The Chef Showcase will feature chefs from 6 of our area’s finest restaurants

12PM
Union Jack Pub
1820 Route 376,
Wappingers Falls
Established in April 2009, the Pub boasts a unique international menu with a strong British accent!
Located in the newly renovated Hackensack Plaza in Wappingers Falls, the Pub hosts an exciting Friday night Karaoke and Saturday night 80’s Dance Nite!
Chef Vincent Petrella and CIA-trained Jason Mohr are a great team joined by Jeanie Bean, which creates an exciting fare from within the kitchen walls.
Don’t miss Jeanie and the rest of the team cooking up traditional English fare.

1PM
River Station
One Water Street, Poughkeepsie
Sean T. McGuirk is the Executive chef of River Station Restaurant that overlooks the majestic Hudson River. Offering over 25 years in the restaurant industry, McGuirk is a very dedicated chef always concerned about customer satisfaction. His specialties are based around European & American cuisine, local products of the valley are always high on his list of ingredients to cook with.
Kevin Kihlmire is the owner of River Station Restaurant located at the foot of Main Street for 30 years. Kihlmire has 32 years chef/owner experience, and was born and raised right here in Poughkeepsie. His main goal is to help the recovery effort of the Poughkeepsie Waterfront to succeed so all in the Hudson valley will be able to enjoy the treasure that we have in our own backyard.

2PM
Mahoney’s
35 Main Street, Poughkeepsie
Justin Rodrigues has worked at Mahoney’s Irish Pub for the past five years. He was promoted to head chef in 2005. He has a kitchen staff of 12 people at Mahoney’s at Dooley Square in Poughkeepsie. He also oversees the kitchen staff at Mahoney’s on the Green in LaGrange with a kitchen staff of 6 people. Both kitchens together average 2,000 meals a
week. Justin is 30 years old and has been cooking for 12 years.

3PM
The Rhinecliff Hotel
4 Grinnell Street, Rhinecliff
Chef Peraza’s list of engagements include such high-profile positions as Chef de Cuisine at The Salish Lodge and Spa in Snoqualmie, Washington (listed in Conde Nast’s top 100 hotels in the world), Executive Chef of the exclusive Club at Mediterra in Naples, Florida, Sous Chef of the exclusive hotel, The Setai in Miami’s famous South Beach, and Chef de Cuisine at the Microsoft Conference Center is Redmond, Washington. During his tenure at Mediterra, the club was awarded the prestigious Platinum Club rating, listed in the top 100 premier private clubs in the country. Chef Peraza has often cooked for the Chaine de Rotisseurs and the Commanderie de Bourdeaux. Chef Rei Peraza applies his passion for seasonal, local and sustainable produce to the elegant European-style terrior-driven culinary manifesto of The Bar at The Rhinecliff.

4PM
Le Chambord
2737 Route 52, Hopewell Junction
When Chef Leonard (Lenny) Mott graduated from Hyde Park’s Culinary Institute in 1981, he chose to remain in the region when other students sought fame and fortune in Manhattan and beyond. It proved a wise move. Today’s Hudson Valley abounds with chic farms, vineyards and restaurants. And Chef Mott, celebrating 10 years with Le Chambord Inn, helped engineer this culinary transformation.
A Hudson Valley native, Mott grew up on the river’s western bank, not far from where French Huguenots planted America’s first vineyards. He brings to his repertoire an appreciation of local wines, plus a taste for great vintages, as evidenced in numerous wine pairing dinners which he has orchestrated with the spoils of innkeeper Roy Benich’s award-winning cellar. Whether featuring a Baron de Rothschild or a Millbrook Cabernet, chef Mott’s winemakers dinners, such as a recent dinner prepared with former White House chef, Pierre Chambrin, have won accolades from magazines, including The Wine Spectator and Country Inns.
With a style described as French Nouvelle, chef Mott counts among his fans corporate CEOs and Vintage Hudson Valley cooking class students. He is equally comfortable preparing a romantic dinner for two or a gala event, such as last year’s invitational dinner at the prestigious James Beard Foundation.

5PM
The Derby
96 Main Street, Poughkeepsie
Rob Reddish, chef for The Derby, is described by owner Jim Milano as “a superb cook across the board.”
Milano said, “ From appetizers, soups, entrees, all the way to dessert, his creations are just incredible.”
Reddish, a 2003 graduate of Johnson and Wales University, is 26 years-old and has 13 years of experience in the kitchen. Get ready to sample his seared sea scallops with a lemon champagne gastririque beginning at 5 p.m. See you there!