Love of Lavender

Cooking with Lavender with Chef Mary Bergin

Sat. June 23 and Sun. June 24, Sonoma Lavender Festival

Come meet Chef Mary Bergin as she demonstrates how to use the exquisite lavender herb in cooking.

EXPLORE! Lavender’s fresh flavor goes savory or sweet. Try lavender rubs on fish, chicken and meat. Or add a delicate flavor to crème brulee, ice cream and shortbread.

LEARN! How easy it is to add the exotic taste of lavender to your cooking for rave reviews. Recipe handouts at demo!

TASTE! Chef Mary Bergin will prepare and serve tastes of lavender delicacies to try at home. Mary’s own lavender culinary products will be available for purchase.

Meet Chef Mary Bergin at Sonoma Lavender Festival June 23 and 24

Mary's star studded career began with Wolfgang Puck in 1982 at the original Spago Restaurant. Her innovative creations have been praised by customers, Hollywood stars, food magazines and fellow chefs. The James Beard Foundation invited Mary to create her imaginative cuisine for 1,500 guests at the Annual James Beard Foundation Awards honoring Julia Child. Mary was a frequent guest chef on Julia Child's Baking with Julia PBS television series and a contributor to the cookbook, Baking with Julia.

Mary has written two cookbooks with Judy Gethers, Spago Desserts and Spago Chocolate. Spago Chocolate was chosen "Best Cookbook of the Year." Her recipes are featured in Bon Appetit, Cook's Illustrated Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, TV Guide's Celebrity Dish, The New York Times, Chef Magazine, to name a few. She has been a guest on Good Morning America, Television Food Network, In Food Today and a host of other acclaimed television shows. Mary has prepared food for two presidents.

Chef Mary Bergin’s business includes Cooking Lesson Parties and Private Chef Lessons.For more information about Chef Mary’s Cooking Lessons, http://www.chefmarybergin.com/lessons.html

For more about Sonoma Lavender Festival, http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html