Michael Solomonov: Virtual Chanukah Cooking Demonstration

James Beard Foundation Award-winning Chef

Please join the Bay Area and other Federation communities for an evening with Michael Solomonov, executive chef and co-owner of Zahav in Philadelphia. Michael will share some of his favorite Chanukah recipes during a virtual cooking event.

Learn to cook something new! 

  • Fun for both novices and experienced cooks who enjoy Jewish food and culture.
  • Menu: Apple Shrub, Abe Fisher’s Potato Latkes, Roman Artichokes with Arugula and Olive Oil Poached Salmon and, Sfenj with Cinnamon and Sugar
  • Event link and password, recipes, and ingredient list will be sent before the event.

Interests: Arts & Culture, Classes, Holidays, Israel, Virtual, Young Adults
Date: 
December 02, 2020
TIME: 
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Location: 
Virtual
Cost: 
Free

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Organized By: 
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Co-organizers: 
Presented in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and additional Federation partners throughout North America.
Event Contact Person: 
Events
415.512.6290
events@sfjcf.org
Speakers: 
Michael Solomonov
Chef Michael Solomonov was born in G'nei Yehuda, Israel and raised in Pittsburgh. At the age of 18, he returned to Israel with no Hebrew language skills, taking the only job he could get – working in a bakery – and his culinary career was born.

Solomonov is the 2011 James Beard Award winner for "Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic," a 2016 James Beard Award winner for "International Cooking" and "Book of the Year," along with business partner, Steve Cook for Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking, 2017 James Beard Award winner for "Outstanding Chef", and 2019's James Beard Award winner, alongside Cook and the team at Zahav, for "Outstanding Restaurant".

Chef is a beloved champion of Israel's extraordinarily diverse and vibrant culinary landscape. Along with Zahav, Solomonov and Cook’s village of restaurants are Federal Donuts, Dizengoff, Abe Fisher, and Goldie. In July of 2019, Solomonov brought another major slice of Israeli food culture to Philadelphia with K'Far, an Israeli bakery & café. In November of 2019, Solomonov opened Merkaz, an Israeli pita sandwich shop, and in February of 2020 opened Laser Wolf, an Israeli skewer house.

Today, he can most often be found covered in flour, working the bread station at Zahav's open kitchen.