Great Chefs of LA Ticket Giveaway

Ready for another culinary extravaganza?

On Sunday, November 8 the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California will be holding their 23rd annual Great Chefs of L.A. at CBS Studio Center. The theme this year is “Go Green, Go Organic” and Neal Fraser (BLD, Grace), Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger (Border Grill, Ciudad) will be the “chefs of honor” for their culinary contributions to the L.A. scene and for their past work with the Kidney Foundation.

Candace Kumai, The Stiletto Chef of TLC’s “Cook Yourself Thin,” will be emcee for this event and will also host the GCLA Webfire Challenge webisode series sponsored by 944 Magazine.

Other “great chefs” at the event include:

  • Adam Horton, Saddlepeak Lodge
  • Benjamin Ford, Ford’s Filling Station
  • Celestino Drago, Drago Restaurant, Enoteca Drago, Il Pastaio, Drago Centro
  • Govind Armstrong, 8 oz.
  • Jason Johnston, Dakota
  • Jorge Chicas, The Bazaar – SLS Hotel
  • Josie Le Balch, Josie Restaurant
  • Roberto Maggioni, Lago
  • Sam Marvin & Christopher Goossen, Bottega Louie Restaurant & Gourmet Market
  • Simon Dolinky, BLVD 16 at Hotel Palomar
  • Steven Fretz, XIV

There will be an eco-conscious lounge serving up eco-conscious cocktails with VeeV Açai Spirit and each guest will receive “SWAG bags” with SWAG worth $250 in value courtesy of 944 Mag and Get Hip Get Green.

So you want me to tell you how to enter to win a pair of tickets valued at $300, already? All right:

  1. Make sure you’re following @greatchefsofla on Twitter or are a fan of them on Facebook
  2. Leave a comment below – level of eloquence and thought completely up to you
  3. Retweet me if you’re on Twitter: “Just entered to win 2 tix to @greatchefsofla by @estarla http://estar.la/e/13″

That’s it! Good luck!

Edit: Oops! Forgot to mention that this at-random contest will be closed at noon on Friday, November 6th. I’ll notify the winner that afternoon by email.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

12 – 3:30 PM

$150 per person

CBS Studio Center
4024 Radford Dr.
Studio City, CA 91604

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80 Comments

  1. christie
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:17 am | Permalink

    yay thanks for the chance to win tickets!

  2. djjewelz
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:31 am | Permalink

    good luck to me.

  3. stephen
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:32 am | Permalink

    sounds like an amazing event for a great cause. were it not for unemployment blues, i would love to pay the full admission price. thanks for the opportunity to win the tickets!

  4. crotchpuncher
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:33 am | Permalink

    i want to cook myself thin!

  5. Michael / South Bay Foodies
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:39 am | Permalink

    There’s nothing better than eating and drinking for a cause! Like the “Go Green” theme too. :)

  6. BananaWonder
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:47 am | Permalink

    Winning these tickets would be the perfect slump breaker for me after being recently laid off and bombing the GMATs which I’ve been studying for like a farm animal. Please oh please oh please!!!

  7. Erin Davis
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 9:57 am | Permalink

    I was so upset that I missed the AWFF and I’d really love to go to this one!

  8. katie
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 10:04 am | Permalink

    yes please!

  9. Bryan
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 10:18 am | Permalink

    Sounds like a great event.

  10. Michelle
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 10:20 am | Permalink

    Yay, free tickets!

  11. Dorothy
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 10:25 am | Permalink

    I am excited for this even, and would love to see it first hand. I am inspired by Calogero Drago and Celestino Drago, family is the best thing that happens with food!!

  12. Lynda
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 10:40 am | Permalink

    This is such a rare and awesome opportunity!! Not to mention it’s for a good cause. Thanks!

  13. Daniela
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 10:47 am | Permalink

    marginally employed food lover seeks tickets to event for great cause with great green food! [insert fake rabbits feet and all other good luck charms here.]

  14. Gastronomnom
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 11:16 am | Permalink

    Did someone say free? Count me in!

  15. Rhea
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 11:26 am | Permalink

    Would love to win tickets to this amazing event! Thanks for the opportunity!

  16. Erin
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 1:40 pm | Permalink

    Would love to win tickets! Fingers are crossed :-)

  17. sarah
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 1:50 pm | Permalink

    i’m not sure if this comment determines whether or not i receive the tix…b/c then that would be entirely too much pressure. and i should have started being funny a sentence ago. but thanks for the opportunity!

  18. Kelly
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 1:58 pm | Permalink

    Sounds like fun!

  19. melissa
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 5:02 pm | Permalink

    would love to win!

  20. Fightin' Mad Mary
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 6:31 pm | Permalink

    I love food.

  21. rachel
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 11:47 pm | Permalink

    really hoping to win!!

  22. Darlene Whittington
    Posted October 27, 2009 at 11:49 pm | Permalink

    I’m loving that you are garnering so much notoriety with food blogging these days! If only I lived in LA and was able to take advantage of these types of events more often.

  23. Julianne
    Posted October 28, 2009 at 6:24 am | Permalink

    Pick me!

  24. Andee (LAEasyMeals)
    Posted October 28, 2009 at 8:25 am | Permalink

    I would love to win tickets to meet all the participating famous chefs. I have eaten at many of their restaurants and they truly inspire the way I cook. I think the chef that I would want to meet the most is Jose Chicas of The Bazaar. The last time I was there, I was so blown away by their small plates and detail to their cooking. Their desserts were amazing and gotta love everything by Phillipe Stark :)

  25. Mike
    Posted October 28, 2009 at 8:36 am | Permalink

    Roses are red,
    Violets are blue,
    Free tickets would be sweet,
    And, yet, this last line doesn’t actually rhyme…

  26. Adri
    Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:00 am | Permalink

    I’ll cross my fingers!

