The Festival extends invitations to Arizona Chefs of outstanding merit to participate in the Chefs' Invitational Grand Tasting.
Chefs List
Brian Archibald, Paul "P.T." Barnum, &
Justin Beckett, Paul Carter,
Matt Carter, MJ Coe,
Tammie Coe, Brandon Crouser, Jackie Cueto, Payton Curry, Tracy Dempsey, Confection Ron Dimas, Carolyn Ellis, Silvana Salcido Esparza, Ivan Flowers, Patrick Gaudet, Lionel Geuskins, Lisa Giungo, Michael Goralski, Sean Griffin, Tony Hamati, Olashawn Hasadinratana, Marc Hennessy, Vinny De John, Deborah Knight, Greg LaPrad, Danielle Librera, Wendy Little, Ehren Litzenberger, Aaron May, Carlos Marquez, Mel Mecinas, Matthew McLinn, Marty Murray, Sergio Ochoa, Michael O'Dowd, Mary Paganelli, Anthony Patafio, Angelo Petrilli, Michel Pieton,Alicia Popple, James Porter,Joshua Riesner,Daniel Roman, Roberto Sanchez, Scott Simpson, Michael Stebner, Jack Strong, Hiro Taniguchi, KiZake Mark Tarbell, Scott Tompkins, Claudio Urciuoli, Andrea Volpi, Chad Withycombe, Jeffery Yankellow, Kurt Zuger,
Marc
Hennessy
Ivan
Flowers
Deborah
Knight
Marc Hennessy, was born and raised in the south Chicago suburbs and city. He began his career at the age of sixteen as a prep cook in a local restaurant...
Chef Ivan Flowers has created extraordinary cuisine for some of the finest restaurants in Arizona,...
"Mosaic is my passion,"
says Deborah Knight, chef and owner of the
acclaimed restaurant...
Greg
LaPrad
Wendy
Little
Mel
Mecinas
Chef Greg
LaPrad began his kitchen career at 15 years of age in 1998
as a dishwasher, and he’s been in the kitchen ever since.
In 2002...
Wendy Little is Chef de Cuisine
for The Latilla at The Boulders Resort. A self-described culinary
artist, Chef Wendy brings more than fourteen years of experience...
Meliton "Mel"
Mecinas, a 10-year veteran chef of Four Seasons Hotels and
Resorts, was named executive chef of the Scottsdale property
in February 2006...
Mary
Paganelli
Anthony
Patafio
Angelo
Petrilli
Mary Paganelli is a graduate of the Culinary Arts Program at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She writes about food and travel for several publications...
Anthony Patafio
was appointed to the position of executive pastry chef at
Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North...
Angelo Petrilli started his culinary career in Boston, Massachussetts training under Todd English and Todd Winer at Olives and Kingfish Hall...