James Beard House will host The Five -- and dinner prepared by ten Denver chefs

Lori Midson is off on a mouth-watering mission: She's winging her way to New York City, where she'll attend tonight's dinner at the James Beard House being prepared by the Five -- which now comprises ten local chefs. The Five concept got its start in 2008, when Leigh Sullivan decided...

By Patricia Calhoun

September 21, 2011

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Lori Midson is off on a mouth-watering mission: She's winging her way to New York City, where she'll attend tonight's dinner at the James Beard House being prepared by the Five -- which now comprises ten local chefs.

The Five concept got its start in 2008, when Leigh Sullivan decided to create the DenverFive, a crew of Colorado's most influential chefs who would help put our state's regional cuisine on the national culinary map.

Among the locals who'll be cooking Colorado-centric cuisine in the Big Apple tonight: Matt Selby of Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben's, Brandon Biederman of Steuben's, Tyler Wiard of the Cherry Creek Elway's, Jamey Fader of Lola and the Big Red F Group, Enrique Socarras of Cuba Cuba, Mark DeNittis of Il Mondo Vecchio, Bryan Dayton of Oak at Fourteenth, and Paul Reilly of Encore. (Definitely not included: Troy Guard of TAG, one of the founding Five chefs -- before he and Sullivan split.)

Midson will be tweeting the action, then dishing up a complete account upon her return.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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