Week in Pictures: The Chefs of Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Meadowood Christopher Kostow and wife Martina presented geoduck and lardo pasta at the opening night reception.

Every week involves a steady stream of food, drinks and people. From April 12 – 15, 2012, most of those people were accomplished chefs at the illustrious Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012 – Geoffrey Zakarian, the most recent winner of The Next Iron Chef, who owns restaurants in New York, Atlantic City and Miami, made food for Thursday’s opening night reception at The Inn at Spanish Bay.

Celebrated New York chef Daniel Boulud presented two plates to opening night tasters.

Legendary French chef Jacques Pepin stood alongside daughter Claudine in presenting their tartare, which incorporated pressed caviar.

Chris Cosentino briefly pulled fellow chef Masaharu Morimoto away from serving black truffle and bacon mochi topped with crushed hazelnuts.

Mark Sullivan was representing Spruce at the opening night reception, and he presented a twist on chicken with waffles, subbing foie gras for fried chicken.

Marc Murphy of Manhattan’s Landmarc + Ditch Plains served Greek style lamb meatballs.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012 – Roy Yamaguchi was the host of Friday’s Cooking Beyond Fusion lunch, sharing his kitchen with Charles Phan, Sang Yoon and John Hui.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 – San Francisco based cheese expert and cookbook author Laura Werlin presented a Cooking With Cheese demo that also included tips on wine pairing.

Saturday’s Lexus Grand Tasting inside a huge equestrian center tent held over 100 wineries and more than 40 chefs, including John Sedlar and his Rivera chef de cuisine Joe Panarello.

David LeFevre of M.B. Post made an impact with his Vietnamese inspired pork jowl.

North Shore native Sam Choy served salmon sliders and Hawaiian-inspired chowder.

Roy Choi stopped by the grand tasting in between serving food at Friday’s after party and prepping the second course for Saturday’s Food & Wine Best New Chefs Alumni Dinner.

Lukshon chef-owner Sang Yoon followed up his Cooking With Fusion appearance at Saturday’s grand tasting, serving butterfish with pickled watermelon radish.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2012 – Tyler Florence led off Sunday’s proceedings with a posole cooking demo and a discussion about everything from baby food to fried chicken and wine.

Sunday’s Lexus Grand Tasting included noted Latin chef Douglas Rodriguez, who has restaurants in Philadelphia, Scottsdale, and Miami, and presented a Colombian arepa with a cracked egg and chicken hash.