Food & Drink

Photos from FareStart’s 2015 Guest Chef Spectacular

The annual celebration of chefs and beverage producers who support FareStart’s culinary mission

By Seattle magazine staff July 29, 2015

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More than 650 people gathered on June 25 for FareStart’s Guest Chef Spectacular at the Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center. It was a grand celebration of the talented chefs, restaurants and other food industry partners that support FareStart. More than 40 restaurants, wineries, distilleries and breweries were in attendance. The event raises important funds to support FareStart’s culinary training programs for the homeless and disadvantaged. For more information, visit farestart.org.


FareStart’s chefs and students serve up sweet and savory tastes such as shrimp gazpacho and mini mango upside down cakes.


FareStart volunteers hard at work selling raffle tickets. The winner went home with $2,500 in gift certificates from the participating restaurants along with some serious food, wine and libations swag.


Guests meet and mingle with more than 40 restaurant and beverage partners sampling delicious sips and tastes.


Chef Jose Chavez of Washington State Convention Center displays his achiote chicken mini tostadas.


Chef Audrey Spence and the Urbane team bag up their popular truffle butter gourmet popcorn.


True to Altstadt’s German and Sudetenland fare, chef Megan Coombes serves up frankfurter kranzchens.


Heavy Restaurant Group represents with chef Harry Mills of Purple Cafe and Wine Bar Seattle.


Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ chef and pitmaster dishes up some taste-bud kickin’ pulled-pork sliders.


Dry offers sips of its palate-pleasing sparkling beverages.


Salty’s Jeremy McLachlan tempts guests with his butter-poached rock shrimp on brioche.


Chef Franz Junga of Il Fornaio prepares a restaurant favorite, Canederli alla Tirolese


Chef Justin Sledge of Queen Bee Café plates up one of his duck confit mini crumpets.


FareStart chefs put their shrimp gazpacho on display.


Chef Chris Zardakes and the Margaux Restaurant team whisk up some fun in the culinary-themed photo booth.


Duke’s Chowder House cooks up a bite-sized feast with its Wild Alaskan Coho Salmon.


Pike Brewing was on tap pouring several of its locally-named brews.


The Capital Grille serving mini versions of its steakhouse classics.


Guests enjoy their sips and tastes al fresco while basking in the sun and scenery.


Great food and company abound at this year’s celebration of our wonderful culinary community.

 

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