Restaurant Week NH Begins Thursday

The New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association, WBZ-TV, myTV38 and Phantom Gourmet announce the 4th Annual Restaurant Week New Hampshire kickoff event will be held on Thursday, March 19 at Tuscan Kitchen in Salem, according to a press statement from the association.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and is open to the public. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door and are available for purchase at Ace Ticket. (Tickets purchased on line will incur a small servicing fee.)

The kickoff event features seven New Hampshire Restaurant Week Celebrity Chefs. Meet the chefs and sample their culinary creations. Woodstock Inn Brewery will offer beer samples while spirit vendors Bacardi Oakheart and Woodford Reserve will be on hand with signature cocktails. Kim Crawford Wines will provide wine tastings.

Restaurant Week New Hampshire 2015 runs Friday, March 20 – 27. More than 100 New Hampshire restaurants and lodging properties participate in Restaurant Week New Hampshire, with a variety of menu items and various pricing options. Stay and dine packages are available via the Restaurant Week New Hampshire web site, restaurantweeknh.com.

The featured 2015 Celebrity Chefs are Peter Agostinelli, Bedford Village Inn; Joseph Brenner, Tuscan Kitchen; Rob DeFrancesco, Copper Door; Kevin Halligan, Local Eatery; Malik Hammond, The Common Man Family of Restaurants; David Masotta, Three Chimneys Inn; and Scott Ouellette, O Steaks & Seafood and Canoe Restaurant & Tavern.

Restaurant Week New Hampshire is presented by New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets. The Celebrity Chef Kickoff Event is sponsored by Tuscan Brands and Restaurant Week New Hampshire website is sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England. Contributing sponsors include, Bacardí Oakheart, Checkmate Workforce Management Solutions, Eversource Energy, Kim Crawford Wines, Performance Foodservice – North Center, Sysco, Woodford Reserve and Woodstock Station Inn & Brewery. Restaurant Week New Hampshire is also supported in part by the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development.

For updates on Restaurant Week via social media, follow on Twitter at twitter.com/RestaurantsNHor like the Facebook page at facebook.com/RestaurantWeekNH. Diners are encouraged to post photos of their culinary experiences to the Restaurant Week New Hampshire Pinterest page, or use the #RestaurantWeekNH tag on Instagram.