  27. christine
    Posted October 28, 2009 at 11:14 pm | Permalink

    Wish I could afford something like this! But oh soooo grateful for a contest! *fingers crossed*

  28. Michael
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 9:30 am | Permalink

    Great food + free tickets = happiness

  29. jc
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

    i like food.

  30. stephanie@paisleypetunia
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    Sounds delicious and for a great cause.

  31. codemunky
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 1:46 pm | Permalink

    W00t! Thanks E!

  32. ErickB
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 2:44 pm | Permalink

    Yay. I win.

  33. Albert D.
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

    i’m a food pornographer. pick me!!!

  34. Jenna
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    I would love love love to win tickets to this event! Green/organic cooking is dear to me and I love all of these chefs!!

  35. Jenn
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 4:16 pm | Permalink

    Feed me! chomp chomp.

  36. alice
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 5:04 pm | Permalink

    I HEART FOOD AND WILL TRAVEL FOR IT!

  37. steph
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 5:36 pm | Permalink

    please and thank you!!

  38. DaniilK
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 5:46 pm | Permalink

    This sounds rad!
    Hope we get in!

  39. Wendy Engelberg
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 6:08 pm | Permalink

    Thanks so very much for the opportunity and supporting a great cause.

  40. Jamie
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 6:53 pm | Permalink

    oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes please!

  41. carmel
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    sounds yum!

  42. Zoe
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Permalink

    Man oh man, do I want to go to this!

  43. arcbam
    Posted October 29, 2009 at 10:23 pm | Permalink

    i’m always hungry

  44. cp
    Posted October 30, 2009 at 8:06 am | Permalink

    this place seems like heaven! i would love to go :)

  45. Lauren
    Posted October 30, 2009 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    I would love to go to this! What a fun event.

  46. Lori
    Posted October 31, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    Would love to win. :)

  47. Diana
    Posted November 1, 2009 at 11:13 am | Permalink

    I wanna go! I wanna go!

  48. BigMAC
    Posted November 2, 2009 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    Let’s do this…

  49. caleb chen
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 9:59 am | Permalink

    mum says i’m too skinny. need to put some meat on me bones.

  50. Eli
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 10:33 am | Permalink

    I will eat my weight in food. I weigh 150 pounds. this will be newsworthy.

  51. sarah
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 10:45 am | Permalink

    i will dress up my chihuahua as my date.

  52. Kate
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 11:13 am | Permalink

    Would love to go!

  53. Shannon Abney
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink

    I would love love love to go!

  54. ShopEatSleep
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 11:47 am | Permalink

    Cuz, you know ;)

  55. darci
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

    “i hope i win! i hope i win!” can you name that quote from what movie?!…

  56. Kristina
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

    I would love to go!

  57. Hanhonymous
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 12:46 pm | Permalink

    I’m lucky No. ____!

  58. justin
    Posted November 3, 2009 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

    no no Shannon Abney told me on twitter she thought I would win!!!

  59. pornsakdi
    Posted November 4, 2009 at 11:02 am | Permalink

    can i win pleaseeeee? and if anyone else wins on here wanna take me? haha

  60. janice
    Posted November 4, 2009 at 11:04 am | Permalink

    this event looks amazing and i would love to go

  61. Natalie
    Posted November 4, 2009 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    All these amazing chefs & such a great cause! To have the opportunity to go would be a dream come true. Thanks for the chance =)

  62. Jill @ All Things Delicious
    Posted November 4, 2009 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

    What a great way to kick off our LA expansion!

  63. samkim
    Posted November 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

    !!!!!

  64. baconman
    Posted November 4, 2009 at 11:05 pm | Permalink

    I need delicious food!!

  65. Nanette Pastor-Hanna
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

    Food glorious food! Take me to Great Chefs!

  66. rebecca
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

    please pick me!

  67. 1000Steps
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    One day I’ll win one of these. This one sounds awesome though.

  68. tallnoe
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    Okay, I am DYING to go to this. So much so that I have neglected to enter ANY contests. Aren’t I smrt?
    And: PICK ME, PICK ME!
    Will you ’splain your random drawing later?

  69. gourmetLA
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 4:18 pm | Permalink

    Me likey the good food…

  70. Nicola
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 11:02 pm | Permalink

    I may not always be eloquent, but I’m ALWAYS hungry! Pick me!

  71. sawyer
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 12:07 am | Permalink

    lookin for some good food and to see how the other half lives…

    hoot hootums

  72. jeffrey
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 12:26 am | Permalink

    free stuff really does bring people out of woodwork. wouldn’t be surprised if the same people are posting in the comments of all the other bloggers that are giving tickets. thanks for offering them up!

  73. picorobertsonboy
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 2:40 am | Permalink

    it would be really sweet to get to go to this event. Sounds like a lot ‘o’ fun

  74. BigCone
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 8:31 am | Permalink

    I say “bring on da food!”

  75. Rachael
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 8:52 am | Permalink

    I like chefs, food and LA! Whoo-hoo!

  76. KathrynKMF
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 9:00 am | Permalink

    Fingers crossed!

  77. Don Rose
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 9:23 am | Permalink

    Thanks for posting this info about Great Chefs of LA, and for entering me into the ticket giveaway contest. (Also, I like the cool background on this page… spiffy!)

  78. amusebouche2
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 11:18 am | Permalink

    Can I tell you how awesome it would be to win these? it would be awesome.

  79. Stan Weightman
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    Tickets!

  80. e*star
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 12:37 pm | Permalink

    Thank you EVERYONE for entering!! Congratulations to @danillk!!