Taste of Hubert Keller

Dennis, Chris and I went to Taste of St. Louis today. There was a Cardinals game and a Blues game, so we decided to take Metrolink in.

We had some great food, including a portabello sandwich from Triumph Grill and a great butternut squash soup from L'Ecole Culinaire. Chris ate some Blue Sky Ice Cream.

We watched a competition between Chef Josh Galliano from Monarch and Chef Peter Beberman from Jim Edmond's 15 Steakhouse.

Then Hubert Keller took the stage! He was as charming and funny in real life as he is on his PBS show. He made the baekeoffe recipe from Top Chef Masters. Then he gave the whole audience samples. It was really quite tasty. I met him a little while later, and he is very personable.

I think I'm in love. As a Frenchman and a West Coast resident, he has every opportunity to come to the midwest and act like a jackass. But he just isn't. Cool!