Prepare to loosen your belt and broaden your horizons, because The Art of Food is expanding in its 12th year. Known for inspired creations from the region’s top culinary and visual artists, the Carnegie’s high-energy event is spilling beyond the galleries for the first time and into a heated tent on the plaza.
Enjoy dinner by the bite from 27 restaurants, including Bauer Farm Kitchen, Coppin’s, The Littlefield, Red Feather and Senate. For dessert, pop inside a giant cake that artist Bill Ross of Thunder-Sky Inc. is whipping up out of stuffed animals and surreal party images from photographer Bob Scheadler.
Other artists and performers include the UC Duct Tape Studio, Tony Dotson, Lindsey Whittle and Pones Inc.
Here’s a full list of participating chefs:
- Mike Marschman from Catch-A-Fire Pizza
- Alfio Gulisano from Alfio’s Buon Cibo
- Jackson Rouse from Bauer Farm Kitchen
- Andrew Mersmann from Red Feather
- Josh Campbell from Django Western Taco
- Tony Tausch from Coffee Emporium
- Cristian Pietoso from Via Vite
- Rachel DesRochers from Grateful Grahams
- Julia Keister from Lil’s Bagels
- Keith Bales from Moonrise Doughnuts
- Louis Snowden from Fresh Table
- Baron Shirley from Inspirado
- Sharon Butler from The BonBonerie
- Nino Loreto from Panino
- Steve Waddell from Jeff Thomas Catering
- Chris Burns from Commonwealth Bistro
- Matt Buschle from Colonel’s Gourmet Events
- Shoshannah Hafner from The Littlefield
- Michael Ly from The Pacific Kitchen
- Daniel Wright from Senate
- Kate Cook from Carriage House Farm
- Kelsey Yerger from The Metropolitan Club
- Matthew Frommeyer from Buona Vita Pizza
- Neil Smith from Walt’s Hitching Post
- Plus reps from Kroger and Coppin’s at Hotel Covington
6-10 p.m. Friday. $50; $35 members; VIP tickets $75. The Carnegie, 1028 Scott St., Covington, thecarnegie.com.
This article appears in Feb 7-14, 2018.
