Bourdain, Ripert to debate "Good vs Evil" at Kentucky Center

[Robin Garr]

News release. They're promoting this well in advance. I'm sure it will sell out fast, so I'd be lined up (at least digitally) to get tickets on Aug. 19, first day they go on sale.

CELEBRITY CHEFS ANTHONY BOURDAIN AND ERIC RIPERT TO DEBATE
CONTRASTING FOOD PHILOSOPHIES AT WHITNEY HALL APPEARANCE

WHO: Good vs. Evil: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert

WHEN: Saturday, February 18, at 8 p.m.

WHERE: Whitney Hall

HOW: Tickets are $125 for a VIP package, $50, $42 and $35, and go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 19, at 10 a.m. Call The Kentucky Center Box Office at 584-7777, toll free at (800) 775-7777 or (502) 562-0730 (TTY), or visit www.kentuckycenter.org. Please call (502) 562-0111 (V), (502) 562-0140 (TTY) or email access@kentuckycenter.org for information about the range of accessibility options we offer to enhance your performance experience. ASL is available but must be requested a minimum of two weeks prior to performance or the service will be cancelled.

SPONSOR: Media support provided by WFPL. Copies of Bourdain's new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, and Ripert's Avec Eric: A Culinary Journey with Eric Ripert along with other titles from their back catalogs will be available for purchase on site from Carmichael's Bookstores, the show's Official Bookstore Sponsor.

FACTS

Join Anthony Bourdain, chef, author of Medium Raw, and host of The Travel Channel’s No Reservations, and Eric Ripert, renowned chef of Le Bernardin, author, host of Avec Eric on PBS, and regular guest on Bravo’s Top Chef as they share stories and muse on the place of food in our personal, community and global life. It’s an evening of storytelling and observation providing frank and provocative insight into what really goes on behind kitchen doors.

Anthony Bourdain has been dubbed “the bad boy of cuisine” for his rock star look and blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs and cooking. Bourdain, the former executive chef at New York’s famed bistro Les Halles, is the author of the bestselling books Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly and, most recently, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. His show on The Travel Channel, No Reservations, has been nominated for an Emmy and is currently filming its seventh season.

Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin continues to receive universal critical acclaim for its food and service, and the Zagat Guide has recognized the restaurant as the “Best Food” in New York City for the last seven consecutive years. Ripert has also served as guest judge (and “fan favorite”) on Bravo’s Top Chef for the past four seasons. This past fall, Ripert published his fourth book entitled Avec Eric: A Culinary Journey with Eric Ripert, in addition to his previous titles On the Line, A Return to Cooking and the Le Bernardin Cookbook.

OOh Yea, I got tickets for my son to see them in Charlotte in Oct. !
Glad we get them too!

Is there a restaurant involved pre show for VIP or it is a reception after.. or did I miss that in your post?

[Robin Garr]

OOh Yea, I got tickets for my son to see them in Charlotte in Oct. !
Glad we get them too!

Is there a restaurant involved pre show for VIP or it is a reception after.. or did I miss that in your post?

At this point, all I've got is the news release, and it's here in full. Good questions, though!

I was planning to see him in Bloomington on 2/16, glad I don't have to make the drive now.

[Robin Garr]

Another PR agency enters the fray. I'll post this unedited and in full since there's some actual info amid the hype:

GOOD VS. EVIL: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert
LIVE AT WHITNEY HALL ON FEBRUARY 18

Two chefs. Two unlikely friends.
Two very different careers and philosophies sharing one stage.

(LOUISVILLE, KY) Good vs. Evil: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert, live at Whitney Hall on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Join Anthony Bourdain, chef, author of Medium Raw, and host of The Travel Channel’s No Reservations and Eric Ripert, renowned chef of Le Bernardin, author, host of Avec Eric on PBS, and regular guest on Bravo’s Top Chef as they share stories and muse on the place of food in our personal, community and global life. It’s an evening of storytelling and observation providing frank and provocative insight into what really goes on behind kitchen doors.

Anthony Bourdain has been dubbed “the bad boy of cuisine” for his rock star look and blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs, and cooking. Bourdain, the former executive chef at New York’s famed bistro Les Halles, is the author of the bestselling novels Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and most recently, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. His show on The Travel Channel, No Reservations, has been nominated for an Emmy and is currently filming its seventh season.

Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin continues to receive universal critical acclaim for its food and service, and the Zagat Guide has recognized the restaurant as the “Best Food” in New York City for the last seven consecutive years. Ripert has also served as guest judge (and “fan favorite”) on Bravo’s Top Chef for the past four seasons. This past fall, Ripert published his fourth book entitled Avec Eric: A Culinary Journey with Eric Ripert, in addition to his previous titles On the Line and A Return to Cooking and the Le Bernardin Cookbook.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on August 19 at 10 AM, with prices ranging from $35.00 - $125.00 for VIP packages. Tickets will be available online at KentuckyCenter.org, via phone at 800-775-7777, and at the Kentucky Center Box Office.

A limited number of VIP packages will be available, which include: premiere seating, a limited edition tour poster and VIP laminate, and exclusive access to a post-show meet and greet reception featuring complimentary hors d’oeuvres and photo opportunities with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert.

Copies of Bourdain’s new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, and Ripert’s Avec Eric: A Culinary Journey with Eric Ripert along with other titles from their back catalogs will be available for purchase on site from Carmichael's Bookstore, the show’s Official Bookstore Sponsor.

Recently finished Bourdain's "Medium Raw". He has a very interesting take on these "confrontational" shows he puts on with Mr. Ripert.