Chef Challenge 2011
- Over 3000 diners specifically ordered the featured Vegan Chef Challenge menus from participating restaurants during the month of October, 2011
- The event generated over 100,000 website hits and received 2,500 Facebook Page views per day during the peak promotional campaign in October, 2011.
Last year’s participating restaurants:
Tower Bridge Bistro
Capitol Garage
58 Degrees & Holding Co.
Michelangelo’s
Kru
Hot Italian
Café Capricho
Bombay Bar & Grill
Aioli Bodega Espanola
Sugar Plum Vegan Cafe
Publicity from last year’s Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge:
- KCRA – Cooking Vegan with Chef F.J Villalobos (10/26/2011)
- Sacramento & Company (10/21/2011) with Chef Clay Purcell
- Sacramento News & Review (09/29/2011)
- Sacramento Press (09/30/2011)
- Insight: Capitol Public Radio/ NPR interview (10/17/2011)
- SF Weekly
- The Sacramento Bee (10/12/2011) Food & Wine Feature (Chef Raphael Kendall)
- The State Hornet (11/02/2011)
- vegansaurus (10/03/2011)
- VegNews on-line magazine
Note: Sacramento’s Vegan Chef Challenge follows in the footsteps of Durham, NC’s “Bull City Vegan Challenge,” now in its 3rd year:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9520810/article-Vegans-hungry-for-menu-options?
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/10804626/article-Bull-City-Vegan-Challenge?
