The public is invited to New Leaf Community Markets’ new store in the Vintage Hills Shopping Center on June 20 to see celebrity Chef Sharone Hackman in action.
In 2010, Chef Sharone appeared on FOX Network’s MasterChef, a reality cooking show that seeks America’s most promising amateur chefs, and stole the show when he crafted a BBQ sauce that MasterChef judge Gordon Ramsey called “the best BBQ sauce ever made.”
Before going on the MasterChef show, Hakman tested his creation by serving BBQ sauce-smothered steak to 500 Marines at Camp Pendleton, and satisfying America’s road warriors with gourmet BBQ burgers in a truck stop food challenge. When TV’s toughest food critics and chefs were blown away, Sharone knew it was time to make his BBQ sauce available to the public and started his own company, Hak’s BBQ Sauces.
Chef Sharone will give a grilling demonstration at New Leaf on Thursday, June 20 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Using his famous sauces, Chef Sharone will grill a variety of vegetables and meats and share samples. The culinary showman’s goal is to redefine BBQ and elevate it with real body, developed flavor, and sophistication. His sauces can be used in glazes, dips, dressings, spreads, braising, and chilis.
New Leaf Community Markets is located at 3550 Bernal Ave, Pleasanton (corner of Bernal and Vineyard avenues). For more information visit, www.newleaf.com or call 925-621-7660 ext. 120.
