What do celebrity chefs, great food and fine wine have in common with automobiles?
A new luxury car and an invitation to attend an afternoon focused on food and wine-one can’t complain about this turn of events.
For this event, Buick teamed up with Chicago’s Kendall College, one of the leading culinary programs in the city. The full afternoon involved test drives of Buick’s luxury models along with cooking demos and a wine tasting class. Food demos featured culinary luminaries like Food & Wine’s Best New Chef Gale Gand, celebrity chef Michael Psilakis, and brilliant pastry chef Ben Roche. The wine portion of the event also featured one of the industry’s most entertaining and informative masters, Michael Green.
The 2013 Verano I drove for a week was sleek, attractive, and comfortable without being one of those overly-pretentious cars that makes you fear to park anywhere near another vehicle. The drive was smooth and the amenities (On Star navigation, Sirius XM radio, etc.) were a perfect touch to make me feel pampered and safe. I will definitely be looking into getting one of these cars myself, perhaps from this Kansas City Buick Dealer who also offer servicing and repairs. They don’t feel like their regal lowriders counterpart from history, but these are modern times now, cars are evolving and so should Buick.
So what’s the connection with food & wine? Simple: sophistication, comfort, style, and luxury – but without pretense.
I can’t wait for Crave Local to do more with Buick and share this great driving experience with our food and wine readers around the world. Can there be a better way to pamper yourselves?
All photos courtesy Donna Binbek, Donna Binbek Photography Studios