Forno Bravo Expo 2010

[thezaman]

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i hope this as a annual event, i am sorry that i missed this one, won't miss the next!! post pics!!

[Les]

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Who else came that I have not mentioned?
James

There are a few that stood out from my perspective. Shaheen and Rick - a connection for goat cheese. Also, Teresa and Gary, they bought one of your new pre-cast ovens. On the next open, you need to let us in and view that process (unless it's top secret). I was very impressed on how little heat that was coming out of those things, after running for hours, and how thin they were - great job. Also, thank you for arranging this! We will return in a heartbeat next year.

Les...

[james]

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Dusty, Les, Exceloven, JohnnyFocaccia, Telehort, Ricklesss, Trockyh. Thanks for coming guys. Who else came that I have not mentioned?
James

[dusty]

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Dusty, hope you enjoy the sour dough starter.

Tom and Nena

Thanks again Tom. I'm sure I'll enjoy it just fine. If nothing else, it had gotten me jacked up to try baking bread again.
It was fun seeing you and meeting your wife - she's great.
And thanks for the link. That is where I will start.

dusty

[james]

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Hey folks,

What a blast! Thanks to everyone who came to FB Expo. We had a great time, and we got to meet a large number of FB oven owners and FB Forum members -- and the food was great. We had 140 attendees on Saturday and 50 on Sunday (despite the rain).

I will be posting photos a little later, and I will also be putting together a slideshow.

We want to give a big thanks to:

Scott at Bella Familia -- he brought his catering oven down and he made some incredible pizzas (yukon golds with gorgonzola; roast garlic with rosemary, etc., etc.)

Gabriel and Juan from Il Forniao -- they were great. They made roast, stuffed pork loin, shrimp and mozzarella bruschetta, mussels, bread, handmade canneloni, shrimp with pesto; all incredible. These guys can cook.

Jeanette and Mark from Orlando Foods/Caputo -- Jeanette is VPN trained and they were making incredible mozzarella di bufala pizzas and teaching dough handling. Watching Mark pump perfect pizzas out of the Primavera60 in Sunday was a great thing to see. He's a real professional, and he loved the little oven!

Antinio from Laudisio Ristorante. Antonio is a great guy and a great chef. He had the whole crowd listening to every word, and he made Paella Valenciana, roast chicken, frittatas and a lot more.

Joseph from the Fire Within. Joseph was keeping everybody's oven working and showing the catering ovens.

The crowd was great, and we had visitors from around the US, including Utah, Hawaii, Chicago, Iowa, Vancouver, Nevada and Oregon .

We also got the meet up with Rafael and the group at Forno Bravo UK, Antonio from Forno Bravo Australia, and Pierluigi (from Italy), our export sales manager.

Thanks again to everyone for helping make FB Expo 2010 a big success.
James

[trockyh]

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James,
Sorry I didn't get a chance talk with you, but we did talk with your wife, (Keri)? not sure of the spelling. Had a blast and spent way too much money, but we needed so much.
Went back today in the rain and the crowd was smaller, but just as friendly. We met so many (foodies) and tasted some great food.
Dusty, hope you enjoy the sour dough starter.

Tom and Nena

[Les]

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Agreed - it was a great time! My wife was fairly surprised at the close community we are - there was not one person you could turn to and not have a great conversation. It was fantastic to finally talk with the people that I have been emailing for much too long. Here are a few pic's, and sorry, lost the list of names.

1. A women that highly recommends FB products (bought flour, tomat's and oil)
2. The place to be - these guy's rocked! Had great food non stop. They apparently offer cooking classes at their restaurants so I put it on my bucket list.
3. One of their dishes (stuffed pork). I picked up the thermometer and it shot at 748 - he said it should be cooked at around 650. There was some oven sharing going on, but everyone pulled it off.
4. James taking a poll. It was agreed that this event needs to happen again and at a time it may be a little warmer (take note of our jackets).
5. Just to add to the last pic, we are starting up over the hill. Reno got 15 inches of snow today. It's snowing in Carson as I type.

When this is held again, I hope more can show up - turn it into your California vacation. That area has so much to offer.

Les...

[dusty]

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James,
Had a ball at the expo.
Thanks.

[james]

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Hey Jim,

Good luck that you are in the neighborhood. I think any time would be great to come by -- there will be demo's running all the time, along with raffles and hopefully some nice dry weather.

Come on by!
James

[jcg31]

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James,

I haven't been to the site in a while (because I am temporarily without an oven) so just saw this thread last night. Just moved to California from Wisconsin, so that is the good news. But this weekend is miserably tight. I was actually going to be in Monterey on Saturday but will only have a couple hours that I can pull away from the current plan to get to the session. So my question is this, I am most interested in seeing how folks are getting the best results from their ovens, base on your understanding of what is planned which two hours should should I pick in your 11-4 schedule?

Alternatively, you could move it to the following weekend. Davis would be better for me as well.

Thanks, and what a wonderful idea.

Jim

[trockyh]

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Leaving this morning for Monterey. Really looking forward to the expo, meeting everyone from the forum.
We will be taking in the Aquarium today, haven't been in years.
Have a safe trip,
See ya there,
Tom

[EADavis]

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So, anybody know the cheapest hotel nearby?
I'll be driving just under 2000 miles roundtrip, and I'll be needing a bargain!
Thanks, if anybody knows...

PS I did read all the posts! Just looking for something very reasonable. Don't care about amenities.
Sincerely,
RicklessssssS

Rick,
The CHEAPEST motels will probably be in Seaside (other than for the Embassy Suites). The cheapest motels THAT YOU MAY WANT TO STAY IN would be right off Hwy 1 in Marina. There is a Quality Inn, Motel 6, Holiday Inn, Best Western and Comfort Inn right at the Reservation Rd / Dunes Rd / Beach Rd exit. It is about 3 miles to the Marina Airport and FB. There is also a Ramada Inn right on Reservation Rd (the main drag in Marina) that is only a mile or 2 to FB. This time of year is not exactly beach weather, and the AT&T Pebble Beach was last week, so it should be no problems getting a room.

Have a safe drive,
Ed

[james]

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I just checked -- the weather has been upgraded to cloudy on Saturday and light showers on Sunday.
James

[james]

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Everybody has to will us some good weather. Besides, the weather forecasters are always wrong. :-)

I met with the head chefs at Il Fornaio in Carmel today, and we agreed that they were going to use their imaginations and do some cool things. They have a wood oven and do all sorts for fun things -- rolled and fast baked pasta, meats grilled on the oven floor, etc.

Here's to good weather (we have ordered canopies just in case).
James

[Les]

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James!! I just checked out the weather for this weekend. Looks like we need to bring the umbrellas we had to buy the last time we were there.

So much for sunny California.

I'm sure we are going to have a good time - looking forward to meeting you all.

Les...