Meet Some of the French Chefs Who Will Be at the Festival

Along with the New Orleans chefs who were introduced in last week's blog posting, a number of chefs from the Burgundy region will participate at the 4-14 Festival this year. Daniel Ginsberg's experience as the director of Cuisine Centrale de Dijon, which prepares 7,000 meals a day for Dijon's fifty-four school canteens, will be much appreciated at the 4-14 Festival, as festival organizer Alex Miles plans to prepare an amazing 20,000 dishes this year!

Stéphane Derbord, who operates the gastronomic Restaurant Stéphane Derbord in Dijon, will participate.

David Zuddas, whose restaurant DZ'envies lies next door to the Halles where the festival takes place, will serve up innovate dishes that associate the flavors of Maghreb and Japan with French culinary techniques.

And highly acclaimed gourmet chef William Frachot of the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge will contribute his culinary talents to the event.

This is only a partial list of the chefs who will be participating this year. For a complete list, follow this link.

See you at the festival!

Meet Some of the Louisiana Chefs Who Will Be at the Festival

Alex Miles recently flew to New Orleans to hold a press conference and to meet some of the chefs who will be serving up delicious food at the 4-14 Festival in Dijon. Pictured, from left to right, are Hosie Bourgeois, who combines classic French techniques with a love for Louisiana cuisine at the Beau Chêne Country Club in Mandeville; Alfred Singleton of Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse, serving prime beef, local seafood and innovative Creole dishes in New Orleans; Alex Miles, organizer of the 4-14 Festival; Donald Link of the Herbsaint and Cochon restaurants in New Orleans—in 2007 Chef Link was named Best Chef:South by the James Beard Foundation; unidentified member of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum; unidentified person from Herbsaint restaurant; and Dooky Chase IV, grandson of Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cooking at the Dooky Chase restaurant in New Orleans.

See you at the festival!