Some More Top Chef Chat

the tablehopper | 11:45 am | August 6, 2008 | Foodie 411

The Bay Gourmet Forum of the Commonwealth Club has planned a month-long series of programs called “How We Eat,” including cooking classes, farm tours, dining experiences, tastings, and more. In the INFORUM “Top Chefs Tell All Panel,” San Francisco-based contestants from the most recent season of Bravo’s Top Chef will be there to answer questions.

The lineup includes:
Zoi Antonitsas, chef/restaurant consultant, Zazu Restaurant
Jennifer Biesty, chef/restaurant consultant, formerly of COCO500
Ryan Scott, executive chef/partner at Mission Beach Café
Marcia Gagliardi, founder, tablehopper.com: moderator.

Skyy Spirits will provide complimentary cocktails at the program reception, and there is also a dinner at Mission Beach Café afterwards. The five-course prix-fixe meal will include Skyy Spirits cocktail pairings by mixologists from Rye on the Road.

Check-in 6pm; program 6:30pm; cocktail reception 7:30pm; dinner 8pm.

Standard tickets (includes program and reception): $15 members, $25 non-members. Premium tickets (includes premium seating at program and five-course dinner at Mission Beach Cafe): $80 members, $95 non-members.
Buy tickets.

• Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, at Second Street, San Francisco, 415-597-6705.

• Mission Beach Cafe, 198 Guerrero St. at 14th Street, San Francisco, 415-861-0198.

And for those who have an event coming up, Jen Biesty, most recently at COCO500, just launched Savage Feasts, a catering outfit that’s an extension of Living Room Events. It was started for newly married gay couples looking for a caterer. As for the name, it’s actually a play on her last name, which sounds like beasty.

Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.