Summer Shade - Corks and Forks 2009

ON LINE TICKETS SALES Begin in July.  A limited number of tickets are available for purchase at the gate.   

Saturday, August 29 1:00-5:00 p.m. and Sunday, August 30 1:00-5:00 p.m.

The Grant Park Summer Shade Festival is proud to announce the return of Corks & Forks - a Fine Food & Wine Event to the line-up of offerings and activities for the 7th Annual Festival. Corks & Forks provides an opportunity to experience scrumptious dishes prepared by Atlanta's top chefs. Send your taste buds into a salivating frenzy. Saturday and Sunday will feature different chefs. Plus, taste some of the coolest wines and craft beers/ales to hit the Atlanta market in 2009. We will have sit-down workshops on tasting and selection as well.

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW - Advance Tickets $35 Each/$45 at the gate.  Saturday and Sunday tickets sold separately.

Our 2009 line-up of chefs/restaurants is still in development but here is a list of those who have committed as of June 1, 2009.   

• Babette's Cafe - Chef Marla Adams
• Bhojanic
• Cabot Creamery
• Canoe - Chef Carvel Grant Gould
• Dolce' - Chef Dom Deim
• Eno - Chef Eli Kirshtein
• Food 101 - Chef Ron Eyester
• Geisha House - Chef Kris Callaway  
  
• Graveyard Tavern
  
• JCT Kitchen - Chef Ford Fry
• Livingston Restaurant & Bar
• Murphy's - Chef Gregg McCarthy
• ONE midtown kitchen - Chef Tom Harvey
• PARISH Foods - Chef Timothy Magee
• Peasant Bistro - Russel Hayes
  
• Rathbun's - Chef Kevin Rathbun & Kirk Parks
  
• Redfish - A Creole Bistro - Chef Gregg Herndon
• Rise Sushi Lounge
• Six Feet Under Pub & Fish House - Nancy Mitchell 
• TAP - Chef Todd Ginsberg
• The Melting Pot
• The Shed at Glenwood - Chef Lance Gummere
• The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View - Chef Christian Messier 
• Trader Vic's
• Trois - Chef Jeremy Lieb 
• TWO urban licks - Chef Cameron Thompson 
  
• Woodfire Grill - Chef Kevin Gillespie
  

Our 2009 event is shaping up to be bigger and better, so put it on your calendar NOW! And get ready for a taste sensation in Grant Park.

Saturday and Sunday tickets sold separately. Different chefs each day.

Tickets Available On Line

Proceeds benefit the Grant Park Conservancy and its work to restore and care for Atlanta's oldest public park.