DETAILS: Join the incredible team at Chaval for the indulgent and unmissable Fabulous Champagne Brunch, including Krug Rosé (we repeat, Krug rosé) and caviar! The four-course brunch menu will feature four incredible expressions of Champagne, each paired with a decadent, French-inspired dish. Chaval’s talented culinary team, helmed by acclaimed chefs Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez, will blow you away with a delicious menu utilizing local and regional ingredients, heritage meats, and caviar. This is truly a fantastic event for all lovers of fine bubbles and decadence. Tickets won’t last long.
Seating will be indoors or on the private patio if the weather permits.
FEATURED CHAMPANGES: Krug rosé! Other Featured Champagnes and Menu TBA
PRICE: $145 per person (plus tax and gratuity)
LINKS: Chaval
RESERVE: Email reservations@chavalmaine.com
Portland Wine Week is Presented by Wine Wise with Partner Sponsors Bangor Savings and Buoy Local.
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 previous Portland Wine Week Fabulous Champagne Lunch. Stay tuned for what’s being poured at their equally Fabulous Champagne Brunch in 2024.
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.
