UCSB Arts & Lectures will present the Santa Barbara debut of Top Chef’s influential head judge and James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio in An Evening with Tom Colicchio at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 at UCSB Campbell Hall.
Tickets are $35 to $50 for the general public and $20 for UCSB students with a current student ID. For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at 805.893.3535 or click here to purchase online.
Purchase tickets early! Colicchio’s Top Chef co-stars Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert sold out the Arlington Theatre last spring.
Before the talk, local gourmet food trucks — The Burger Bus, O Street Truck and Sweet Arleen’s (a gourmet cupcake truck from Westlake Village and two-time champion of the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars) — will offer up delectable dishes beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the drop-off loop near Campbell Hall.
Also make sure to be around for the S.B. Sandwich Showdown. Watch two pro sandwich slingers (Three Pickles and the Savoy Cafe & Deli) and one amateur/home cook face off in a sandwich-making competition inspired by Top Chef and Colicchio from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at Whole Foods Market, 3761 State St. in Santa Barbara. The winner will receive a $250 Whole Foods shopping spree and other prizes. Co-sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures, Whole Foods Market and the Santa Barbara Independent.
Admission to the S.B. Sandwich Showdown and Food Truck Feast are free. (Food purchases are separate.)
— Karna Hughes is a senior writer/publicist for UCSB Arts & Lectures.
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