LASplash.com: Los Angeles Events Red Hot @ Red Seven Review - Wolfgang Puck Paints the Town Red! By Judith Orr Red Seven Fruits. Baby Potatoes and Vegies to Dip into Different Flavor of Salt For the second year Wolfgang Puck’s Red Seven Restaurant hosted RED HOT @ RED SEVEN located at the Pacific Design Center on September 26, 2008.  The event was to celebrate the 26th Anniversary of the American Wine & Food Festival, which took place at Universal Studios Backlot on September 27, 2006. Guests Enjoy Tastes of Olive Oils and Baby Potatoes and Fruits Dipped in Flavored Salts Barbara Lazaroff Chef Marcel Vigneron, Finalist of TV Show, Top Chef The American Wine & Food Festival is put on every year by Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff, to raise money for Meals on Wheels. Since its inception in 1982, the Puck-Lazaroff Charitable Foundation has supported the American Wine & Food Festival, raising more than $14 million for the Los Angeles Chapter of Meals On Wheels. This organization serves thousands of meals each day to Los Angeles’ homebound, senior and disabled citizens. Chef Govind Armstrong Puts Together Baby Kobe Cheese Burgers Govind Armstrong's Cookbook "Small Bites, Big Nights" The Crowd Enjoys Great Music The star of the evening was beef, beef, and more beef, paired with tastings of delicious wines.   Nice Red Wines Will Deihl Offers Me a Taste of Mondavi Wine The lineup of restaurants included: RED SEVEN      Chef Yoshinori Kojima CRAFT LA      Chef Matt Accarrino CUT and sidebar Beverly Hill      Chef Ari Rosenson     CUT and sidebar Las Vegas     Chef Matt Hurley LAWRY'S The Prime Rib     Chef Walter Eckstein MONTAGE Beverly Hills     Chef John Cuevas 8 oz BURGER BAR     Chef Govind Armstrong LA BREA BAKERY     Baker Nancy Silverton The Chef's Joking Around La Brea Bakery Served Chef Mario Batali's Homemade Salamis Attendees could meet all of the Celebrity Chefs from these magnificent restaurants at Wolfgang Puck’s RED SEVEN as everyone was enjoying the evening with fine wines and spirits, music and spectacular beef prepared in different ways by these amazing chefs, Enjoying Delicious Treats Beautiful Platters of Yummy Red Seven Appetizers Red Seven makes the most luscious food. I’ve attended some great events there and always enjoyed great food, still for some reason I haven’t gone there for a regular dinner.  I am definitely making it a priority dinner destination from now on after being reminded just how much I love the food there.  My favorite dish of everything I tasted the entire evening was from Red Seven and it was the Fried Oysters with some kind of incredible sauce and served in a shell.  It was just so perfectly crispy in just the right places.  The oysters were large too, and even though I didn’t want to get too full on one food item with all the yummy things to taste, I ended up eating 5 of them. Yes I know, how could I?…. but I did it anyway, and I can’t wait to go back to Red Seven to eat them again.  I honestly can say I’ve never tasted anything quite like them. The Chef's Joking Around A Handsome Man Offering Tasty Foods---What Could be Better? Red Seven passed around a wonderful array of tasty tidbits, but my vote for second favorite of the night would have to go to Matt Accarrino of Craft, in Los Angeles with his Grilled Skirt Steak with Spiced Flatbread.  It was just delicious with the most perfect marinade.  The Famous Chef Tom Colicchio, who is well known as the affable Main Judge on the hit television show “Top Chef”, owns craft. Chef Tom Colicchio's Cookbook "Craft Of Cooking" Generous Sponsors Audi Displays It's Cars Another part of the event was the fabulous silent auction where you could purchase luxury trips and gourmet dinners, as well as many other wonderful items. Luxurious Silent Auction All Photos © Judith Orr or Lawrence Davis For information go to: http://www.awff.org/redhot.html Check out my article on The 26th Annual American Wine and Food Festival here Published Oct 3, 2008 © Copyright 2003-2004 by LA Splash.com