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Thursday, April 26 (Restaurant Week Eve!), 5:30-8:30 p.m. Higher Ground Ballroom, 1214 Williston Road, S. Burlington, 802-652-0777. Tickets: $8 advance, $10 day of. Proceeds benefit Vermont Foodbank.
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Dessert comes first at this Restaurant Week-eve kick-off where 10 pastry chefs from every corner of the state compete and foodies feast.
Combined scores from celebrity judges — Ben & Jerry’s cofounder Jerry Greenfield, pastry chef/author Gesine Bullock-Prado and local drag queen legend Amber LeMay — and votes from you, decide the winner of Vermont Restaurant Week’s Signature Sweet.
Those vying for the top prize include:
- August First (Burlington) — Phil Merrick
- The Bearded Frog (Shelburne) — Jesse Lauer
- Chef Papi Gluten Free (Burlington) — Miguel Bernard-Rivera
- Cloudland Farm (North Pomfret) — Nick Mahood
- Connie’s Kitchen (Hardwick) — Terry Coolbeth
- Cosmic Bakery (St. Albans) — Mike McCarthy
- Cupps (Winooski) — Gretel-Ann Fischer (JUST ADDED!)
- The Nomadic Oven (Burlington) — Jen Smith (JUST ADDED!)
- The Pitcher Inn (Warren) — James Gioia
- Trapp Family Lodge (Stowe) — Robert Alger
While you taste and judge unlimited sweet treats and drinks at the bar, enjoy some latin jazz from Burlington’s psychotropical band Guagua.
This article appears in Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2012.
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