Night Harvest Wines, De Cecco® Pasta and Chef Joseph Manzare Announce the "Dream Up a Stellar Recipe" Contest
New Contest Offers the Opportunity to Impress a Nationally Acclaimed Pasta Pro with Personal Pasta Recipes and Wine Pairings to Win $1000*
(Esparto, Calif.) October 2, 2007 – Budding chefs nationwide should sharpen their knives, prep their palates and break out the family recipe book – the opportunity to garner a culinary stamp of approval from one of the best chefs in the United States has arrived. Night Harvest by R.H. Phillips, De Cecco® Pasta and San Francisco chef Joseph Manzare announce their national “Dream up a Stellar Recipe” contest, providing the perfect chance to bring personal pasta recipes to the national dinner table.
The Challenge: The contestants create a one-of-a-kind pasta recipe using De Cecco pasta and a favorite fresh ingredient; pair the recipe with one of Night Harvest’s high quality and fruit-driven wines, and submit a photo of themselves to Chef Joseph Manzare to win one of five pasta-perfect prizes.
The Prizes*:
1st Place—$1000 cash, 5 pounds of De Cecco pasta and national culinary acclaim by having the recipe featured on the Night Harvest by R.H. Phillips website: www.nightharvest.com
2nd Place—$500 cash and 5 pounds of assorted De Cecco pasta
3rd Place—$250 cash and 5 pounds of assorted De Cecco pasta
4th Place—$100 cash and 5 pounds of assorted De Cecco pasta
5th Place—$50 cash and 5 pounds of assorted De Cecco pasta
* California residents may enter to compete for recognition, but not prizes.
The Timeframe: The challenge begins January 1, 2008, and all De Cecco pasta recipes and Night Harvest wine pairing entries must be submitted by April 30, 2008.
The Participants: Home chefs whose meal of choice is pasta and drink of choice is wine should submit their De Cecco pasta recipe and suggested Night Harvest wine pairing to the following address: Night Harvest Pasta Recipe Winners List, PO Box 25309, Rochester, NY 14625-0309.
Imagine the possibilities…
Contestants can spice up those long winter months in more ways than one by inviting family and friends to their own home-based De Cecco Pasta and Night Harvest “test kitchen” for an evening of Night Harvest wine, partnered with creative dishes of De Cecco pasta and culinary-fueled conversation. For example, they can whip up a batch of De Cecco Penne with spicy sausage and fennel, matched with a bottle of Night Harvest Shiraz, or seduce that special someone with a De Cecco Farfalle with the local creamery’s ricotta and a bottle of Night Harvest Chardonnay. If the recipe passes the test of loved ones’ palates, contestants can then pass the recipe on to Chef Joseph Manzare for final approval.
Please visit www.nightharvest.com for further information on the “Dream Up a Stellar Recipe” contest and for other inventive food and wine pairings to warm up any chilly night.
About Night Harvest by R.H. Phillips
The R.H. Phillips Vineyard is the largest producer in the Dunnigan Hills American Viticultural Area (AVA), which is located in Northwestern Yolo County, 85 miles northeast of San Francisco. The winery is home to Night Harvest by R.H. Phillips and Toasted Head wines and is located at 26836 County Road 12-A, Esparto, CA, 95695. www.nightharvest.com. Night Harvest by R.H. Phillips is made by is made by Pacific Wine Partners (PWP), a Constellation Wines U.S. company and a leading producer of premium California wines and importer of wines from Australia and New Zealand. An operating division of Constellation Brands, Inc., Constellation Wines U.S. encompasses the four U.S. wine businesses: Icon Estates, Centerra Wine Company, Pacific Wine Partners, and North Lake Wines. Leading PWP brands include Blackstone, HRM Rex Goliath, Night Harvest by R.H. Phillips, Black Box, Twin Fin, and Hayman & Hill from California; Hogue and Genesis from Washington State; Banrock Station, Hardys, and Leasingham from Australia; Nobilo and The Jibe from New Zealand; Kumala from South Africa; Red Guitar from Spain; and Duo from Chile.
About Chef Joseph Manzare**
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Joseph Manzare, Chef and Owner of three renowned Bay Area restaurants, has been in the restaurant business since the age of 14. The Bronx, NY native began his formal career in Los Angeles with Jean-Francois Mettigner at L’Orangerie. He complemented his time at L’Orangerie with a stage at world-renowned Spago. He quickly caught the attention of Wolfgang Puck, who ultimately brought him on at Spago full-time. He then traveled to Italy and spent ten months working at San Domenica in Imola. Manzare brought his international experience back to the Wolfgang Puck empire and was hired as opening Sous Chef at Postrio in San Francisco. Soon, he was offered the position of Executive Chef at 44 at the Royalton in New York, where he was nominated for a James Beard Award. He spent time as Chef at Granita in Malibu before deciding to launch his own restaurant. Along with his wife and business partner, Mary Klingbeil, Manzare opened Globe in San Francisco, where he fashions soul satisfying food he calls “American with an Italian spirit” out of the incomparable bounty of the Bay Area. Manzare has also opened Zuppa and Pescheria, both in San Francisco, to rave reviews.
** Note to media: Chef Joseph Manzare is available nationally for on-air cooking demonstrations.
About De Cecco® Pasta
The De Cecco family has been making pasta for more than a century. The story began in the small village of Fara San Martino, located at the foot of Mount Maiella in Italy. Here the De Cecco brothers, with their passion for pasta, started their pasta enterprise using the best flour from the surrounding countryside. Over the past 100 years, De Cecco has refined pasta production, and by combining old world technique with modern engineering, was responsible for the “low temperature” pasta drying model. As a result, pasta does not have to be sun dried, removing limitations by weather. De Cecco Pasta starts with the world's finest durum wheat crops, richest in the gluten protein that gives dough a superior consistency, and is ground in its own mill in Fara San Martino before being dried, packaged and distributed worldwide. The result: De Cecco Pasta, a term synonymous with quality and Italian pleasure.
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