Utah Chef Wars

Robert Valaika of Shabu and Seth Adams of Riverhorse at the Association of Food Journalists' Taste of Park City.
Robert Valaika of Shabu and Seth Adams of Riverhorse will be part of a Chef Wars fundraiser.

Park City’s Riverhorse On Main is hosting a Chef Wars! benefit on May 4 to benefit Friends of Animals Utah.

From 4 to 7 p.m., three chefs will square off in a culinary battle: High West Distillery & Saloon chef Ash Chapman, Zoom executive chef Ernesto Rocha, and Shabu executive chef and owner Bob Valaika.

 

The winner of Chef Wars will be crowned by judges John Burdick, of KPCW’s “Fun Fridays;” man-about-town Dana Williams, and Deer Valley Resort executive chef Jodie Rogers.  KSL’s  Jen Hardman will emcee.

Tickets are $125 and include an open buffet, samples of the chefs’ competion dishes and two drink tickets. All proceeds will go toward Friends of Animals Utah, a “no-kill” animal rescue group that has saved more than 12,000 animals’ lives in the past 25 years.

“Hosting was a clear fit for us, obviously — Riverhorse, animal rescue, what could be better?” said Riverhorse co-owner and executive chef Seth Adams in a press release. “But we’re not doing this alone. Ash, Ernesto and Bob not only do they believe in this cause, but they’re three of the best chefs in town and they’re sure to put on a show.”

To purchase tickets, visit:   https://friendsofanimals.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/ChefWars2014/PurchaseTickets/tabid/531779/Default.aspx.