Saturday’s Portland Wine Week Fabulous Wine Brunch at Chaval sold out so quickly that they added this one on Sunday.
DETAILS: Join Chaval as they pour four Champagnes, including Krug Rosé (we repeat, including Krug rosé), for this annual not-to-be-missed Portland Wine Week brunch. This 4-course pairing menu will feature four incredible expressions of Champagne, each paired with a decadent course. The menu will be French-inspired, utilizing local and regional ingredients, caviar, and heritage meats. This is truly a fantastic event for a lover of fine bubbles and deliciousness. Tickets will not last long.
Other Featured Champagnes and Menu TBA
Seating will be indoors or on the private patio (weather permitting).
COST: $139 per person (plus tax and gratuity)
RESERVE: Email reservations@chavalmaine.com
LINKS: chavalmaine.com
Before Chef Damian Sansonetti was the acclaimed chef de cuisine at the uber-French Bar Boulud in New York, co-owner Damian Sansonetti grew up savoring his mother's and grandmother's cooking from handmade pasta to grilled fish to learning how to cure meat and make sausages with his grandfather. A career in food was practically his birthright. After graduating from the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, Sansonetti worked at Nantucket’s Brant Point Grill and Pittsburgh’s Steelhead Grill, moving to New York to open Heartbeat in the W Hotel. Sansonetti met Daniel Boulud while working at Shallots in Midtown and eventually took a position at Boulud’s DB Bistro Moderne. Sansonetti was a 2022 finalist for the James Beard Award, Best Chef Northeast.
Chef Ilma Lopez has worked in some of the most demanding and rewarding kitchens in the industry, such as DB Bistro, Corton, Tailor, El Bulli, Café Boulud, and Le Bernardin. When she left New York City to the quieter reaches of Maine, Lopez found a new terrain she couldn’t resist. Arriving with a mastery of colors, flavors, textures, and spices—and a seasoned ability to work under pressure—Lopez makes classic dishes her own, with attention to micro-detail and thoughtful twists. For her work, Lopez earned a 2014 StarChefs Coastal New England Rising Star Pastry Chef Award, Has been a multiple-time James Beard top-Chef finalist, and you may have seen her name in the September issue of Bon Appetit Magazine highlighting her incredible talents when naming Portland, Maine as their pick for Restaurant City of The Year. You can find her daily at their new bakeshop and luncheonette The Ugly Duckling.
Pictured: Champagnes poured at Chaval’s Portland Wine Week Fabulous Champagne Lunch in 2021. Stay tuned for what’s being poured at their equally Fabulous Champagne Brunch in 2023.
