Yolo County Presents Taste of Yolo

From TheTaste of Yolo: Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Taste of Yolo festival, set for June 10, 2017, in Central Park in downtown Davis CA. Celebrating the extraordinary bounty of Yolo County agriculture and cuisine, the event will run from 3-8pm and feature more than 70 vendors offering a wide range of tastings, celebrity chef demonstrations, and other activities. Tickets cost $15 to $35; for more information, visit www.tasteofyolo.com

Headlining the festival on the Nugget Markets Culinary Stage is Chef Ryan Scott. Known for his vibrant personality and infectious smile, Chef Scott burst onto the national culinary scene with Bravo TV’s Top Chef, where he is now a frequent guest judge. Scott is also the chef/proprietor of his catering concept Ryan Scott 2 Go, the popular food truck, 3 Sum Eats, and Finn Town SF, located in the ever-evolving Castro District.

In addition to his regular guest appearances on NBC’s Today Show, Scott appears frequently on the Rachael Ray Show, Home Chef Showdown and Food Rush, and hosts the nationally syndicated Cooking With Ryan Scott radio show on KGO 810 in his spare time. In October 2016, Scott published his first cookbook, “ONE TO FIVE: One Shortcut Recipe Transformed into Five Easy Dishes” (Time Inc./Oxmoor Books).

Also appearing at Taste of Yolo is Patrick Mulvaney of Mulvaney’s B&L Restaurant, Sacramento CA. A proud Sacramentan whose cooking career has spanned five time zones, Mulvaney’s travels have taken him from a European apprenticeship through The River Café in Brooklyn, RoxSand in Phoenix to Paragary’s & The Kitchen in Sacramento. In 2001 he began Culinary Specialists, opening Mulvaney’s B&L in 2006 and adding Next Door in 2008.

As the Godfather of Sacramento’s farm-to-fork movement, Mulvaney celebrates local farmers, chefs and culinary communities every day, promoting the bounty of the Sacramento region. In March of 2014 they did just that at the James Beard House in New York City. They prepared a dinner entitled “Savoring Sacramento: A Promise of Spring,” bringing everything except the water, bread and Irish whiskey with them from California.

The third chef at Taste of Yolo is Fred Reyes, Executive Chef of the award-winning Buckhorn Steakhouse in Winters, CA. A Yolo County mainstay for more than three decades, Buckhorn draws people from across the region. In his tenure, Reyes has added a more finished, upscale quality to the Buckhorn menu and bar, emphasizing freshness, particularly with the fish, and offering some lighter sauces and in-season specials, enhancing the menu.

All of the food used by the celebrity chefs will be sourced from Yolo County producers; the sourcing will be overseen by Randii MacNear, the Executive Director of the Davis Farmers Market, which is one of the oldest and most renown farmers markets in the country.

Taste of Yolo will take place on June 10, 2017, from 3-8pm in Central Park in downtown Davis. The park is located between B and C Streets bordered by 3rd and 5th Streets. For tickets, visit www.tasteofyolo.com

The Yolo County Visitors Bureau works to encourage visitation to the communities of Davis, Winters, and Woodland and the outlying areas of Yolo County. The YCVB offers a variety of brochures and services at the Visitor Center, 132 E Street, Suite 200, in downtown Davis. For more information, call (530) 297-1900 or visit the website www.visityolo.com

Images Courtesy of Taste of Yolo