April 8: Food and Wine Wednesdays at KSKC in Partnership with Caviar & Bananas

- Cooking Demonstration with Wine Paring April 8-
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Each month, King Street Kitchen Company will hold cooking demonstrations featuring Charleston's finest culinary artists for Food and Wine Wednesdays. This month's event features Caviar & Bananas Gourmet Market and Cafe. Join us Wednesday, April 8, from six o'clock until seven thirty in the evening to indulge your senses with delectable treats from Caviar & Bananas Executive Chef Jason Ulak. You'll also take home recipes that you can easily do on your own in your own kitchen, and meet some great people along the way. Afterwards, head over to Lesesne for shopping and dessert with Champagne and sparkling wine!

Demonstration Details:

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  Date: Wednesday, April 8 from 6:00-7:30PM, Dessert at Lesesne from 7:30-8:00PM
• Cost: $15 per person, plus tax
  
• Space is limited, so buy your tickets today! Click here for easy, secure purchase online or call (843) 408-0543 to register.

About Caviar & Bananas:
From the ordinary to the extraordinary, Caviar & Bananas gourmet market and café offers an epicurian experience to excite the senses. With a sleek interior, the upscale specialty food destination brings a metropolitan shopping experience to downtown Charleston. Featuring gourmet prepared and made-to-order epicurean edibles including sandwiches, salads, sushi, artisanal cheeses, charcuterie, boutique wines, an espresso/tea bar and more!

About Chef Jason Ulak:
Chef Jason Ulak is currently the Executive Chef of Caviar & Bananas Charleston - a concept that brings together best of breed products in a gourmet market/ café setting. Ulak, who designed the prepared foods menu sought to make restaurant quality cuisine accessible to an everyday audience – letting Charlestonians serve gourmet meals in-home any night of the week. Combining the freshest local, regional, and global ingredients, Chef Ulak’s menu spans across countries while maintaining some of the lowcountry flair – making the ordinary extraordinary and capturing the attention of critics and diners alike.

Previous to his role at Caviar & Bananas, Ulak manned the kitchens of some of Charleston’s finest restaurants including Magnolias, SNOB, The Boathouse, and Long Point Grill. With the Mustard Seed Group, Jason served as Corporate Chef overseeing and designing the menus of all three concepts and six locations.

Before moving to Charleston, Jason served as sous chef in two of Atlanta’s premier restaurants, The Buckhead Diner and Pricci.

Ulak has appeared on the Food Network, cooked at the James Beard House, New York, New York, and was the recipient of the DiRoNA award for 1994, 1995 and 1996.

Jason holds a degree from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America – Hyde Park, New York - and is currently an instructor at the Culinary Institute of Charleston.

KSKC Collaborates with Herlong & Associates in the 2009 Symphony Designer Showhouse

King Street Kitchen Company is one of 23 area designers chosen to add modern comforts to one of the 2009 Symphony Designer Showhouses in historic downtown Charleston.  KSKC, in collaboration with the talented team at Herlong & Associates, designed and constructed the galley kitchen and the vanity in the bath, along with other design components of the main room. King Street Kitchen Company is located at 543 King Street in the Upper King Design District in historic downtown Charleston.

Take a step back in time to 1803 as you visit five historical houses enhanced with 21st Century comforts while preserving historical features that span more than 200 years.  Charleston Symphony Orchestra League’s Designer Showhouse, Maison du Pré, features an eco-friendly room, another with space-saving innovations, and two renovated piazzas.  Additionally, this year’s showhouse features a designer boutique offering everything from furniture and housewares to jewelry and clothing; Cafe Intermezzo, where guests can savor Lowcountry-inspired dishes with a French touch; daily musical entertainment throughout the property; and a drawing for a Lexus GS450n Hybrid sedan.

Daily, 10am-4pm, Sundays 1-4pm (closed Easter Sunday). $20; $15 advance. (843)723-0020.

