Special Monterey Eco Home & Garden Farm To Table Dinner to be held on Friday, October 18th to Benefit The Hope Center
Save the Date and join Chef Brandon Miller of Mundaka for a great Farm to Table Dinner on Friday October 18th.
- Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) August 01, 2013 - Chef Brandon Miller of Mundaka Carmel to Prepare Farm To Table Dinner. A Kick Off Event for the Monterey Eco Home & Garden Expo (Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th).
Save the date! To kick off the 2013 Monterey Eco Home & Garden Expo (October 19-20, 2013), a very special Eco Home & Garden Farm To Table Dinner will be held on Friday, October 18, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. al fresco at the Monterey County Fair & Expo Center (or indoors if there is inclement weather) at 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, CA 93940.
The Eco Home & Garden Farm To Table Dinner will be co-sponsored by Simply Clear Marketing, the producers of the Monterey Eco Home & Garden Expo, and Edible Monterey Bay Magazine. The event is a fundraiser for the Hope Center, a food pantry serving the Monterey Peninsula to help our neighbors in need with supplemental groceries. The organization provides information regarding community services and empowers our children to make our world a better place. The organization serves any family in need and that includes their pets!
The award-winning Presenting Chef Brandon Miller of Mundaka Restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea will prepare a delicious local and sustainable farm-style dinner. Chef Brandon will also provide cooking tips and a recipe card for all guests. The event will feature local wine, live music, a silent auction, and much more! The price is $75 per person and seating is limited. To purchase tickets, go to
http://ediblemontereybay.com/edibleevents/edible-monterey-bay-events/. For more information, email info ( @ ) ediblemontereybay dot com or call 831-298-7117 dot
About Presenting Chef Brandon Miller
Born in San Francisco, Chef Brandon Miller grew up on the waterfront and started his seafood experience in high school, cracking crabs at waterfront stands on Fisherman's Wharf during summer vacations. At the age of 20, Miller began establishing his culinary career when he took over the oyster bar at Pacific Heights Bar & Grill in 1984. Not content with their setup, Miller spent a year redesigning the oyster bar and researching the best purveyors in town.
In 1985, Miller started in a pantry position at Fog City Diner. A year later, he was Cindy Pawlcyn's sous chef, taking charge of everything from butchering to baking. Miller's education in Italian cuisine began when, in 1987, he moved up to an executive sous chef position under Michael Chiarello at Tra Vigne in Napa Valley. During his three years at Tra Vigne, Miller's talents were utilized again as he assisted in the original planning and setup of the kitchen.
In 1990, Miller left Tra Vigne to explore Europe. After creating the menu for a small Italian restaurant in Amsterdam, where he was a chef for nine months, Miller spent three months with Georges Blanc, France's famous proponent of nouvelle cuisine. He rounded out his European tour by simply traveling. On his return to San Francisco, Miller worked as sous chef under Jan Birnbaum at Campton Place, where he cooked up American specialties such as beer-braised sausage and homemade red sauerkraut.
It was at LuLu Bis that Miller was first appointed as chef. There he combined his creative powers with geographical and historical food research to design a signature menu. Again at Paragon, a popular bar and grill in San Francisco, Miller was appointed executive chef where he created an innovative new menu that showcased his knowledge of local seafood as well as his diverse culinary expertise. Miller's twelve years of restaurant experience culminated in a distinctive Country Mediterranean menu at Stokes Restaurant and Bar.
After 13 years at Stokes Restaurant and Bar as Executive Chef/Partner, Miller left at the end of 2008 to explore the foods of the Basque region in Spain. After month of travel and food exploration, Miller came back to Carmel and became the Executive Chef of Mundaka in Carmel - a Spanish tapas restaurant owned by Restaurateur Gabe Georis.
In his spare time, Miller is an avid fly fisherman and you can often find him combing the beach with his four French Bulldogs.
Charity Partner: The Hope Center
The Hope Center's mission is to establish a food pantry serving the Monterey Peninsula to help our neighbors in need with supplemental groceries. The organization provides information regarding community services and empowers our children to make our world a better place. The organization serves any family in need and that includes their pets! They believe when a family is hungry, everyone suffers - Mom, Dad, the children and their pets.
Eco Home & Dinner Farm to Table Sponsors (more to come!):
Simply Clear Marketing
Edible Monterey Bay
Ensemble Productions - Photography
About the 2013 Monterey Eco Home & Garden Expo
The fun and informative 2013 Monterey Eco Home & Garden Expo - Feather Your Next will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 19th and 20th, 2013 at the Monterey Fair & Expo Center. This important event will feature over 100 home and garden professionals on site, many based in Monterey County, available to answer questions and provide expert advice for enhancing your indoor and outdoor living space. The 2013 Monterey Eco Home & Garden Expo will include two days of outstanding seminars, live chef cooking demos, charity displays, and much more. Attendees will discover Eco living and the "best of the best" of Monterey for their home, kitchen and garden. New this year will be a "Grab and Go" Home Décor Shop in the Lifestyle Pavilion with lots of great items for beautifying your home, including many organic products. There will also be local wine and food tasting, an electric vehicle display, an array of fabulous lifestyle seminars, green building seminars, and accredited AIA classes sponsored and provided by Graniterock and more. For more information, go to http://www.montereycountyhomeshow.com/.
About Simply Clear Marketing:
Simply Clear Marketing, Inc (SCMI) is a professional event management and marketing company. SCMI currently produces 7 successful trade show events per year and is expanding its events and services. SCMI produces the San Luis Obispo (SLO) Home Shows, the SLO County Health and Fitness Expo, the North County Home, Garden & Gourmet Expos, and the Monterey County Home Show, and the Monterey Home & Garden Expo. The San Luis Obispo Home Show takes place every May and September at the Alex Madonna Expo Center. The North County Home, Garden & Gourmet Expo is held every February and September at the Paso Robles Fairgrounds. The Monterey County events take place every March and October at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. The Home Shows are designed to create an environment for consumers to find the products and services they need to create the home of their dreams. The SLO County Health and Fitness Expo takes place every March at the Alex Madonna Expo Center and is designed to bring together local health, fitness and wellness professionals in an effort to help further the education and involvement of the community in their health.
SCMI was founded in 2005 by Heather Osgood, Brian Osgood, Lani Colhouer and Bret Colhouer. All are equal partners in the company. Heather and Lani spend a great amount of time focusing on the daily operations of the business, while Brian and Bret both contribute input and direction for the company. The company mission is to help small businesses grow by connecting them with potential clients through events and marketing. For more information, go to www.simplyclearmarketing.com or call (831) 222-0772.
About Edible Monterey Bay
Founded in 2011, Edible Monterey Bay produces a beautiful quarterly magazine and weekly email newsletter celebrating the local food cultures of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties, season by season. It also promotes local and sustainable regional food cultures through outstanding food and wine-themed events and marketing. For more information, go to www.ediblemontereybay.com or call (831) 298-7117.
PUBLICITY CONTACTS:
Wendy Brickman (831) 633-4444 or brickman ( @ ) brickmanmarketing dot com
Marci Bracco (831) 747-7455 or marcibracco ( @ ) yahoo dot com
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