A Day with Rick Bayless

Wednesday, October 13, be among those to mingle with Rick Bayless in a day's worth of once-in-a-lifetime events!

Tickets on sale Here. (Private Lunch is SOLD OUT. Cooking Demo is SOLD OUT)

Award-winning chef-restaurateur, cookbook author, and television personality Rick Bayless will thrill book lovers and food lovers alike at Douglas County Libraries' 2010 Author Extravaganza! Bayless has done more than any other culinary star to introduce Americans to authentic Mexican cuisine and to change the image of Mexican food.

SOLD OUT Noon, The Old Blinking Light Restaurant, Highlands Ranch
Join Chef Bayless for a private lunch! Tickets for this intimate event are just $75.

SOLD OUT 3 p.m., Lone Tree Recreation Center
Chef Bayless will do an Exclusive Cooking Demonstration and Tasting. This chance-of-a-lifetime event is yours for $125.

6 p.m., The Wildlife Experience, Parker
Enjoy a wine and appetizer reception and opportunity to mingle with Chef Bayless. Your $60 ticket also entitles you to advance event book sales and preferred seating at Bayless' 7:30 p.m. presentation at no additional cost.

7:30 p.m., The Wildlife Experience, Parker
Chef Bayless' Keynote Presentation. Tickets are $30; doors open at 7 p.m.

Many people know Rick Bayless as the winner of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters. He beat out French and Italian chefs with his authentic Mexican cuisine. His highly rated on-going public television series, “Mexico—One Plate at a Time,” is in its seventh season and airs across the country.

Bayless is the author of several award-winning cookbooks including Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a World-Class Cuisine and Mexico–One Plate at a Time. His newest book, Fiesta at Rick's: Fabulous Food for Great Times with Friends, will be released in July.

In 2007, Bayless was named Humanitarian of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals for his Frontera Farmer Foundation, which helps small farmers make capital improvements to their operations.

All proceeds from the event go to Douglas County Libraries Foundation to support literacy activities. Many thanks to our sponsors, including our Title Sponsor, Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado. Best Sellers Club sponsors include Colorado Community Newspapers, Tattered Cover Bookstore, The Wildlife Experience and Colorado Litho, Inc. Food for the Rick Bayless Cooking Demonstration provided by Whole Foods Market.