San Angelo Chefs Featured at The Prickly Pear Food & Wine Festival Today

COLEMAN, TX — Treat yourself today by getting out and attending the Prickly Pear Food & Wine Festival in historic downtown Coleman. Two of San Angelo's finest restaurants will have the pleasure of showcasing what they do best. The Concho Pearl Icehouse and The Peasant Village Restaurant will be pairing with other local chefs and award-winning vineyards from the West Texas area to give you a unique experience.

Chef Jason has been running The Peasant Village Restaurant since April 5, 1995 and has been cooking professionally for 28 years. His specialty is international continental cuisine, so it’s a little bit of everything that you see from all over the world.

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Above: Chef Jason presenting his festival dish

"I'm definitely staying here permanently. I'm back from Australia and all my travels and I'm not going anywhere, I'm here to stay in San Angelo. This is my home." - Chef Jason, The Peasant Village Restaurant

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Above: Prickly Pear Festival Dish.

The Peasant Village will be flaunting their pan seared duck breast with a prickly pear jalapeño cranberry chutney which will be served with toast points. It will have notes of vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and red prickly juice. "I was honored to be asked to do it, and it's going to be a great event for all those who come and want to try something different and try different foods that are done with prickly pear." - Chef Jason, The Peasant Village Restaurant

The Concho Pearl has been getting state-wide recognition with their creativity in the kitchen lately. They expressed how excited they are to be invited back to the festival this year.

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Above: Ashley Young-Turner presenting the Concho Pearl's festival dish

"We really focus on Texas-centric flavors, that for us that has meant a lot of BBQ and smoke, and some of those homespun things like pickling. That's part of what we do here at the Pearl."  - Ashley Turner-Young of The Concho Pearl Icehouse

Last year The Concho Pearl featured a smoked pork tenderloin with a blackberry chutney and a whipped sweet potato, but this year they are going in a different direction. They will be presenting a savory pumpkin cheesecake with dandelion salad with orange pickled gourds, pumpkins, squashes, and cherries.

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Above: Concho Pearl's festival dish.

"It's a showcase for us who are off the beaten path, we're not like Dallas, Austin, or Houston, we are kind of out here like the Lone Rangers so it's a good way to showcase what West Texas has to offer." - Ashley Turner, The Concho Pearl Icehouse

The Prickly Pear Food & Wine Festival will feature local chefs pairing cactus inspired cuisines with award winning Texas wines. There will be over 40 food, beverage, and arts and crafts vendors at the festival; as well as an assortment of entertainment vendors. 

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The Prickly Pear Food & Wine Festival will be offering food and wine, arts and crafts, live music and entertainment, and a 5k run.  You don't want to miss this amazing event ! To learn more and to buy your tickets, visit our website: http://www.colemanpricklypear.com/ Email [email protected], or call 1-830-433-5225

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