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Broad Appétit

This is quite simply Richmond's premiere food festival. No doubt. Richmond Good Life is proud to cover this event every year.  Check back May 2010 for the next one!

1st Annual 2008 | Second Annual 2009

June 7, 2009
Downtown Broad Street.

Entree Winners (via): 

• $2,000 "To Dine For Award": Gibson’s Grill Mini Lamb Burgers
• $1,000 runner-up: The Jefferson Hotel Vidalia Onion Soup
• People’s Choice Winner: Jumbo Grilled Red-Curry Shrimp with Lemon-Sesame Cucumbers and Fresh Shoestring Beets by the  University of Richmond Center
  for Culinary Arts

Dessert Winners:

• Grand-prize winner:  The Grapevine Homemade Baklava
• Runner-up: J Sargeant Reynolds Community College School of Culinary Arts, Tourism and Hospitality "Where the Wild Things Are" Ancho-chile Brownie with Blood Orange Ice Cream

Press | Press Releases

• Twitter Stream: RVATweets #broadapp | "Broad Appetit"  
• Winning Recipes from Broad Appétit 
• Impressions of Broad Appétit
• Broad Appétit Celebrates the Art of Food 
• Broad Appetit – Great Food Great Weather
• A Glorious Day on Broad Street
• Broad Appetized
• Gibson's Mini-Lamb Burgers Take $2,000 Prize
• Broad Appetit and the conflicted foodie
• me and broad appetit.
• Broad Appétit 2009
• Virginia is for Food: Broad Appetit 
• Food for Thought 
• Broad Appetit: The Aftermath
• 2nd Broad Appétit food festival draws 18,000 downtown | Slideshow
• weekend recap
• Broad Appetit
• 18,000 chow down at Broad Appétit

Preview

• Broad Street will close for Broad Appetit 
• Broad Appétit & You
• I've learned my lesson... 
• Broad Appetit Tomorrow…Num Num Num 
• Broad Appetit Restaurants
• Broad Appetit
• Broad Appetit on the block
• Broad Appétit preview with Chef Ellie Basch | Slideshow  | Full Richmond.com coverage
• Broad Appetit - This Sunday - June 7th 
• Broad Appetit & You
• Eat Beat: Spring Food Festivals 
• Broad Appetit!
• The List of 59 Chefs for Broad Appetit, June 7 
• Petites Bouchees at Broad Appetit 2009!
• Call for Vendors: It's another Metro Market at Metro Space Gallery!

Featuring:

• 1 North Belmont
• Acacia
• Africanne On Main
• Bacchus
• Baker’s Crust Bread Market
• Bistro 27
• Bistro 104
• Bo Dillaz
• Café Gutenberg
• Café Rustica 
• Carena’s
• Catering by Jill
• Comfort
• Community Kitchen–Feedmore
• Cous Cous
• Cucina
• Double T's Real Smoked Barbeque 
• Firehouse 15
• Gibson’s Grill
• Ginger Thai Taste
• India K’Raja
• J Sargeant Reynolds Community College School of Culinary Arts, Tourism and Hospitality
• Julep's
• Kitchen 64
• Kuba Kuba
• Lemaire 
• Louisiana Flair
• Mexico Restaurant
• Mise En Place
• Mosaic Café and Catering
• Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
• Personal Chef to Go
• Popkin Tavern
• Positive Vibe Café
• Q Barbeque
• Savor
• Seafire Grill
• Sensi
• Sine Irish Pub and Restaurant
• Six Burner
• Sophisticated Soirees Fine Catering
• Sticks Kebob Shop
• Sticky Rice
• Strawberry Street Café
• Tarrants Café
• Tastebuds American Bistro
• The Black Sheep
• The Bull and Bear Club
• The Grapevine
• The Halligan Bar & Grill
• The Hard Shell
• The Hill Café
• The Hilton Garden Inn Richmond Downtown
• The Phoenician
• T Miller’s at the Richmond Marriott
• University of Richmond Center
  for Culinary Arts
• Weezies
• Yellow Umbrella
• Zed Café
• Zuppa’s

First Annual “Broad Appétit” Food and Art Celebration
(Sunday, May 18 on the 100-300 Blocks of West Broad Street)
Richmond’s finest food and art will intersect at the first annual Broad Appétit event slated to take place on three blocks of West Broad Street on Sunday May 18, 2008 from noon to 5:00 pm.  
 
Featured Chefs
Broad Appétit is excited to launch the Annual "To Die For" Contest to be awarded to the chef  who prepares the most delectable item on the event menu. A panel of judges, as well as general public will cast their vote for this soon to be highly coveted award. 

• 1 North Belmont, Frits Huntjens
• Africanne on Main, Chef Ma Musu 
• Beauregard's Thai Room, David Roygulehareon 
• Buz and Ned's, Buz Grossberg 
• Comfort, Jason Alley 
• Cous Cous/Sticky Rice, John Yamashita 
• Croakers Spot Restaurant, Angelie Moon 
• The Dining Room at the Berkeley, Michael Hall
• Ellwood Thompson's, Jannequin Bennett
• Enoteca Sogno, Gary York 
• Hidden Treasures, Shelley Austin/Norman Jordan
• J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, School of Culinary Arts, John Maxwell CEC, CCE, AAC
• Kuba Kuba, Manny Mendez
• La Grotta, Antonio Capece 
• Mosaic, Ryan Traylor
• Mise En Place, Christine Wansleben
• Old City Bar and Restaurant, David Napier 
• Popkin Tavern, Michael McGhee
• The Positive Vibe Café, Rob Hamlin/Jay Frank 
• Savor, Ellie Basch
• Six Burner, Lee Gregory 
• Tarrant’s Café, Ted Santarella 
• TJ's, Matthew Tlusty 
• Twenty-Seven , Carlos Silva 
• Zed Cafe, Bill Foster 

Articles

• Press Release: First Annual “Broad Appétit” Food and Art Celebration to be Held Sunday, May 18 on the 100-300 Blocks of West Broad Street
• Food for Thought: Broad Appetit this weekend ! 
• Richmond.com: Weekend for Foodies
• Richmond Magazine (special insert) May 2008
• Buttermilk and Molasses: They Will Pave Broad Street with Leftovers 
• Carver & Jackson Ward News: mark your calendar: Broad Appétit is coming
• Richmond Business & Commercial News: Where to get the best food in Richmond 
• Monroe Ward: Broad Appetit
• Richmond Food Collective: Broad Appétit
• Times Dispatch: Foodies, there’s a new festival you can dig into Oct 11, 2007 (early story)
• Bugs For Dinner!: A Contest in Richmond 

Thanks Downtown Neighborhood Association and Quirk Gallery!