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Enjoy an incredible, private evening of exquisite wine and food in the comfort of your own home. You and 5 guests will be personally catered to with a gourmet dinner personally prepared by Bravo TV’’s Top Chef Masters Chef Neal Fraser, while indulging in a personally, customized wine tasting with Dana Farner, the “Indie-Rock Goddess Sommelier” as described in LA Weekly.
Dana will bring 4 exquisite bottles of wine, provide education and take you on a journey of the palate customized for you and your friends.
Chef Neal Fraser, owner of multiple restaurant concepts in Los Angeles, started his career in the kitchen at age 20, has worked in kitchens at Wolfgang Puck’s Eureka and Spago, Checkers Hotel under Thomas Keller, Joachim Splichal’s Pinot Bistro, Hans Rockenwagner’s Rox, and the highly revered Boxer. Currently, he and his business partner/wife Amy Knoll Fraser own and operate critically acclaimed Redbird; high-volume special events and performing arts venue Vibiana; fast-casual Fritzi Coop in the Farmer’s Market at the Grove.
Outside of the restaurants, Fraser has logged some hours on the small screen, most notably on Bravo TV’s ‘Top Chef Masters,’ Fox’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ and Food Network’s ‘Iron Chef America,’ on which he won his battle against chef Cat Cora. He also won his battles on Esquire TV’s ‘Knife Fight,’ and Food Network’s ‘Beat Bobby Flay.’
Dana Farner has been dubbed "the indie-rock goddess sommelier" by Jonathan Gold in LA Weekly, and "one of the best around" by Bon Appetit. She is Wine Advisor to private clients and was the opening Sommelier and Beverage Director of CUT by Wolfgang Puck.
Sommelier Dana Farner looks for wines that are unusual and represent different varietals. “I want people to taste something and understand that's what that wine is supposed to taste like,” she says. Farner knows the power of one good experience with wine. She has spent most of her life in restaurants, most recently at CUT in Beverly Hills, which she opened in 2006. Her wine career began in NYC as Sommelier at Blue Water Grill after her passion for blind tasting took hold. Dana holds the Advanced Level certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers.
All proceeds benefit The Unusual Suspects 11th Annual Gala.