Paired LA – Get your Tickets!


I have already posted about the PAIRED® event that is coming to Downtown LA this October but the ticket pre-sale has just begun and I do not want you to miss out on this major “collaboration between award-winning chefs and small and independent craft brewers from around the country.”

Brewers Association executive chef Adam Dulye will be there, which is an educational treat in itself but you will get to meet the brewers and chefs from all over too. How about the 2018 James Beard Award winner Alex Seidel from Mercantile Dining and Provision in Denver. Let’s double that with the 2017 James Beard Award winner Kevin Nashan from Sidney Street Café in St. Louis. Chefs from Texas, Virginia, DC, Colorado, Tennessee, Wyoming and more will be bringing their regions cuisine to us.

L.A. is represented by Kyle Johnson from Bourbon Steak LA in Glendale, Bruce Kalman from Union and Michael Fiorelli from Love & Salt in Manhattan Beach.

Here are the details:

Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19, 2018 – 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. PDT

Los Angeles Center Studios – 1201 West 5th Street

General Admission tickets ($85) include:
· Entrance at 7:00 p.m. PDT
· Commemorative tasting glass
· Unlimited craft beer and small-plate pairings from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
· Event program with room for tasting notes

VIP Admission tickets (limited availability) ($200) include:
· Early entrance at 6:30 p.m. PDT
· Commemorative tasting glass
· Unlimited craft beer and small-plate pairings from 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
· Event program with room for tasting notes
· VIP lounge with seating overlooking the event area
· Special beer tastings
· Special Meet & Greet with brewers
· Exclusive credentials and gifts

Head to the Paired LA website for tickets.

Paired in LA

When it comes to pairing beer and food, the Brewers Association has an ace in the hole with Chef Adam Dulye.

And Los Angeles will benefit from his expertise and some mighty good beer when they finally West Coast their PAIRED® event on October 18 & 19, 2018.

“PAIRED is the ultimate collaboration between celebrated chefs and small and independent craft brewers from around the country.” The fact that you might find some great beer that you normally don’t see should excite you.

Here are more of the details: “A cadre of 42 small and independent craft brewers will be selected via lottery to participate and partner with 21 chefs to create two delectable dishes paired with two special beers.” Chefs will be coming from Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and Missouri.

PAIRED L.A. will take place at Los Angeles Center Studios. Tickets are $85 for general admission. A limited number of VIP tickets will be sold for each night for $200. The VIP experience includes early entrance, VIP Lounge (with seating) overlooking the event area, specialty beer tastings not found in the main event, meet & greets with brewers, exclusive credentials and gift, and more.

Enter the Beer Pantry


I usually look at the photos of cookbooks and not much else. But I have had the pleasure of being in the audience with Chef Adam Dulye on two separate occasions and learned a lot both times.

Which is why I will be actually looking deeper at the latest beer cookery book, The Beer Pantry which “is a primer on cooking that complements beer, teaching readers how to think like a chef when pairing their favorite craft brews with culinary ingredients.”