Inaugural Event: Food & Wine Wednesdays at King Street Kitchen Company

Inaugural Event: Food & Wine Wednesdays at KSKC

- It's Not A Party Unless It's A Shindig! -

Well, that's what happened last Wednesday night at King Street Kitchen Company’s inaugural Food & Wine Wednesday Friend and Family gathering. One of our guests, Ms. June, commented that, "this has been so much fun…you've created a warm ambiance with old and new friends. This is what I consider the best example of what a kitchen should be.”


Last Wednesday night our front showroom was full of foodies who were in awe of Executive Chef Nico Romo of Fish Restaurant. He not only charmed the crowd and entertained us all, but also instructed us on each step of making his famous Shrimp Spring Rolls. As he described each of the ingredients needed to make this light Thai-infused recipe and the Asian Market where these ingredients are available, everyone listened in awe of Chef’s passionate description of each step of his recipe. As he artistically rolled fresh ingredients, guests leisurely sipped on several hand picked wines presented by Stephen Bates, owner of The British Wine Merchant here in Charleston.

Chef Nico then invited the friends of King Street Kitchen Company to participate by rolling their own spring rolls…and viola! EVERYONE was engaged. Another guest, Julie, commented that, "this is really a great time, delicious tastings, and I can't wait until ya'll do this again!"

Check out our blog, sign up for news and events on our home page, and stay tuned for details on our next "shindig". Please come and visit with us at 543 King Street and meet Charleston's Finest and Most Creative Kitchen Design Specialists–we help you design, construct, or even renovate your kitchen so that you can "Discover Your Inner Chef,” too!

Cooking Demonstration with Wine Pairing on Wednesday, March 11

King Street Kitchen Company

- Cooking Demonstration and Sampling with Wine Pairing Mar 11 -

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Each month, King Street Kitchen Company will hold cooking demonstrations featuring Charleston's finest culinary artists.  This month's special guest is Executive Chef Nico Romo from Fish Restaurant.  Join us next Wednesday, March 11 from 6:00-8:00 for a sampling of delicious food and wine, while taking away recipes that you can easily do on your own at home.

This month's menu includes Nico's famous Shrimp Spring Rolls with chopped bacon and Thai vinaigrette, paired with four wine options!  Mmmmmm!

Demonstration Details:

• Date: Wednesday, March 11 from 6:00-8:00PM
• Cost: $12 per person
• Space is limited, so buy your tickets today!  Click here for easy, secure purchase online.

About Executive Chef Nico Romo:

Lyon, France native Nico Romo was recruited by Patrick Properties owners and operators of Fish restaurant, The William Aiken House, Lowndes Grove and The American Theater, in May 2007. As Executive Chef of one of Charleston's finest hospitality companies, Romo takes pride in using seasonal local ingredients to create flavorful, innovative French-Asian inspired dishes. Menu highlights include roast pork dumplings with sweet soy, goat cheese spring rolls, vermillion snapper, bouillabaisse and slow-cooked palmetto bass.

After graduating at the age of 15 from Helene Boucher Culinary Art School in Venissieux, France, Romo honed his skills through internships for two renowned Relais & Chateaux properties, La Pyramide in Vienne, France, and Restaurant Pierre Orsi in Lyon. Romo moved to the US in 1999 to work as Sous Chef at Chez Philippe in the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN. Here Romo had the opportunity to attend and cook for two James Beard house dinners as well as manage the kitchen of the four-star, nationally acclaimed restaurant. Following his tenure at the Peabody Hotel, Romo worked at Cielo in Memphis, and was recruited soon after to work as Sous Chef at The Café at The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, GA. Romo went on to later become Executive Chef at The Café at East Andrews in Buckhead and The Milton House in Alpharetta, GA.

Most recently, Romo was recruited to open the third location of the B.E.D. restaurant concepts in downtown Atlanta. Located inside Atlanta’s first luxury, boutique hotel, The Glenn, B.E.D., which has sister properties in New York and Miami, is known to attract celebrities for its contemporary blend of décor, cuisine and style.