Sacramento Chefs Head To Monterey County For Pebble Beach Food And Wine Festival

FOR THE ANNUAL PEBBLE BEACH FOOD AND WINE EVENT. IT STARTS THIS THURSDAY IN MONTEREY COUNTY, AND WE’VE GOT SOME SACRAMENTO CHEFS HERE ATTENDING THE BIG EVENT. THEY’RE GOING TO BE PREPARING. AND OF COURSE, YOU PROBABLY KNOW CHEF BILLY KNOW OF CREW IN SACRAMENTO AND HIS CHEF DE CUISINE, JARED HARWOOD ALSO AT CREW. AND SO YOU’RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE COOKING AND DEMONSTRATING AT THIS PEBBLE BEACH WINE AND FOOD EVENT. YES, YES. THIS CAN BE WE’VE BEEN GOING EVERY YEAR SINCE 2013 EXCEPT FOR, YEAH, 2020 AND 21 WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN FOR THE COVID. BUT YEAH, THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE CATALINA WINE MIXER. THAT’S FINE. IT’S AWESOME. THERE’S EVENTS ALL OVER THAT AREA, FROM THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER TO THE GOLF COURSE. THE WAY I LIKE TO DESCRIBE IT, IT’S LIKE A NBA ALL STAR GAME, RIGHT? BUT IT’S FOOD, EVERYBODY. FOOD AND WINE INDUSTRY. THE BEST CHEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. BEST SOMMS, BEST WINEMAKERS, ALL AT ONE PLACE FOR ONE WEEKEND. AND EVERYBODY THAT’S ATTENDING GETS TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE YOU GET TO EAT AND DRINK. YEAH. NOT JUST WATCH. I MEAN, AND YOU ALREADY MADE A BIG NAME FOR YOURSELF IN THE, IN THE US FOR, FOR BEING AN AMAZING CHEF. WHAT ARE YOU MAKING RIGHT HERE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE WHILE YOU’RE THERE. RIGHT. OH WE DID THIS LAST YEAR FOR THE GRAND TASTING. THIS YEAR WE’RE DOING THIS DISH OVER HERE. WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING A UNI TOAST. BUT YEAH, WE’RE DOING THE EVENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH RICHARD BLAZE, THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL. AND WE’RE DOING THE OPENING NIGHT WITH THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION ON THURSDAY NIGHT. OKAY. AND SO, SO, BILLY, WHAT ARE YOU MAKING RIGHT NOW? THIS IS JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE. JUST A SCALLOP NIGIRI SCALLOP FROM HOKKAIDO, JAPAN. JUST RICE. SCALLOP. AND PUT A LITTLE RICE IN THERE, A LITTLE RICE. AND THEN I’M JUST GOING TO DRESS IT WITH A LITTLE LEMON ZEST AND SEA SALT. OKAY. WELL, THAT LOOKS DELICIOUS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET A CREW. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL YOU CAN GET THIS AS WELL RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. OKAY. SO JARED SO SHOW US WHAT YOU’RE MAKING AND THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MAKING AT THE PEBBLE BEACH EVENT. YEAH. SO WE’RE SERVING THIS ON FRIDAY AT THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL EVENT. WE’RE SO IT’S GOING TO BE BASICALLY AN UNE TOAST. SO WE FIRST MIX SOME CHERRY TOMATOES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CHIVES. TOGARASHI SALT AND OLIVE OIL. LET ME MOVE THIS SO THEY CAN SEE OUR AMAZING TOMATOES. PAYS TO BE IN SACRA TOMATO DOESN’T IT. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT DID YOU PUT IN THERE BESIDES THE CUT UP TOMATOES SOME CHIVES OKAY. WHICH IS HERE. HERE TOGARASHI A LITTLE SALT AND THEN SOME OLIVE OIL. LIGHTLY DRESSED. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO BUILD THE TOAST. THIS IS OUR FURIKAKE FOCACCIA SO THAT WE MAKE THIS IN HOUSE USING FOR A CAKE. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO. DOESN’T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING I CAN MAKE AT HOME. WELL, I THINK YOU COULD. IF YOU TOAST THIS RIGHT. YOU WANT TO TOAST THIS AS WELL? YEAH. SO WE TOAST THIS. THIS IS PRE TOASTED TODAY BUT BUT NORMALLY WE’LL TOAST THIS TO ORDER. AND THEN THIS IS A UNI CREAM. WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO A NICE. WHAT ARE YOU PUT IN THE CREAM. SO THIS IS SANTA BARBARA UNI THAT WE COOK DOWN WITH SHALLOTS THYME CREAM AND TSUYU. AND THEN WE SET IT. AND THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME PRESERVED LEMON PUREE OKAY. AND WE’LL JUST DO A COUPLE DOTS OF THAT RIGHT ON THE SIDES HERE. YOU DO PRESERVE LEMON PUREE. SO THEN I MAKE THAT AT HOME. YOU CAN THERE’S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME YOU COULD JUST TOSS SOME LEMONS AND SUGAR AND SALT AND LET IT SIT OUT FOR A WHILE AND THEN BLEND IT. BUT THIS WE TAKE LEMONS, SUGAR, SALT WATER, COOK IT DOWN FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL THE LEMONS AS WHOLE LEMONS GET NICE AND SOFT. AND THEN PUREE IT AND BALANCE IT OUT. AND NOW WE’RE GOING TO. PLACE A COUPLE TOMATOES ON THERE. THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE SERVING. AND THIS IS A GREAT THING EVEN IF YOU ARE YOU KNOW HAVING FRIENDS OVER FOR SOME WINE TASTING OR WHATEVER. THIS IS A GREAT THING TO PAIR LITTLE FINGER FOOD. AND YOU CAN ALSO GET THIS AT CRU AND TELL US THE NAME OF YOUR NEW RESTAURANT. OH MY. MY. IN MIDTOWN 17TH AND S. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. NOW OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS. I COME CHECK IT OUT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL. BILLY. JARED. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. THE WEBSITE IF THEY WANT TO GET TICKETS AND SEE ALL THE INFORMATION IS PEBBLE BEACH FOOD AND WINE.COM. ALL THE INFORMATION FOR ALL THE EVENTS. AND YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS RIGHT THERE. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH I APPRECI