The Inverness Hotel Serves up New Made to Order Cooking Series

Professional Chefs and Beverage Mixologists Share Kitchen Secrets in Private Sessions

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – May 12, 2008 – In a time when comfort foods, local produce and gourmet cooking have been elevated to a glorified status, The Inverness Hotel launches Culinary Creations, a multi-course cooking series that showcases the distinctive culinary talents of Executive Chef Anthony Sinese, Pastry Chef Ariel Pourrieux and Beverage Mixologist Noland Dunnan. This culinary package carves out three private sessions for local and visiting gourmands to work alongside each chef and learn coveted kitchen secrets to prepare, cook and serve their edible masterpiece. Culinary Creations includes a two-night stay in a deluxe hotel room for visiting epicureans, while local foodies can opt to book the instructions without accommodations. The series is available starting June 1 and will be offered upon request only.

Culinary Creations – A Distinctive Edible Series

The precision of cooking on a grand scale is legendary and restaurant chefs have devised many tricks of the trade that make it possible for every dish to meet expectations. From recipe creation, food selection and preparation, to task delegation, proper utensils and equipment and presentation, the secrets to this kitchen dance can be applied to any size cooking area and number of guests. Unlike typical cooking classes, Culinary Creations takes the caliber of instruction to new heights by offering one-on-one, private instruction with each chef in the hotel's professional grade kitchen. Guests can select to make whatever entrée or appetizer they wish to prepare, while the beverage and dessert course will feature a pre-selected medley of seasonal and regional favorites. For example, the beverage menu will include drinks like the Rocky Mountain Rum Runner, Dutch Blue Martini and Flying Dutchman. The dessert menu will feature items like crème brulee, wedding cake for beginners, cream puffs, éclairs, jam, jellies and dessert sauces.

Culinary Creations - Visiting Gourmand Package Details
• Two nights accommodations in a deluxe hotel room
• Prepare one entrée and one appetizer of choice per person with Executive Chef Sinese
• Two-hour private session with Pastry Chef Ariel Pourrieux to prepare two pastries of choice
• Two-hour private session with Noland Dunnan, hotel Mixologist, to learn the art of stirring up savory concoctions (wine pairing session also available for an additional $20 per couple)
• Dinner for two at Baca
• Complimentary 'Take Flight with Tony' wine, cheese and chocolate pairing for two
• Two souvenir chef aprons

Basic Starting Rate: $599 (based on double occupancy)
Promo Code: VisitingChef
Rules & Restrictions: A 30-day advance reservation/cooking class menu selection is required

Culinary Creations - Local Gourmand Package Details
• Prepare one entrée and one appetizer of choice per person with Executive Chef Sinese
• Two-hour private session with Pastry Chef Ariel Pourrieux to prepare two pastries of choice
• Two-hour private session with Noland Dunnan, hotel Mixologist, to learn the art of stirring up savory concoctions (wine pairing session also available for an additional $20 per couple)
• 'Take Flight with Tony' wine, cheese and chocolate pairing for two
• Two souvenir chef aprons

Basic Starting Rate: $260 (based on two guests)
Promo Code: LocalChef
Rules & Restrictions: A two-week advance reservation/cooking class menu selection is required

"In some ways, old is new in cooking, and home cooking sensibilities are being revived and embellished with regional or international nuances" said Sinese. "This series encourages cooks at all levels to incorporate flavors, ingredients and cooking methods garnered from their travels or local region to refresh and enhance their favorite dishes or new creations. By integrating a beverage and dessert element into this cooking series, we give guests the opportunity to transform a good meal into an indulging and complementary culinary experience."

With nearly 16 years of professional culinary experience, Executive Chef Sinese leads the ongoing development and execution of The Inverness Hotel’s restaurant transformation into a seasonal progressive American cuisine-dining destination. Focusing on fresh and indigenous ingredients, Sinese is integrating new culinary techniques to create simple yet flavorfully charged dishes that appease the palate and spark guest conversation. Sinese honed his craft under the direction of such noted chefs as Douglas Rodrigues, Matushiro Morimoto and David Wolf.

Pastry Chef Pourrieux has spent the last decade perfecting the indulgent art of fine pastries and artistic display. His confections have been distributed to popular restaurants and retail bakeries and have taken center stage at hotel lobbies, corporate banquets and public events. Chef Pourrieux is a skilled pastry craftsman with a masterful eye for detail that can transform a pastry from ordinary to extraordinary. Areas of specialty include wedding cakes, pastries, American and European tarts, croissants, mousse desserts and specialty cakes.

With more than 14 years of restaurant and hospitality experience, Noland Dunnan brings the perfect blend of experience, talent and personality that is synonymous with a 'great bartender.' Dunnan pours more than just a drink; his liquid knowledge gives patrons a new sense of appreciation for a good beer, mixed drink or perfectly aged wine. Whether it's shaken, stirred, blended or poured, Dunnan puts his skills to work to keep the drinks and the conversation flowing.

To book Culinary Creations, please call reservations at 800.832.9053. To learn more about the property, please visit www.InvernessHotel.com.

The Inverness Hotel & Conference Center
The Inverness Hotel is a full-service hotel and conference center situated in suburban Denver, Colo. that offers 302 recently renovated guestrooms and suites and a premiere medley of business and leisure amenities. Hotel guests enjoy convenient, on-property access to a new, full-service spa; an 18-hole Preston Maxwell designed golf course, five multi-cuisine restaurants and boutique shops. With 42 individual meeting rooms and a wide array of outdoor event venues encompassing more than 60,000 square-feet, The Inverness Hotel is a preferred property of choice for work, play or both.

Destination Hotels & Resorts
The Inverness Hotel is one of more than 30 independent, upscale and luxury hotels, resorts and golf clubs in the United States managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fifth largest independent hospitality management company in the country. The company, headquartered in suburban Denver, Colo., features a portfolio of more than 7,000 guest rooms, 10 golf courses and 12 full-service spas. Destination Hotels & Resorts properties are located in key metropolitan and resort markets including Washington, D.C., Houston, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Santa Fe, Aspen, Austin, Phoenix, Portland, Palm Springs, Maui and Lake Tahoe. For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.