Tasty Food & Drink Sampled at the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet in Beverly Hills

TASTING THE BEST

VIP Guests had great wine, sparkling cider, and other gourmet items to sample at the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet reception in Beverly Hills.

Gowan’s Heirloom Cider

The red carpet reception included sparkling cider from Gowan’s Heirloom Cider and R&B Cellars 2012 “Lyric of the Vine” Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet

Tastings were served by ChocoMe chocolates and Prosciutto di Carpegna, who served freshly carved prosciutto at a tasting station during the reception portion of the TASTE AWARDS event in Beverly Hills.


Prosciutto di Carpegna

Prosciutto di Carpegna carving station

ChocoMe

In addition, guests were able to snack on healthy gourmet selections from Regenie’s Natural Snacks, Snackin Free, and Saffron Road

Regenie’s All Natural Snacks, Snackin Free, and Saffron Road Chickpea Snacks

Regenie’s All Natural Snacks

From the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet with Awardee CALIFORNIA LIVE

TASTE AWARDS Special Achievement Award Winner & Honoree CALIFORNIA LIVE was at the TASTE AWARDS, and filmed a stylish appearance on the red carpet with Amber Mesker Pfister and Jessica Vilchis.

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Prosciutto di Carpegna Partners with the 11th Annual TASTE AWARDS

The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce that Prosciutto di Carpegna will be an event partner for the 11th Annual TASTE AWARDS. Prosciutto di Carpegna will serve freshly carved prosciutto at a tasting station during the reception portion of the TASTE AWARDS event in Beverly Hills.

Says legendary Italian-food marketplace Eataly, “Sweet and delicate, Prosciutto di Carpegna has a pleasantly intense aroma and soft texture. The secret blend of lard and spices lend a delicate scent, while the Cervian sea salt infuses the pork with a lightly sweet flavor. Prosciutto di Carpegna is also free of preservatives and additives, giving it a pure, clean taste.”

Renowned family-owned Italian salumi purveyor Fratelli Beretta is the exclusive importer of Prosciutto di Carpegna DOP, which comes to the United States markets for the first time in brand history.  Prosciutto di Carpegna is now featured on menus at prominent New York and Los Angeles restaurants, as well as available for purchase in limited quantities at Eataly Los Angeles and select Gelson’s Market locations. In the U.S. market, Fratelli Beretta offers both a whole boneless leg and a sliced version of the Prosciutto di Carpegna in a 3oz tray.

“Prosciutto di Carpegna has been enjoyed in Italy for centuries and I am so proud of our family to be able to introduce such a special tradition…” says Alberto Beretta, CEO of Fratelli Beretta. “This is some of the most exclusive prosciutto in the world and has an incredible history and tradition.”

Prosciutto di Carpegna is made exclusively from Italian pigs known as “Pesante Padano,” or heavy pigs, in one of three Italian regions—Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, or Marche. The Pesante Padano must reach at least 10 months of age before butchering and must be cured for a minimum of 14 months to be certified as a Carpegna DOP product. The 20-month aging process, which uses traditional pork curing techniques that date back to the 1400s, adheres to some of the strictest production guidelines in the world.

At Fratelli Beretta’s sole Prosciutto di Carpegna production facility in Italy, just 10 master butchers, or “Maestri Salumai,” hold the curing secrets for Prosciutto di Carpegna. The salumai coat the product in the famous sea salt of Cervia, a small town located on the western coast of Italy, along with a proprietary blend of lard and spices. This gives the prosciutto its signature flavor profile with aromatic notes, as well as its soft texture. Prosciutto di Carpegna is also free of preservatives and additives, giving it a clean, natural taste.

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ABOUT THE CARPEGNA REGION
Carpegna is a small village located inside a territory that stretches between the Emilia Romagna, Marche, and Tuscany regions of Central Italy. Fratelli Beretta’s Carpegna production facility is located in the heart of this territory in the Montefeltro Mountains. Day after day, Fratelli Beretta’s Prosciutto di Carpegna is tended by hand as it slowly ages, using curing traditions of the area that have been proudly preserved since the Middle Ages and continue to be handed down from generation to generation.

