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Vegetable Parmesan - Chef Giada De Laurentiis

Watermelon and Feta Salad  - Chef Michael Solomonov

A 2011 James Beard Foundation Award winner for “Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic” and a 2016 James Beard Foundation Award winner for “Best International Cookbook” and “Book of the Year” for his and business partner/co-author Steven Cook’s first cookbook, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking, Chef Michael Solomonov is the Executive Chef at Zahav, Philadelphia’s renowned modern Israeli restaurant. In addition to his duties at Zahav, which he co-owns, Chef Solomonov is a partner in Federal Donuts, a mostly take-out, donuts-and-fried-chicken shop serving exceptional coffee, cake, donuts and fried chicken. He is also a partner in Abe Fisher, which focuses on adventurous takes on old-world Jewish cuisine, as well as Dizengoff, an authentic, Israeli-style hummusiya. In 2016, Chef Solomonov was a finalist for “Outstanding Chef” at the James Beard Foundation Awards, and Abe Fisher was a semifinalist for “Best New Restaurant” in 2015. Chef Solomonov was also voted Eater’s “Chef of the Year” and was featured in Esquire’s September 2014 issue as one of “22 Men Redefining Style Across America.” Chef Solomonov has participated in Lemon: Chicago and annually in The Great Chefs Event in Philadelphia as a chef and has donated dinner as an auction item. He adds, “Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has a particularly huge impact because when you raise money for research, there’s something very tangible about the results. Particularly now that I have two young children of my own, it just becomes more real.”

Chef Giada De Laurentiis is the Emmy award-winning television personality of Food Network’s "Everyday Italian" and "Giada at Home," a judge on Food Network Star, a NBC "Today" correspondent, successful restaurateur with her debut restaurant GIADA in Las Vegas, and author of eight The New York Times bestselling cookbooks, including her most recent, Happy Cooking, a collection of Giada’s recipes and tips for leading a healthy and happy life, in addition to her latest children’s book series, Recipe for Adventure.