Celebrity Chefs

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Saturday, April 28

Quintessential grill master Bobby Flay will share his expert grilling techniques to get you fired up for summer grilling! Bobby Flay's culinary versatility is evident in the multiple talents he brings to the field: as a critically-acclaimed chef/restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author and television personality.

Sunday, April 29

Chef, Restaurateur, television personality and author Emeril Lagasse received his first culinary experience from his mother, Hilda, when he was a boy growing up in the small town of Fall River, MA. As a teenager, he worked at a Portuguese bakery where he mastered the art of bread and pastry baking. Upon high school graduation, Lagasse was offered a full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, but decided to pursue a career as a professional chef.

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Saturday & Sunday
April 28&29

Multi-award-winning author, journalist, cooking teacher, and TV host, Steven Raichlen is the man who reinvented barbecue. His best-selling Barbecue Bible cookbook series (4 million copies in print) and The Primal Grill and Barbecue University™ TV shows on PBS have helped people all over the world ascend the ladder of grilling enlightenment.

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Saturday & Sunday
April 28&29

Weber Grills' cookbook author, Jamie Purviance, is a New York Times Best Selling cookbook author and James Beard Award Nominee (Weber’s Way to Grill). Considered one of the nation’s top grilling experts, Purviance’s cookbooks have sold millions of copies worldwide.