Masters of Food & Wine Culinary Evening at Park Hyatt Washington

Park Hyatt Washington will host Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine, a seasonal culinary experience on Saturday, September 22, saluting the ingredients, flavors, and talents of local chefs, regional producers, and American winemakers. This special gastronomic Park Hyatt Masters event will present a fall mushroom dinner prepared by Executive Chef Sebastien Archambault & Chef de Cuisine John Melfi, highlighting the season’s best ingredients.

·      7:00 pm, Autumn Mushroom Chef’s Table Dinner

Join Executive Chef Sebastien Archambault & Chef de Cuisine John Melfi, along with Bryan Irwin, of the R.L. Irwin Mushroom Company, for a specially prepared Chef’s Table dinner featuring recently foraged chanterelle and field mushrooms at the peak of their season.  Located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the family owned Irwin Mushroom Company, has been shipping fresh mushrooms since 1946.

This five-course ‘Masters’ dinner, complemented with a selection of limited-production, specialty wines from Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley, California, will start with an assortment of American Cheese & Charcuterie, chosen by Park Hyatt Washington’s resident Cheese Specialist Lisa Hviding, followed by Mushroom Tart with Hazelnut Oil; Seared Sea Bass with Gold Chanterelles & Sunchokes; and Dry-Aged Rib-Eye with Sautéed Field Mushrooms, Potatoes, Garlic, and Black Truffle Sauce.  Rum Baba Cake with Fruit Minestrone and Housemade Crème Fraîche, served with Seasonal Ice Cream and Sorbet complete the dinner.