The 13th Food Event 2018 at EXCLUSIVE Private Site

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(Gerry Furth-Sides. Note, in a computer crash I lost my Semler Ranch photos) For years I’ve answered questions about where to eat by suggesting samplings first at special select events such as the  Los Angeles magazine’s The Food Event 2018: Its 13th Annual Epicurean Extravaganza.

To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit //www.lamag.com/thefoodevent2018.

This fittingly Coastal California Cuisine Day, Sunday, October 21st, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., is even more exceptional because it takes place at the exclusive Semler Family Ranch, Saddlerock (host partner).  I only found out the ranch was private when I took my family to their wine tasting room one year only to learn it was independent, across the road.  On TOP of this, the leisurely day of meeting Celebrity Chefs and watching them in demos, plus enjoying samplings from a curated list of the most innovative and best LA Restaurants, Wine, Beer and Spirits — ensures walking around time in between each.

Hamasaku’s Chef Yoya Takahashi  who recently opened  Umi by Hamasaku in El Segundo

The  magnificent vineyard grounds, home to Malibu Family Wines, producers of Saddlerock and Semler wines, are spectacular, timeless and the California ideal, filled with the wonderful Semler family’s exuberance.  The site looks out on a three-acre outdoor park-like setting with century-old oak and olive trees across from the 1500 vines. I dare anyone not to come out with a life memory.  For starters, leisurely grazing zebras and other African wildlife watch you from behind whitewashed open fences as you drive up the last of the winding road to the front gate. And it only gets better from there.

Chef and Mrs. Ted Hopson of The Bellwether

Guest chef demos include David Kuo of Little Fatty; Manuela’s Kris Tominaga, Richard Blais of The Crack Shack and Scratch Bar’s lively and talented Phillip Frankland Lee.

The Crack Shack Chicken

Tastings include: Apollonias Pizzeria, Baby J’s, The Bellwether, Bone Kettle, Casa Vega, Cookie Dough Dreams, Dama, Eataly, The Exchange, Fat Dragon, Gabi James, The Gables, Gwen, Hamasaku, Hayden, Hip Hot, Kato, Little Ruby, Luv2eat, Ma’am Sir, Madre!, Makani, Malibu Café/Basement, Manuela, Michael’s Santa Monica, Mohawk Bend, Ronan, Salazar, Smitten Ice Cream, Sotto, The Sunset, Terranea, Tesse, Wilshire, Wolf, Wood & Water, Yardbird, 6th & La Brea

Terrannea Resort Oysters

Spirit samplings include:  Ascension Cellars, Bai, Beekeeper Cellars (Ian Blackburn!), Bocanegra, Byron Blatty/Cavaletti, Cami Vineyards, Center of Effort, Château La Coste, Comstock Wines, Courvoisier, Don Francisco’s Coffee, Frei Brothers Sonoma Reserve, Gérard Bertrand, Golden Road Brewing, Hornitos, Kevita, Le Grand Courtâge, Malibu Family Wines, The Malibu Vineyard, Rancho Sisquoc, Sipsmith, Stella Artois, Talley Vineyards, WineSellars: Santa Julia

Second Generation Chef-owner Cristy Vega of Casa Vega

Casa Vega

Signature Casa Vega Ice Cream Churros

Tickets are $130 (admission includes all demonstrations, food, beverages, and parking fees). Online sales end on October 20 at 5pm.

As if an afternoon could be better, there is an After-Party for an additional $20 with Food Event ticket; guests receive entry to The Food Event after-party at Malibu Cafe at Calamigos Ranch (includes one complimentary glass of wine or specialty cocktail plus food samplings). The after-party package also includes valet parking at Calamigos Ranch, free shuttle from Calamigos Ranch to Saddlerock Ranch, and separate registration for immediate entrance.The Philanthropic Partner is the Kids Courage for 2018.

SPONSORS: Infiniti, Celebrity Cruises, Courvosier, Gearys, Hornitos, MedMen, San Luis Obispo, Sipsmith, SLO Wine Country, Stella Artois, Frei Brothers Sonoma Reserve, Laura’s Lean, The Broad Stage Bai, Don Francisco’s Coffee, Kevita

To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit www.lamag.com/thefoodevent2018. For press inquiries, please email Shannon Waterman at swaterman@lamag.com or call 323.801.0115.

The rich, fascinating history of the nearby Semler Family home at Saddlerock Ranch  (www.malibufamilywines.com) begins over three centuries ago when the vast expanse of land surrounding the Santa Monica Mountains was once part of the original Spanish Land Grant. More recently, and that’s decades ago now, having yanked out 8,000 avocado trees on his 60-acre hilltop Malibu property, telecommunications ace/Semler Malibu Estate Wine and Saddlerock Vineyard owner, Ron Semler, replaced them with grapes. In return, he earned his own Malibu appellation with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah.

Tami Semler explained that, “Semler is our 100% local estate grown while Saddlerock grapes are central coast.” And she maintained a decade ago in 2008 that Malibu will have its “Terroir, (that means “distinctive taste of the land all its own”) in ten years. We can’t wait to try it October 21.

 

 

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