Top Chef Star and CIA Alumnus Richard Blais Heads West to Prepare Tasting Dinner at the Hip Hotel, Stevenswood

MENDOCINO COAST, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Richard Blais, chef star
on the fourth season of Bravo’s Top Chef, will be cooking up remarkable
culinary pleasure at stylish Stevenswood Spa Resort, situated along the
Northern California, Mendocino Coast, 2 1/2 hours north of San Francisco.

On February 7th & 8th, Blais will prepare a mutli-course dinner with foods
abundant in the Mendocino Wine Country, and a number of those Blais introduced
on the number one food show on cable television, Top Chef.

Featuring: Oysters with cocktail sorbet & salmon berries, a Gin sashimi
with carbonated lime and tonic jelly, followed by Fish n Chips with ranch
caviar.

Next, a housemade Linguine with geoduck clams, “impasta”, then a Canned
soup of whiskey and rye, next local fresh, Smoked salmon in aroma dome, Blais’
Chicken fried rabbit and baby food and a special McLamb rib dish.

Dinner will be finished with a pistachio Toffee white truffle.

Hosted by Stevenswood Spa Resort, a boutique resort popular with foodies
and celebrities.

Chef Blais, 36, has been called an extraordinary chef and culinary
designer. Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2007 called him “a creative tour de
force who seems part Willy Wonka and part Jackson Pollock.” Top Chef says,
“He incorporates global ingredients, modern cooking methods, wit, and a sense
of humor to all his food.”

Stevenswood’s Executive Chef, Patrick Meany will introduce Blais to guests
on Friday, February 6th, at a wine reception held on the Ocean View Terrace of
Stevenswood Resort.

Meany is a graduate of California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, trained
with eminent chef’s, including San Francisco’s own Gary Danko and Grant Achatz of Chicago’s Alinea.

Book your Saturday or Sunday table at 800-421-2810, or stevenswood.com

Since 1988, Stevenswood is the ultimate destination for the Mendocino
Coast.

Redwoods, ocean and wine country in every direction, Stevenswood has
become the celebrity destination with Hollywood’s elite like Bette Midler, Jim
Carrey and the late Sydney Pollack.

Stevenswood is home to a full-service luxury spa, the Indigo Eco|Spa and
their signature restaurant which features world-class cuisine in a tranquil,
intimate environment surrounded by the natural forest of California State
Parks outside, and the glow of the fireplace inside.

An award winning wine-list and the highest Zagat ratings for the area
combine for a magical dining experience on the Coast.

SOURCE Stevenswood Spa Resort