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Bike Riders
The Art of Travelling Wellsm
P.O. Box 130254
Boston, MA 02113
www.bikeriderstours.com
info@bikeriderstours.com
Contact: Lorenzo De Monaco
Director
1.800.473.7040
lorenzo@bikeriderstours.com |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
BIKE RIDERS' GUEST CHEF BRADFORD THOMPSON NAMED ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST NEW CHEFS BY FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE
(July 27, 2004) Boston, Mass. - Bike Riders, the only adventure travel company to offer the popular Guest Chef Series of distinctive bicycling vacations through Europe's celebrated food regions, announces that chef Bradford Thompson of Mary Elaine's in Scottsdale, Arizona, named one of America's 10 best new chefs by Food & Wine, is their featured Guest Chef in Provence this fall.
A veteran of such world-class restaurants as Daniel, Café Boulud and db bistro moderne in New York City, Bradford Thompson was selected by Food & Wine, "because he's in full control of every ingredient on his French-American menu...enhancing the simplest dishes with smart flourishes."
Thompson is the featured Guest Chef on Bike Riders' La Cuisine du Soleil, a bicycling trip with a culinary twist in Provence, France, September 20 - 27, 2004. The trip includes cooking lessons, vineyard tours, wine and salt tastings and superb dining in four - and five-star restaurants and hotels, including the renowned two-star Michelin restaurant Oustaù de Baumanière and Relais & Châteaux property Château de Rochegude. "Our Guest Chef Series is an ideal way to marry a love of biking with a love of good food," said Bike Riders' Director Lorenzo De Monaco. "In essence, the only requirement is a good appetite! Brad shares cooking tips, wine choices and little known ingredients to help our travelers enjoy the best Provence has to offer. But for Brad it's not just about the cuisine, as part of the fun is for him to be biking with us along Provence's beautiful trails."
Provence's La Cuisine du Soleil trip is Thompson's fifth Guest Chef appearance with Bike Riders. Brad Thompson was featured in previous Guest Chef trips, including the Cycling & Cucina in Umbria, Italy, Cucina Rustica in Sicily, Italy, Grands Crus & Great Chefs in Burgundy, France, as well as an earlier edition of La Cuisine du Soleil in Provence, France.
About Bike Riders
Since 1991 Boston-based Bike Riders has been offering small, elegant cycling trips to Maine, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, the Berkshires and Vermont, the Canadian Maritimes, Ireland, France, Italy and Spain. A Bike Riders trip features off-the-beaten track itineraries, world-class inns and celebrated restaurants, many of which are Bike Riders' exclusives. All trips are limited to a maximum of 16 travelers. Privately owned and operated by Eileen Holland and Lorenzo De Monaco, a husband-and-wife team who share a passion for travel and good food, as well as roots in many of regions they visit, Bike Riders "saturates [travelers] in the locale" and avoids the "generic tour" atmosphere of larger travel companies. Bike Riders has been recommended by such publications as Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Vogue, USA Today, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, Fodor's, Departures and Italia Magazine. Bike Riders also offers self-guided trips and private adventures. More information, including a day-by-day itinerary of La Cuisine du Soleil with Brad Thompson, can be found at www.bikeriderstours.com.
About Bradford Thompson, Guest Chef in Provence: La Cuisine du Soleil
Brad is currently the Chef de Cuisine of Mary Elaine's at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Bradford began his tenure at Mary Elaine's working with Alessandro Stratta. After two years as the Chef Tournant at Mary Elaine's, he became the Sous Chef working with Executive Chef and James Beard Award Winner Jim Cohen. Passionate about healthy eating, over the years he has worked with vegetarian, vegan, macrobiotic and low (or no) fat menus. He served as Sous Chef under 4-star Chef Daniel Boulud at Café Boulud in New York City. After joining Chef Boulud's team, Thompson was the Sous Chef at both Café Boulud and Danie. He also collaborated with Chef Boulud on many special projects, including Chef Boulud's cookbook and as Sous Chef on a 6 state tour for Mercedes Benz in conjunction with Chef Boulud's catering business, Feasts and Fêtes.
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Contact: Lorenzo De Monaco, Director,
Bike Riders 1.800.473.7040
lorenzo@bikeriderstours.com
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