BVI Hosts One of Its Most Popular Annual Events

This past weekend, the Bedford Village Inn kicked off its six-dinner 2012 Italian Chef Invitational Series when it offered a five course meal from celebrity chef (and former BVI executive sous chef)

Continuing the Italian theme, , this Saturday, April 21, hosts Abbondonza!: An Italian Celebration of Food.

Aside from the annual , this event is expected to be one Inn's most popular of the year, using owner Jack Carnevale’s family recipes to create a lavish Italian feast.

The feast will be served at various stations in the Great Hall to include seafood, appetizer/antipasto, carving meat, pasta, dessert and much more. This event is $45 per person plus gratuity and tax, and will last from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m. Reservations are required.

Additional Info Regarding the Italian Chef Invitational Series

In an attempt to further establish itself as one of the top culinary-focused inns in the country, the BVI is welcoming the finest Italian chefs – from across the East coast and all the way into Italy – each whom will design and host an exclusive dinner to be enjoyed in the Inn’s Overlook Dining Room.

Guests will get to enjoy unique regional Italian culinary styles, as well as have the opportunity to meet these extraordinary individuals and discuss their “recipes for success”.

This monthly Italian Chef Invitational Series will run from spring and summer throughout the fall, in order to take advantage of the freshest seasonal ingredients from each season the chefs specializes in, respectively.

The dinners will be set for a maximum of 50 guests and each will include a four course, wine paired meal, in addition to welcome hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Each chef will prepare authentic courses representative of their restaurants. New Hampshire’s sole sommelier, Jon Carnevale, has worked with each chef to pair the best wines with their cuisine.

On Saturday, May 12, the second installment of the Italian Chef Invitational Series will feature Chef Dante de Magistris of Cambridge, Mass.’s critically acclaimed Restaurant dante.  His menu will consist of: Stuzzicare: Fava Bean Custard & Pecorino Ginepro; Antipasto: Grilled Cotechino, Charred Fennel Salad, Citrus & Crostone; Strozzapreti Pasta: Baccala “Meatballs”, Tomato Sugo, Pine Nuts & Grappa Soaked Golden Raisins; Pollo: Sicilian Style Confit Chicken, Spring Vegetable Ragu & Potato Basil Aioli; Profiteroles: Chocolate Hazelnut Cream Puffs, Spiked Ganache & Caramelized Hazelnut. The pre fixe cost is $69 per person plus gratuity and tax.

The fall portion of the series will feature chefs from Italy, Washington D.C., and Boston including, but not limited to, Chef Lorenzo Polegri of Italy’s Zeppelin Ristorante and Chef Mike Isabella, Chef/Owner of Graffiato in Washington, D.C.

The BVI is located at 2 Olde Bedford Way. For more information, click here, or to make a reservation, call 800-852-1166.

About Jeff Michaud

Michaud attended the Culinary Institue of America and began his career working under Marc Vetri at Ristorante Vetri before spening several years touring Italy in Michelin 3 Star restaurants. Upon returning to the U.S., Michaud took several positions throughout New England before returning to Philadelphia and rejoining the Vetri team to open Osteria. In 2008, The James Beard Foundation nominated Osteria for “Best New Restaurant” and in 2012, Jeff won the James Beard Award for “Best Mid Atlantic Chef.”

About Dante de Magistris

Dante de Magistris is the Executive Chef and Co-Owner of the eponymous, Restaurant dante in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as il Casale in Belmont, Massachusetts. Raised in an Italian-American home in the Boston suburb of Belmont, Dante de Magistris always loved to cook. Dante’s culinary journey is packed with unique and impressive experiences including a sojourn in Italy where he honed his skills along the way. Restaurant Dante opened to critical acclaim from Food & Wine and O Magazine, as well as being named one of Bon Appetit’s “Hot 10 Restaurants” of 2006, Boston Globe Magazine’s “Best of the New” for 2007 and winning Boston Magazine’s coveted “Best of Boston” award for Best Italian Restaurant in 2008 and 2011. Chef de Magistris was a 2010 James Beard Award nominee.