Save the date for our Northern Region FAM Tour!
May 7th and 8th -Lake George Region
Upstate NY Events has partnered with Fort William Henry Resort & Conference Center to showcase the Lake George Region and all it has to offer for meetings and events.
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We are currently seeking events, hospitality, and tourism businesses in the Albany area to host a half day seminar in cooperation with Upstate NY Events. Please contact nyevents@baringerevents.com for more information on how we promote your busines around the state through event hosting.
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See below for past Albany Regional Events.
Tosca Grille, Troy
September 10, 2007
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Networking,wine,beer,active food stations!
Members
$20/per person
Chef Larry Schepici was born and raised in Boston, Mass. His family was a hotbed of cuisine. His father was a professional chef, so Larry's earliest culinary curiosities were celebrated and encouraged. With over 25 years of culinary experience, he has showcased his talents and earned numerous awards. In addition to winning Gold, Silver, and Bronze, he has been voted Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation.
Larry's extensive experience includes the Four Star Restaurant Raffael's in Boston, along with The Hawk in Plymouth, VT where he earned the restaurant a Four Diamond Rating. He was also Chef/Proprietor at the Basin Restaurant in Killington, VT, where the press esteemed Larry's kitchen as "having the most innovative and skillfully prepared cuisine in the area".
His travels led him to Tavern at Sterup Square, located outside Troy, NY where he won several awards, including earning the prestigious DiRonA Award of excellence for 4 Consecutive years. Among the numerous awards Chef Larry has earned, he also represented and brought home a Bronze Medal for the United States at the Hotelympia 2000 Salon Culinaire "Master Chefs Grand Prix" The competition included countries such as France, Turkey, Ireland, Scotland, and Italy.
While executive chef of Sargo's at Saratoga National Golf Club, Larry earned A Best New Restaurant in Upstate New York Award by the NYS Restaurant Association, as well as the 2003 Award of excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine. In August of 2002 Sargo's was awarded a "Perfect Emphatic Four Star Rating" by Bill Dowd of the Times Union, making Sargo's the only restaurant at that time to have the four star rating. award.
Larry is also a member of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rotisseurs, and has developed a great passion for wine and loves pairing his innovative meals with tasteful spirits. He was given the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in March of 2004. In January of 2005, Chef Larry was invited to the Internationally Recognized James Beard House in New York City, where he performed culinary magic with a spectacular seven course wine dinner featuring foods from local farmers in each of his seven courses. In February of 2005, he was recipient of the Prestigious Four Diamond Award from AAA, making Sargo's one of the only restaurants in the Northeast to hold that status.
Late in the fall of 2006, Chef Larry's vision for his next venture, Tosca Grille, was getting its finishing touches. This exciting new chapter takes the Schepici promise one step closer to perfection. As a working chef, Larry is behind the stove Seven Days a week, "The key to his success" he states. Larry also oversees every detail of the restaurant and every guest experience at Tosca.
Continuing his never-ending quest for culinary excellence, Chef Larry is also Chef/Proprietor of the Illium Café, A European Style Café in Historic Downtown Troy.
Past Regional Events
ENERGIZED!
Join us for this networking and educational event.
Experienced and respected professionals in the events and hospitality
industry will discuss the path and passion that led them to success
in their professions. Our format will be informal and relaxed
with candid discussion, sure to benefit those in the industry!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(Networking 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Discussion 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. -7:00 p.m. networking)
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Our Host Venue
Birch Hill Catering
One Celebration Way
Schodack, NY 12033
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The fabulous Birch Hill Culinary Tram will treat you to a delectable selection of food and beverages while you mix and mingle.
Bistro table of cheeses, crackers, fresh baked breads, smoked meats, assorted chef specialties such as hummus, seared tuna and Thai noodles.
Butler style hors d’oeuvres to include coconut chicken bites, marinated beef tips w/ mushrooms, three cheese stuffed mushrooms, spicy shrimp Diablo en Croute, bacon wrapped sea scallops.
Gourmet soup station with chicken Thai soup and Birch Hill’s signature corn and potato chowder.
Pasta Sauté station with Birch Hill’s secret cheese sauce, pasta sauté w/ fresh vegetables, wine, and garlic.
Assortment of wines, beer and soda included.
Members
$20/per person
$10/per student Member
Nonmembers
$30/per person
Please RSVP to nyevents@baringerevents.com or 800.979.1879 to attend.
Checks payable to Upstate NY Events and credit cards are accepted at the door.
