The James Beard Foundation has partnered with the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation and the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games for Cookin' in the Bluegrass, a 16-night celebrity chef dinner series taking place during the World Equestrian Games next fall in Lexington, Ky. Each night from Sept. 25 to Oct. 10, two chefs will cook side by side at the Kentucky Horse Park's Farmhouse restaurant to serve guests dinners replicating the James Beard House dinners in New York City.Participating chefs include:
- John Besh, Restaurant August, New Orleans;
- Philippe Boulot, The Heathman Restaurant & Bar at the Heathman Hotel, Portland, Ore.;
- Clifford Buittano and Anne Quatrano, Bacchanalia, Atlanta;
- Sanford D’Amato, Sanford Restaurant, Milwaukee;
- Roberto Donna, Galileo, Washington, D.C.;
- Jose Garces, 2009 Iron Chef Winner, Amada, Philadelphia;
- Mark Kiffin, The Compound Restaurant, Santa Fe, N.M.;
- Mike Lata, Fig, Charleston, S.C.;
- Christopher Lee, Aureole, New York City;
- Emily Luchetti, Farallon restaurant, San Francisco;
- George Mavrothalassaitis, Chef Mavro Restaurant, Honolulu;
- Nancy Oakes, Boulevard restaurant, San Francisco;
- Vitaly Paley, Paley's Place Bistro and Bar, Portland, Ore.;
- Joachim B. Splichal, Patina Restaurant Group, New York; and
- Mark Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia