October 19, 2006

Chefs of the Coast Food and Wine Festival

Chefs of the Coast Sunday, October 22

Stop by the Walnut Circle Grill booth

Our Executive Chefs Mike McElroy (owner) and Hoyt Tanner (General Manager) will participate in the 24th annual "Chefs of the Coast" Food and Wine Festival on Sunday. The event takes place at the Mississippi Coast Colliseum from 4 to 10 p.m.

Last year "Chefs of the Coast " Food & Wine Festival received an award for one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast Tourism Society. Hurricane Katrina cancelled the 2005 event along with the restaurant & hospitality industry losing more that 250 eating establishments coast wide.

Over 30 of your favorite restaurants and caterers will be offering delectable samples of their best dishes. These handpicked culinary professionals each have individual styles and will be as culturally diverse as the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Along with the selection of savories and desserts, patrons will have the opportunity to sample from a collection of more than 100 wines from around the world.

Funds raised from this event benefit the community by providing scholarships, aiding non-profit organizations and promoting the restaurant industry. In Addition, the association needs this event to help rebuild its offices that Hurricane Katrina swept away. Tickets are $65 per person. For more info, visit their website, linked below.

More from Chefs of the Coast

The Rhythm and Rain Trio are back Friday night

Rhythm and Rain Trio

Are you ready for some island trop/rock?

Rhythm and Rain is a Gulf Coast phenomena that specializes in island trop/rock music flavored with a Mississippi Delta heritage. Their music covers everything from Jimmy Buffett to the blues, performing in a wide range of venues from their hometown of Bay St. Louis to the Gulf Shores/Destin area and points north.

Band members are Rain Jaudon on vocals, guitar and bass; Michael Carley on guitar and Frank Bridges on drums, percussion and vocals. In 1998, Rain received the Outstanding Coastal Musician award which recognized him as an active and promising regional performer by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Musician's Association.

The band released it's seventh CD, 'For What It's Worth' in 2005. If you missed their performance during the Fall Art Walk a couple of weeks ago, now's your chance to come out and feel the rhythm of an outstanding band.

Visit Rhythm and Rain on myspace

Steve Reynolds performs Saturday night

Steve Reynolds

Southern rock and blues

Winner of the 2003 Telluride Acoustic Blues Competition, Steve Reynold's latest CD “Downriver,” is a lively album of story songs laced with Reynolds’ trademark finger-style acoustic guitar work. Although Steve’s previous release, “Too Much Coffee” was a hard album to follow, Reynolds has done some serious groundbreaking with “Downriver”.

An accomplished singer-songwriter, Reynolds performs a variety of originals as well as some tried and true covers that take the listener on quite a journey.

Steve is one of our favorites at WCG and delivers a crisp show that entices and entertains. You'll enjoy his original music as well as his bluesy covers of James Taylor and other artists, backed by his compelling talent on the acoustic guitar.