Taste of Fame Virtual Event with Chef Lidia Bastianich

Where: Lidia’s Kitchen! From the comfort of your own home

Date: Friday, May 21, 2021 at 5:30PM CT

Save 30% on tickets if you sign up by Wednesday, April 28th!

You're invited to Cook LIVE with Lidia Bastianich, Award-Winning Celebrity Chef, Author, and Host of “Lidia’s Kitchen” (APT, WGBH) in your home kitchen! The virtual culinary journey includes a 30-minute cocktail Q&A moderated by Chef Julia Collin Davison from America’s Test Kitchen, where Chef Lidia will create one of her favorite drinks, Fragoncello, and answer questions, a Sunbasket meal kit delivered to your home for up to four people for $175, a live cooking lesson with Chef Lidia on Zoom, two-week access to the recorded cooking lesson, and private Zoom rooms to eat with friends in other households! 

The Sunbasket meal kit includes Spinach-Artichoke Dip with Traditional Pita for an appetizer, ingredients to create Lidia’s Springtime Asparagus Risotto, and Simple Dark Chocolate Bars for an after-dinner snack.

The experience begins with a cocktail Q&A with Chef Lidia, moderated by Chef Julia Collin Davison of “America’s Test Kitchen” at 5:30 p.m. CT. Guests are invited to ask Lidia a question in the Zoom chat while Lidia creates Fragoncello, one of her favorite spring cocktails. Following the cocktail Q&A at 6 p.m. CT, Lidia will guide guests through a cooking lesson to create a springtime asparagus risotto dish. When the cooking lesson ends, guests will have the opportunity to eat with friends in private Zoom rooms. 

Dinner Ticket–$175 (serves 4 people)

• 30-minute cocktail Q&A with Chef Lidia, moderated by Chef Julia Collin Davison of “America’s Test Kitchen”
• Sunbasket meal kit delivered to your home (serves four people) and includes: Lidia’s Springtime Asparagus Risotto ingredients, with the choice of protein: Organic Chicken, Shrimp, or Tofu (Attendees have the choice to choose their proteins in sets of two. For example: 2 shrimp and 2 chicken, 2 chicken and 2 tofu, 4 chicken, etc. and will include directions for prep of all proteins)
• Live cooking lesson
• Private Zoom meeting rooms to eat with friends in other households
• Two-week access to the recorded cooking lesson
• One-month Digital All Access to the "America’s Test Kitchen" website, bringing "America’s Test Kitchen" recipes and videos right into your home kitchen!

An event only ticket is also available for $100 (does not include the meal kit) 

Questions? Contact the membership department 931-528-2222 x312 or membership@wcte.org.

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“Lidia’s Kitchen” is a 26-part Public Television series distributed by APT and WGBH. It is made possible by Cento Fine Foods, Consorzio di Grana Padano, FabbriUSA, Auricchio Provolone, Locatelli Pecorino Romano, Rovagnati Gran Biscotto, and Olitalia Olive Oil.