-Energize a 10+-Year-Old Audrey Saunders & Tony Conigliaro Restaurant Pegu Club | New York, NY, & 69 Colebrooke Row | London, England 10:10AM - 11:10AM Getting to Nose Your Cocktail TASTING WORKSHOPS Grant Achatz, Kelly Choi, Roy Choi, 4:45PM - 5:30PM 10:00AM - 11:15AM Antoinette Bruno & Francis Lam George Geris Alinea | Chicago, IL, TV Personality | New York, Josh Emett NY, Kogi | Los Angeles, CA & StarChefs.com & Marlborough Winery | Marlborough, New Zealand Gordon Ramsay at the London | New York, NY Gourmet.com | New York, NY New Zealand and the Art of Sustainable Wines New Zealand Lamb, Head to Tail The Power of Twitter 5:30PM - 6:15PM 1:00PM - 2:15PM Grant Achatz, Daniel Boulud Tim Atkin, Charles Curtis & Lisa Granik Writer | London, England, Christie’s & Empire & Pierre Gagnaire Merchants | New York, NY Alinea | Chicago, IL, Daniel | New York, NY, & Grand Masters Slam Pierre Gagnaire | Paris, France Modern Cuisine: A Generational Discussion 3:00PM - 4:15PM TRanslatoR: ALEXANDRA LEAF Tim Atkin, MW 6:15PM - 8:00PM Writer | London, England Congress Cocktail in the Products Fair Understanding Spanish Terroir 5:00PM - 6:15PM Claire Paparazzo Blue Hill | New York, NY WORKSHOP 1 Sauvignon Blanc: This Ain’t No Ordinary Grape 9:00AM - 10:00AM Ruben Garcia with Dr. Cesar Vega ThinkFoodGroup | Washington, DC Liquid Nitrogen 201 10:10AM - 11:10AM Sean Brock McCrady’s Restaurant | Charleston, SC Bringing Back American Heirloom Ingredients Tuesday, Sept 22 MAIN STAGE WORKSHOP 2 MIXOLOGY WORKSHOPS 11:30AM - 12:30PM Juan Mari Arzak 9:00AM - 10:00AM 11:30AM - 12:30PM Arzak | San Sebastian, Spain Dana Cree Tony Abou-Ganim & Julie Reiner Techniques from the Arzak Laboratory Poppy | Seattle, WA The Modern Mixologist | Las Vegas, NV & Clover TRanslatoR: MIKEL TREVINO DE LUIS Dessert Haiku: Editing High Profile Desserts Club | Brooklyn, NY for High Volume Tiki, or Not Tiki 12:30PM - 1:15PM Charles Phan 10:10AM - 11:10AM 1:15PM - 2:15PM The Slanted Door | San Francisco, CA Zach Allen Tony Conigliaro Putting Vietnamese Street Food on the B&B Ristorante, Carnevino, and Enoteca San 69 Colebrooke Row | London, England American Map Marco | Las Vegas, NV Modern Mixology, London Style The Charcuterie Equation: A Hands-On 1:15PM - 2:15PM Workshop 4:45PM - 5:45PM Lunch in the Products Fair John Deragon PDT | New York, NY 2:15PM - 3:15PM The Bitters Revolution Paco Torreblanca INTERACTIVE DEMOS Pastelería Totel | Monóvar, Spain 9:00AM - 10:00AM A Peek into Pastelería Totel TRanslatoR: LOURDES CastRO Daniel Humm BUSINESS SEMINARS Eleven Madison Park | New York, NY 3:15PM - 4:00PM Sous Vide: The Pursuit of Excellence 9:00AM - 10:00AM Ratha Chau, Michael "Bao" Huynh & StarChefs.com Innovator Awards 10:10AM - 11:10AM Angelo Sosa 4:00PM - 4:45PM Marcus Samuelsson Num Pang, Baoguette & Xie Xie | New York, NY Aquavit | New York, NY The Rise of Asian Concept Restaurant Sean Brock The Anatomy of a Fish McCrady’s | Charleston, SC Getting Down with Lowcountry Cuisine 10:10AM - 11:10AM Josh DeChellis, Joe Isidori, Paul Liebrandt, 4:45PM - 5:30PM TASTING WORKSHOPS Akhtar Nawab & Norman Van Aken Rick Tramonto La Fonda Del Sol, Consulting Chef, Corton, Tru | Chicago, IL 10:00AM - 11:15AM & Consulting Chef | New York, NY & The Birth of Modern American Cuisine Mollie Battenhouse & Bart Vandaele Norman’s | Key West, FL When to Walk Away From a Deal 5:30PM - 6:15PM International Wine Center | New York, NY & Belga Café | Washington, DC Dave Arnold & Nils Noren Beer Meets Food: Belgian Beer’s Love Affair The French Culinary Institute | New York, NY with Fine Dining Food High-Tech Delicious 1:00PM - 2:15PM Lisa Granik, MW Empire Merchants | New York, NY WORKSHOP 1 Building a Balanced Wine List 9:00AM - 10:00AM 3:00PM - 4:15PM Josh DeChellis Stephen Asprinio La Fonda Del Sol | New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Some Like it Hot: Cooking with the Plancha Breaking the Boundaries of Food and Wine Pairing 10:10AM - 11:10AM Yoshihiro Murata Kikunoi | Kyoto, Japan Lessons from a Kaiseki King.