The Chefs of Savor Nashville (+ giveaway!)

Dates for the third Savor Nashville have just been announced and my calendar has been marked. If you love food, then this is a weekend not to be missed!
Mark your calendars for
April 12th and 13th, 2013
This year they’re switching the order of things up a bit by kicking off the weekend on Friday with the “Challenge to the Chefs”, instead of having it follow the big “Celebrity Chef Dinner”.
In case you’re not familiar with either part of the weekend, it goes something like this:
Challenge to the Chefs
Friday, April 12, 6:30 p.m. at Union Station Hotel
Some of Nashville’s top chefs participate in a cooking competition using local ingredients (ingredients tbd). Guests get to mingle, sample the chef’s dishes and throw back a few cocktails while a panel of judges determines the winner. Yours truly was fortunate enough to be one of the judges last year, and you can tell by the photos on this page that choosing a winner was delicious fun!
Celebrity Chef Dinner
Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m. at the Hutton Hotel
This is a seated, high-end, multi-course dinner with wine pairings., and you guessed it – celebrity chefs! The celebrity chefs this year will include Chef Jeremy Ashby of Azur Restaurant in Lexington, KY; Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY; Chef Jeff Michaud of Osteria Restaurant and Amis Restaurant in Philadelphia, PA; Chef Jonathan Waxman of Barbuto in New York, NY; and Chef Robbie Wilson of Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos, CA.
Tickets for both events are on sale now at www.nashvillelifestyles.com. The Celebrity Chef Dinner is $160/person and Challenge to the Chefs is $35/person. An all-access pass is available for $185/person.
Now back to the “Challenge to the Chefs”. Currently Savor Nashville is accepting applications from local chefs for participation in the competition, so if you’re a chef here in Nashville and think you’ve got mad skillz, contact Lacey Greene Keally at lgreene@nashvillelifestyles.com for more information.
For those of you that aren’t chefs, but you have some thoughts on what chefs you’d like to see in the competition, speak up! Who do you think has what it takes to wow the crowd (and the judges) at the Challenge?
~Contest Closed~
The winner is:
#41 Jessy!
Voicing your opinion might just get you a little something too…. the folks at Nashville Lifestyles have been kind enough to offer two (2) Challenge To The Chefs tickets for one of my lucky readers! All you have to do is this:
Mandatory
1. Leave a comment telling me what chef (or chefs) you’d like to see compete at Challenge to the Chefs.
For up to 2 additional entries, you can do either or both of the following. Note: You must leave a separate comment for each optional entry.
2. Follow me on Twitter (@betheats) and tweet “Win 2 tickets to @NashLifestyles Challenge to the Chefs from @betheats! http://bit.ly/13IzKcq”, then leave a comment telling me you’ve done so.
3. Like Eat.Drink.Smile. on Facebook and come back and tell me you did so (or just tell me you already do if that’s the case!)
Contest ends on Friday, March 1st at Noon Central. Once the winner is chosen, I’ll make contact via email and post the name here on the blog. If they don’t respond within 48 hours, I’ll be forced to choose another, so be sure to check your email!
I’d like to see Chef Brandon Frohne of Mason’s compete! I’m sure you’re surprised about this. :)
Tweeted @Christina615
I already ‘Like’ Eat.Drink.Smile on Facebook!
I would like to see Chef Hal Holden-Bache of Lockeland Table, Chef Philip Krajecke of Rolf & Daughters, and Chef Will Ulhorn of Table 3
Tweeted @TasteofNash
I already LIKE Eat.Drink.Smile on Facebook
I don’t know names of chefs, but I love the dishes that come out of Whiskey Kitchen!
I already like you on FB!!!!
I’ll second the Hal Holden-Bache vote and add Matt Lackey from Flyte into the competition!
tweeted! thanks for hosting a great giveaway.
I’ll third the nom for Hal Holden-Bache (Pretty sure he’s cooking my birthday dinner!)! Plus I’d love to see some Food Truck chefs show Nashville the quality of food that is here on the streets of Nashville! Karl Worley from Biscuit Love or BJ or Carlos from Riff’s!
P.S. I already like you on FB and I tweeted away!! :)
I would like to see Chef Hal Holden-Bache of Lockeland Table
I follow you on Twitter and tweeted
I have already liked you on Facebook
I already like you on Facebook.
I would love to see Erik Anderson and Josh Habiger compete!
I also tweeted about this contest :)
Liked on Facebook.
I’d like to see whoever is in the kitchen at Urban Grub. You had me at Lobster Flatbread. Yummm!
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I would like to see Josh Habiger and Erik Anderson from the Catbird Seat at Challenge to the Chefs!
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Arnold Mynt and Erik Anderson
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BJ from Riffs and Will from Table 3.
follow on twitter and tweeted
already follow on fb
Other than myself (and I’d kill to participate), I’d like to see Larry Carlile from Silo, Tandy Wilson from City House, and Hal from Lockeland Table participate.
Tweeted!
Liked on the Facebook already.
Hal Holden-Bache is my vote!
I’ve liked the Facebook page and tweeted!
Definitely need to see Hal Holden-Bach there!
Tweeted love! I would ‘like’ on Facebook butI have given it up for Lent :)
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I would like to see Karl Worley from Biscuit Love!
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Chef Yayo Jimenez from Yayo’s OMG. The best fish tacos I’ve ever had.
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Would like to see Hal Holden-Bache of Lockeland Springs representing East Nashville… and Margot, of course! Also love everything I’ve ever eaten at Yellow Porch, though I have no idea who is the chef there.
Oops, I meant Lockeland Table. Anyway, liked on the Facebook!
And tweeted.
OH man, sooo many good ones to choose from, but I’m going to say BRANDON FROHNE!!!!!! Go Brandon Go Brandon! His dish BLEW ME OUT OF THE WATER last year at Savor.
And of course my second vote is actually a TIE (like the Oscars, you allow that right??!) – a tie between Carlos and BJ from Riffs although i don’t think you should ever separate those two – their magic works best together!
I already follow you on twitter – but I tweeted the contest. :)
I also already “LIKE” you on Facebook. :)
Sorry I realized I didn’t quite finish my second vote – when I said a “TIE” for second, it would be between Carlos & BJ (because I consider them ONE – ha!) and Andy Reese. He’s probably a bit unknown and that’s why I hope he enter the contest.
Shoot – I am screwing up left and right today. I meant AUSTIN Reese – Andy’s son. HA HA HA H!!! Need more coffee NOW!! Beth please tell me your laughing and not rolling your eyes at this point!
haha! Yes, I’m laughing. Your mind is working like mine seems to do about 99% of the time these days ;-)
My number one is a little biased, so I’ll give my close runner up ;). Hal, Tandy, Tyler, Margot… (All w/James Beard noms) How do we choose with such incredible talent in this town??? All I know, is I don’t want to miss this event! Btw, already “like” you (on Facebook and IRL) and am re-tweeting now!
I would love to see Fransceco from ChaChah/Blvd and Hal from Lockeland Table.
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Follow you on Twitter and tweeted the contest
Deb P Dep P Dep P!!! I would come from Memphis…
haha too much wine. That’s Deb P, not Dep:)
I was wondering when someone was going to chime in with a vote for Deb!!!