About Fratelli Beretta:
Fratelli Beretta first opened its doors as a small local meat processing business in 1812, serving the region since the time when Napoleon Bonaparte reigned in Europe. In the early 1900s, Fratelli Beretta expanded to a manufacturing enterprise with a stable business structure that has thrived through two World Wars. Fratelli Beretta remains the longest existing family-owned business in Italian charcuterie history, focused on providing quality products, and deeply entrenched in tradition while emerging as a leader in innovation.

For more information, visit www.fratelliberetta.com or follow on Instagram @prosciuttodicarpegna.

“REBBL With A Cause ” Short Food Film Released, hosted by Ruby Rose

San Francisco-based REBBL beverages brand has released an eye-opening and inspirational short film, hosted by actor Ruby Rose, about sustainable food supply chain sourcing, and helping reduce the causes of human trafficking. The film serves as an origin story about how the REBBL brand was created to address this issue, rather than acting as an add-on mission.

Says REBBL, “Solutions to human trafficking and many of the largest challenges facing our planet lie in finding ways to use business as a force for good. Rather than just a product with a mission, this is the story of a mission – to eradicate the root cause of human slavery – with a product. [This] is also a story of an organic ingredient, the mighty Brazil Nut, one of over 70 that REBBL sources from around the world to help uplift communities.” The film follows the REBBL team deep into the Peruvian Amazon to learn how one community has been positively affected by the brand’s impact sourcing efforts.

Initial assumptions might be that this is just another branded promotional film, but that is not the case. Many viewers have commented on how it has completely opened their eyes about how and why they can have a larger role in managing the sources and conditions of their own food, as well as be more mindful of its origin.

View the entire 30-minute film above.

Music by Michael Franti & Spearhead

TASTE AWARDS Winner GREAT CHEFS Television Series Celebrates 40 Years

Years ago at the 5th Annual TASTE AWARDS, “Great Chefs” received the PIONEER AWARD. Recently Great Chefsannounced the launch of its new website, www.greatchefs.com, coinciding with its 40th anniversary.

The website is a priceless archive of cooking technique videos from classically-trained chefs, their biographies, streaming video on demand cooking lessons and over 800 dishes and recipes. Unlike cooking competition shows, Great Chefs provides free video on demand cooking techniques that can be watched indefinitely. In addition, for those travelling around the world, the new Great Chefs website provides direction to the finest restaurants in 51 countries and 347 cities.

“We are thrilled to celebrate our 40th anniversary along with the launch of our website,” said John Shoup, Co-founder and CEO of Great Chefs. “We’ve come a long way since we taped our first show Hot Stuff in 1979 in New Orleans, which was the beginning of the Great Chefs series for PBS. Our new site serves as a hub for all of our content from over the years and provides a plethora of phenomenal resources for the next generation of culinary professionals and aspiring home cooks.”

Highlights of the new Great Chefs website include:

  • Over 1,000 famous chefs from all over the world
  • Free video on demand cooking lessons
  • Over 600 episodes and 800 dishes
  • Free printable recipes
  • Chef and restaurant recommendations from around the world
  • 14 half hour television series and 21 hour-long television specials
  • Updated regularly

Launched in New Orleans, the original Great Chefs television series had a 40-plus-year successful run on television, including PBS, Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel. It featured hundreds of prominent chefs from around the world, introducing them and their kitchens to a hungry television audience.

11th Annual TASTE AWARDS Trailer Video Released

The newest trailer for the 11th Annual TASTE AWARDS is here! The TASTE AWARDS are the highest awards for creators, producers, hosts, and directors of Lifestyle Programs, Series, Shows & Cinema.

They are the premier broadcast awards show celebrating the year’s best achievements in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, in Online and Streaming Video, and in Apps, Radio, Podcasts and Photography.

http://www.TheTasteAwards.com