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Food For The Soul By Chef Rosh Location TBA | Thursday, April 4 | 6pm
This year’s festival kicks off with an evening of fresh, fragrant, Indian fusion comfort food presented by award-winning chef Roshni Gurani. In Indian cuisine, tandoori is the traditional family comfort food, featuring meats marinated in yogurt with aromatic spices like ginger, coriander and cayenne pepper, cooked over a charcoal fire. Much like American barbecue, the South’s favorite comfort food, tandoori-style cooking produces lean but moist, flavorful, smoky meats that are easily complemented by fresh vegetables. Chef Rosh is known for her fusion of Indian cuisine and American Tex-Mex, resulting in specialties like Bombay chicken and tandoori-spiced brisket with cilantro bacon chutney. To accompany these flavors, festival mixologists Shelby Goelz and Brenda Terry will be custom mixing libations.
Photo by Ralph Demilio
Attire: Comfortable Casual
Spirits & Smoke
Bridlewood Farm, 8318 NW 90th Terrace | Friday, April 5 | 5 pm Back for a second year by popular demand, The Local Palate brings together the South’s top pitmasters: Sam Jones of Sam Jones BBQ, Griffin Bufkin of Southern Soul BBQ, Kenny Gilbert of Gilbert’s Underground Kitchen, and locals Rashad Jones of Big Lee’s Serious About Barbecue and Jackson Rust of Brick City Southern Kitchen. Gather around the fire and enjoy meats smoked on site with all the fixins paired with the firewaters of bourbon, scotch and whiskey that are sure to ignite your night. Relax with a cigar and enjoy live music—this will be one hot party, presented among the pastoral live oaks of the world-class equestrian estate Bridlewood Farm. Attire: Casual Country. Please note the venue is a working farm so we encourage you to use care in selecting footwear that allows you to walk on grass and uneven pavement.
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Visiting Chef Rosh is from Houston, where she is the corporate chef at Cookery Cuisine, a farm-to-table, 100 percent local food company, and is also a culinary instructor at the Art Institute of Houston. Perhaps best known as a Chopped champion, she took top honors on the popular TV show in 2009. Chef Rosh was also a 2012 contestant on Hell’s Kitchen earning accolades from the famous Gordon Ramsay as a “passionate, well-rounded chef that blended flavors magically.” You may also have seen her in 2017 on Cut Throat Kitchen and in 2018 on Beat Bobby Flay. Chef Rosh believes “food is a journey, not a destination,” and takes inspiration from her traditional Indian family heritage. Follow @chef_rosh on Instagram.
Visiting Chef Kenny Gilbert is the owner of Gilbert’s Underground Kitchen in Fernandina Beach, known for bringing his passion for herbs and spices to his barbecue, producing delicious seasonal comfort food dishes. The St. Augustine native has created his own spice line, Chef Kenny’s Spice Blends. You may recognize Chef Kenny from his 2010 appearance on Top Chef or his appearances on The Today Show. He’s cooked for the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party and for celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Samuel L. Jackson. Chef Kenny credits his barbecue prowess to the teachings of his father, who presented him with his first grill at age 7. He’s the published author of A Chef’s Journal. Follow @chefkennyg on Instagram.