Borgata plans tasting week and food festival

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa will present Savor Borgata Weekend on Friday, November 4th, and Saturday, November 5th, featuring a variety of events leading up to Savor The City, a unique food festival Saturday evening highlighting Borgata's celebrity roster of chefs. The weekend will welcome Iron Chef and The Chew co-host Michael Symon in his first events as a Borgata Chef/Partner, building anticipation for the spring 2017 debut of his signature Borgata restaurant.

Celebrating the culturally vibrant city of New York, Savor The City will offer more than 20 different stations from Borgata's star-studded culinary lineup, including Wolfgang Puck (Wolfgang Puck American Grille), Geoffrey Zakarian (The Water Club at Borgata), Michael Symon (2017 opening), Michael Schulson (Izakaya Modern Japanese Pub), Greg and Marc Sherry (Old Homestead Steak House), as well as Executive Chef Tom Biglan (Borgata), Executive Pastry Chef Thaddeus DuBois (Borgata Pastry), and Executive Restaurant Chef Michael Chiarlanza (Bobby Flay Steak.) Enjoying craft beers and a variety of wines, guests will join Savor The City at The Event Center on Saturday for a night that will include live music, festival entertainers, kitchen demonstrations and street performances, among other activities.

"This year, Savor Borgata Weekend will introduce a new member to Borgata's unprecedented and star-studded culinary lineup," said Becky Schultz, Vice President of Food & Beverage for Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. "Equally famous for his soulful cooking and joyful personality, Michael Symon is one of the country's most beloved chefs and we couldn't be more excited to debut his first Italian restaurant in Atlantic City next year. Borgata has been a fan of Symon since his guest-chef participation in Savor Borgata 2013, so to welcome him into the fold as a Chef/Partner three years later is very exciting!"

Borgata will present a program of signature events throughout the weekend that will celebrate the individual talent of each participating chef. On Friday, Savor Borgata Weekend will kick-off with three signature dinners designed to excite even the most experienced palettes. "The Best of Wolfgang Puck" will present an open-format dining reception to mix and mingle with the legendary chef while sampling several of his favorite recipes from around the globe. Across the hall, Borgata's newest Chef/Partner, Michael Symon, will host an exclusive "Debut Dinner" at 28 West where a select number of lucky guests will enjoy a menu sneak peak of his soon-to-debut Borgata signature restaurant, learning details behind the concept for the first time.

Old Homestead restaurateurs Greg and Marc Sherry will celebrate more than a century of steakhouse traditions by hosting a multi-course "Wine Dinner with Joseph Phelps Vineyards" and their award-winning Executive Chef, Romeo DiBona, while Borgata Executive Chef Tom Biglan showcases his talents during "Chef's Table at Borgata Buffet," featuring family-style favorites and signature cuts of meat. On the same evening, fans of The Water Club may choose between "Cocktails with Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian" in the hotel's Sunroom lounge, or "An Evening of Scotch and Pastry" with Executive Pastry Chef Thaddeus DuBois poolside at Immersion Spa, overlooking the city's famed Marina District.