2007 Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival

MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Rachel Summers 215.875.4365
Rsummers@stargroup1.com

Celebrity Chefs Highlight
The 2007 Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival

Chef Guy Fieri, The Food Network’s Guy’s Big Bite & Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
& The Food Network’s Iron Chef Morimoto Scheduled to Appear

WHAT: The delicious sights, sounds and aromas of the Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival are coming to the Atlantic City Convention Center and will feature celebrity chefs from around the country, most notably Chef Guy Fieri, (The Food Network’s The Next Food Network Star season three winner) who stars on his own Food Network Shows Guy’s Big Bite and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Also on the celebrity chef roster is Masaharu Morimoto, of The Food Network’s Iron Chef and Iron Chef America, whose renowned restaurants include Morimoto in New York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Other chefs include finalist from the Food Network’s The Next Food Network Star and some of the regions and country’s best restaurants. The festival will also feature over 200 new wines and 15 beers from fine wineries and local breweries, as well as wine and beer tasting seminars from experts. New Jersey restaurants will set up shop in the “Restaurant Row Pavilion” providing free samples of their exciting menu items and offering discounts for in-restaurant dining. At the heart of festival is a plethora of exhibits for the food lover, including gourmet gifts, kitchen design materials, utensils, appliances, cook books, and special sauces and spices.

WHO: Celebrity chefs scheduled to appear include:
Chef Guy Fieri
Chef Masharu Morimoto
Chef Adrien Sharp
Chef Tommy Grella
Chef George Kralle
Chef Ron Duprat
Chef Lee

Beverage experts scheduled to appear include:
Philip Silverstone
John McNulty
Shawn Dore
Gary Monterosso

WHEN: Friday, October 12 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 13 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 14 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: Atlantic City Convention Center / 1 Miss America Way / Atlantic City

Tickets for The 2007 Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival can be purchased at the door or online at www.gourmetshows.com/AC. General admission is $17 before Oct. 7, $25 after. The Guy Fieri / Morimoto Seating Main Stage is $27 before Oct. 7, $40 after. The Wine Seminar is an additional $20 and the Beer Seminar an additional $10. For more information on The Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival, call 609-398-4450 or visit www.gourmetshows.com/AC.