Sweet Sundays Review - 10/16

[crazy4wdw]

This was my first time at a F & W Festival Event and I really enjoyed sweet sundays. When I booked the event, Jean Claude Perrenou, a pastry chef at the Waldorf Astoria was scheduled. When we arrived at the Odyssey, we were told that there had been a change and that Andrew Shotts was now the scheduled chef. There were several people at my table that were quite upset about this change. Evidently, Perrenou is a famous chocolate pastry chef and these guests had scheduled their vacation just to see him. Once of the F & W event coordinators apologized to them and said they had attempted to notify everyone by phone of the change. No one at our table had received a phone call.

The event started with a breakfast buffet. Eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, orange juice, and coffee were offered. When we returned to our table, a glass of Proseco Spumante and ice water were waiting for us. It was a tad bit strange drinking wine at 10:00 am! As Shotts began to prepare the first dessert, different chocolate confections were passed around each table. There was one called "apple crumble" which was out of this world!

The first dessert was called "Pithivier", a pastry filled with almond cream and served with caramel ice cream. Excellent!

The second dessert was a pistachio cake filled with caramel sause and topped with bananas sauteed in dark rum. Also, very good.

The third dessert was called "Marquise au Chocolat", a small chocolate cake filled with a bittersweet chocolate filling. This dessert was much too rich for me and most of the other people at the table agreed.

Throughout the event, they kept filling your glass with Asti Spumante. Everyone was provided with recipes for each dessert.

The only negative comment I have about the event is that it was very difficult to see the chef preparing the desserts. The were two monitors on each side of the kitchen but the video images were very grainy and difficult to see.

If anyone has any questions, let me know.

 

[pennyplanner]

Wow crazy4wdw!

That sounds like a really wonderful program. If you love the Food Channel like I do, it all sounds divine!

And as far as drinking a bit of bubbly at 10 a.m., it's the cocktail hour somewhere in the world!

Thanks for posting!

--penny

 

[Kaycee]

Thanks for the excellent review. I would love to attend this event some day.

 

[Minniespal]

Enjoyed reading your review ~ Thanx for posting.

 

[Mister Disney]

OK.....so were we all sitting at the same table?!?!?!

Did you sit with the 2 strange men with the nose rings?

I was there too and one of the people upset at the change, and the fact that no one at our table got a call.

Interestingly enough...the person in charge of "Sweet Sunday" said that Chef Perrenou had a family emergency and canceled only a couple of days before and that Chef Shotts had graciously aggreed to fill in for Perrenou becuase he was there for the PftS the night before.

Well, a little fact that might have been missed...during the session Chef Shotts said that he had sent in his "recipes" 3 weeks before?!?!? Seems to me that Shotts ad planned to be there all along.

As it turned out we did enjoy Chef Shotts and will plan to use some of his recipes. I must agree that the "viewing" was less than anticipated, but overall a nice morning.

We loved the first dessert "Pithivier", and I am defintiely planning on making this!

The pistachio cake I thought was a bit too "heavy".

The third dessert I must agree was just TOO RICH for such an early morning!

 

[scanne]

Well, you have convinced me to book the Sweet Sunday next year for me and DH. My parents will be along so they can watch the kids - maybe I'll book them at the Garden Grill while we're at the special event.

It sounds like it's just up my alley!

Thanks for the review!