August 23rd, 2010 
For the 8th year in a row, the Summer Shade Festival is taking place in Grant Park, Atlanta, GA. This goes on in conjunction with the Corks and Forks Festival. The Corks and Forks Festival is an opportunity to meet some local Atlanta chefs and sample some of their food.
The idea of the festival is to encourage people to get out of the stale air-conditioning to enjoy the cooling shade of century old trees in Grant Park. The festival kicks off with the Adams Realtors 5k run at 8 AM. The Festival Artist Market opens at 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Live Entertainment revs up at 10:00 a.m. till 11:00 p.m. and a Children’s Fun Center opens at 12:00 noon.
Corks & Forks — A Fine Food and Wine Event is open both Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Atlanta’s top chefs will offer specialty items and you will be able to sample some great wines and ales that are offered at Atlanta restaurants. Corks & Forks is a ticketed event; tickets are $35 in advance/$45 at the gate — Saturday and Sunday tickets sold separately.
Some chefs that will be on hand are:
* Canoe – Chef Carvel Grant Gould
* Dogwood – Chef Shane Touhy
* Empire State South – Chef Hugh Acheson
* Goin’ Coastal
* Il Mulino – Chefs Fernando and Gino Masci
* Legal Sea Foods – Chef Chris Lee
* Livingston Restaurant & Bar- Chef Greg Menne
* Market – Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichtens
* Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails
* Murphy’s – Chef Gregg McCarthy
* ONE Midtown Kitchen – Chef Drew Van Leuvan
* Peasant Bistro – Russell Hayes
* Rathbun’s – Chef Kevin Rathbun & Kirk Parks
* Rosebud – Chef Ron Eyester
* Serpas Restaurant
* Six Feet Under Pub & Fish House – Nancy Mitchell
* Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar and View – Chef Christian Messier
* TAP – Chef Adrian Villarreal
* The Cake Hag
TWO urban licks – Chef Cameron Thompson
For more information and to buy tickets, click here.
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