America's Test Kitchen Announces Boston Eats, A Two-Day Festival Celebrating New England's Top Culinary Talent

BOSTON, May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, America's Test Kitchen announces America's Test Kitchen Boston EATS, a two-day festival celebrating New England's innovative and eclectic culinary talent. The event, taking place October 27 and October 28, 2017, will be centered at the company's new headquarters and studios in the Seaport's Innovation and Design Building, where an exciting roster of local chefs, producers, artisans, educators, and eaters will gather to participate in a delicious lineup of events, including tastings, cooking demonstrations, panels, and more. www.atkeats.com

"For more than two decades, America's Test Kitchen has been a trusted resource for the millions of home cooks who watch our television series, subscribe to our magazines, Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country, buy our books, and enroll in our online cooking school," said David Nussbaum, CEO of America's Test Kitchen. "We're thrilled to now welcome the Boston culinary community to our new headquarters. This is a city of incredible talent, teachers, and tastes and we have been proud to call it our home."

For the first time, America's Test Kitchen (ATK) will open its doors at its brand new state-of-the-art kitchen and studios and take visitors behind the scenes. The public will have the opportunity to meet and learn from the personalities of ATK, including co-hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison, and longtime cast member and Chief Creative Officer Jack Bishop. The ATK cast and crew will be joined by some of New England's most celebrated chefs. A full lineup of culinary talent will be announced at a later date.

The festival will feature three ticketed events, Taste of Innovation, Backstage ATK, and Boston EATS.

Taste of Innovation, taking place on Friday, October 27, 2017, will feature some of Boston's best chefs, paired up with ATK Test Cooks. Together they will prepare two unexpected and innovative recipes using the same local ingredient.

On Saturday, October 28, 2017, Backstage ATK, a VIP event featuring live and intimate cooking demonstrations with ATK chefs, will take place within ATK's new facilities, and offer VIP ticket buyers the opportunity to go behind the scenes of America's Test Kitchen.

Boston EATS, an all-day culinary event, will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2017, and include tastings from New England's top culinary talent, as well as cooking demonstrations, interactive panels, book signings, and more.

Boston EATS' lineup and event specifics will be released later this spring, tickets for all three events will go on sale this summer.

Boston EATS thus far has signed Jamestown, Holland America, Clarke, Woodford Reserve, and Citizens Bank as sponsors. A portion of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Future Chefs, a nonprofit organization that prepares urban youth for careers in the culinary arts; and Community Servings, a not-for-profit food and nutrition program providing services throughout Massachusetts to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses.

Boston EATS is being co-produced by Agency 21, a leading event company, specializing in Culinary Management and Sponsorship. Agency 21 currently works with over thirty large scale culinary events in seven states on an annual basis including Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival, Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Vegas Uncork'd, Dan's Taste of Summer, and now ATK Boston EATS. 

America's Test Kitchen will soon be headquartered at The Innovation and Design Building, owned and operated by Jamestown and located at 21 Dry Dock Avenue in Boston, MA 02210. 

Social media: Facebook (@BostonEATS), Instagram (@testkitcheneats) 

Press images can be found here.

About America's Test Kitchen:
America's Test Kitchen, filmed in a real working test kitchen just outside of Boston, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Fifty full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40—up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of 12 – 14 cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. The America's Test Kitchen television show was launched in 2001; and the company added a second television program Cook's Country in 2008. To learn more, visit www.americastestkitchen.com. Follow us on Facebook (@americastestkitchen), Twitter (@testkitchen), Instagram (@testkitchen). 

SOURCE America's Test Kitchen