Native El Paso chefs team up for Austin benefit dinner

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The Texas Food & Wine Alliance is coming out of its pandemic hibernation with its first Wine & Dine dinner series event in more than 14 months.

The culinary nonprofit will bring together seven famous El Paso chefs for a Sunday evening dinner at the Garrison in the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Austin.

Andre Natera from Fairmont will be the guest chef for a group that includes chefs Fermín Núñez (Suerte); Rico Torres (Mixtli in San Antonio); Alan Delgado (Oxomoco in Brooklyn); Omar Flores (Muchacho and Whistle Britches in Dallas); Andrés Padilla (The Plaza Hotel in Pioneer Park, El Paso); and Jake Rojas (Tallulah Taqueria in Providence, RI).

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It is the second time these chefs meet for a meal to showcase the food of their cities and homes.

“As luck would have it, a large group of really talented chefs has come out of the city of El Paso,” Natera said in a statement. “El Paso is one of the most underrated culinary destinations in the country. We hope to showcase the talent and tastes of our hometown with this dinner. “

The wine and liquor dinner will benefit the Texas Food & Wine Alliance program, including scholarships and the Culinary Arts Career Conference for high school students. Tickets for the first dinner of this year’s series are $ 250 and can be purchased at texasfoodandwinealliance.org.

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Additional dinners from the Wine & Dine series featuring talent from across the state will be announced later this month.

The menu for dinner on Sunday below:

  • Starter of Suadero Moletes by Chef Fermín Núñez
  • Starter of ceviche by Chef André Natera. passed
  • First course nopal salad from chef Andrés Padilla
  • First course of Rhode Island squid a la plancha with salsa macha and chicharrón by Chef Jake Rojas
  • Second course made from black beans and Raja’s tamal with a salsa made from smoked tomatoes by Chef Alan Delgado
  • Second course by Pipian con Pollo with Arroz by Natera
  • Third course of grilled tablitas with cebollitas asadas, salsa de molcajete, tortillas made from fresh flour by chef Omar Flores
  • Third course with chilli Colorado and calabacitas from chef Rico Torres
  • Various desserts and coffee bar from the Fairmont Austin pastry team

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