At the entrance of the event, Bing Crosby’s restaurant offered some sumptuous tastes of filet mignon atop a potato stuffed filo envelope, the representatives were Nicole Toyne and Ana Schultz. Santa Monica Seafood offered some exquisite seafood samples, presented by Kathy Westwood from Westwood Catering. Greg Picard from Cava Restaurant at the Esmeralda Resort served samples of date salad on a braised leek with a salted apricot. Palm Springs Arial Tramway restaurant Executive Chef, J. C. Marquez was there serving some tasty treats. Desert Springs Chef Marcos Gonzales created a mouth watering “pistachio creme brulee.” Jeffrey Lunak of the Parke, Palm Springs was serving fois gras and pistachio panetta with pineapple pistachio brittle.

Dani Cukier, owner of “Dani C” on El Paseo was modeling one of her gorgeous outfits, she was accompanied by her handsome husband Ron Pukier.
 
Steve Beno, the head of the College Of the Desert’s Culinary Arts program, was carving a block of ice into a gorgeous ice sculpture with students Dan Hudson and Jeff Weyant. Awesome! Lots of good fun, good food and drink.

Chico’s on El Paseo was well represented by models Maria Hunt and Nanci Olson who were modeling some of their beautiful fashions.

As you exited the night’s event there was a new Lincoln MKS. The lovely spokes model, Amanda, was very helpful in demonstrating the new and high-tech features, like the keyless entry and keyless ignition.

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 For photos of the Art of Food and Wine Golf Tournament by John Garber, click here.