Right before the SF Chefs weekend started at the Grand Tasting Tent on Union Square,a lavish preview of the upcoming festivities unfolded on the Imperial Floor ofthe iconic Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle’s 49 SquareMiles Food Tour introduced the amazing diversity of gourmetneighborhoods found in each square mile of the City by the Bay. The party ticketholders were treated to handcrafted cocktails from the Campari Americaportfolio, wines from California vineyards, and beer from local microbreweries.Golden Gate 75 cocktail,created by Camper English, resembled the “international orange” color ofthe world-famous bridge, and consisted of Campari, California sparkling wine,blood orange juice, and simple syrup. Desperadococktail from Dosa restaurant was made with tequila Espolon, chai tea,Maraschino, ginger, lemon, and golden ale. Food choices reflected the naturalbounty of the Bay Area and Northern California.
Presidio Social Club (ChefsJay Abrams and Rene Cruz) presented alderwood smoked clams in BloodyCeasar with tomatoes, tequila, and pickled Jimmy Nardello peppers; tea smoked troutgougeres with crème fraiche, and lemon meringue cake squares. 
Pier 23 Café (Chef Matt Garcia) served scallopceviche with guacamole, grilled yellow corn, red onions, and poblano peppers. Bar Crudo had fresh butterfish topped with prosciuttoand hardboiled egg, and marinated mussels. 
From Sutro’s restaurant at the Cliff House camegrilled local sea bass with apple kimchi, green onion crema, and chicharones. 
Alioto’s came up with the original seafood sausagemade of prawns, Bay shrimp, scallops, tomato and basil in pork casing and whitewine, lemon, and butter sauce. Other participants, like Yank Sing, Coco 500, Center forUrban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), Ristobar, ArizmendiBakery, Yvonne's Southern Sweets, etc. were dishing out their dumplings, duckliver pate, soup, meatballs, and cookies to everyone’s delight. 
The evening concluded with the pastry chefs’ competitionjudged by the party attendees. Several prominent San Francisco chefs wereassigned to express their feelings about their beloved city in cake. 
The winning cake baker, Gary Rulli of EmporioRulli and Ristobar, created a three-dimensional image of the GoldenGate Bridge surrounded by abstracted lotus petals, and was awarded a basket of chocolatesfrom Guittard Chocolate Company.
Runners-up were Foreign Cinema (Nicole Hayes),reflecting the neighborhoods of San Francisco on the round multi-tiered cake, theFifth Floor Restaurant (Francis Ang) presenting everything thecity is proud of on a square multicolored construction, and gorgeous andtasteful creations from Baker and Banker (Lori Baker and Daniel Saravia), and Perbacco (Laura Cronin). 
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