Salt Lake City Bailliage First Online Member Event a Great Success

By Sue Geary, Vice Charge’ de Presse

Not to be dissuaded by a just a little global pandemic, the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Baillage de Salt Lake City held it first member event of the season on Saturday, August 29.  The dinner was well-attended and, although we gathered by way of Zoom out of necessity, it was so nice to see everyone.

The Dinner

A beautiful four-course dinner was provided by Royal Street Café of Deer Valley.  Chef Chris Gibson went the extra distance by helping to assemble each dinner-to-go from our new distribution center, which doubles as Vice Conseiller Gastronomique Sammie Doyle’s garage.  Chef Gibson even provided instruction on the plating of each course for every person who picked up their food and wine. Then he joined us for the dinner to describe each exquisite course of mostly locally-sourced ingredients. 

Vice Echanson Kasey Dubler selected three single-variety white wines for this dinner.  The first course of Castelvetrano olives and charcuterie was accompanied by Astobiza 2019, an Ondarrabi Zuri from the Arabako Txakolina DO of Spain’s Basque country.  The second course, a summer burrata salad, was paired with Tasca d’Almerita Regaleali Rose 2019 made from the Nerello Mascalese grape of Sicilia.  The pairing that was voted as the evening’s favorite was the marriage of the Olivier Leffaive Bourgogne Les Setilles 2018 with the Maine Lobster Tower.

Thank you to Chris Gibson for providing such a lovely meal under challenging circumstances! Royal Street Café remains open and offers outdoor dining so its guests can enjoy stunning mountain scenery throughout the Fall season.  Chef Gibson and his staff have more menu items well worth sampling.

Upcoming Charity Events

Bailli Sheral Schowe announced that our board voted in support of her recommendation for our balliage to sponsor some activities dedicated exclusively to giving.  Vice Conseiller Culinaire Jodie Rogers is working on an event to benefit the Utah Food Bank to be held around Thanksgiving.  Vice Charge’ de Missions Cessily Johnson and Tarja Pater are planning for our baillage to sponsor a tree for the annual Festival of Trees, which supports Primary Children’s Hospital.  Tarja explained that they will be collecting wine corks for use as ornaments.  So, if you find that for some reason you have a surplus of corks, please plan to donate what you can for this project.  Richard Pater, our Vice Chancelier-Argentier, generously offered an alternative for anyone who does not have extra corks.  You can give a few nice bottles of wine directly to Richard who will then extract the corks over a few weeks’ time and donate them on your behalf!

We all recognize how very fortunate we are to be able to gather to enjoy elegant meals and fine wine while others in our community struggle with too little.  We realize, too, how the culinary industry has been impacted by the coronavirus. 

October Event

A Tour of Italy by Caputo’s Market and Deli is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, 6:30-9:00 pm