Think You Know Troy? Vista TV Does.
Everything you wanted to know about Troy Atherton Guard — presented by Vista TV, Denver’s lifestyle television network.
Chef Troy Guard Cooking with Seasonal Pomegranates
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http://pdam.plumtv.com/public/marketing_player/18941
Win Dinner For Two from Pom Wonderful!
This week the folks over at POM WONDERFUL are highlighting Chef Troy Guard and TAG in their POM Chef Series Sweepstakes.
If you live in the Denver area, as most of you do, just fill out the form below for a chance to win dinner for two!
This sweepstakes ends on December 2, 2010 at 11:59pm PST.
TAG Snags Award for Innovative American Restaurant
Denver, Colorado – TAG Restaurant is pleased to announce that the Larimer Square dining destination is among the 88 restaurants and hospitality industry professionals to receive a 2010 Santé Restaurant Award.
Now in their thirteenth year, the Santé Awards were created to recognize excellence in restaurant food, wine, spirits, and service hospitality. The Santé Awards program is the only peer-judged national restaurant and hospitality competition in North America.
After an amazing first year in business, TAG received the award in the category of Culinary Innovation and is the only restaurant in Colorado to win a prestigious Santé Award. Chef/Owner Troy Guard, his wife Leigh Sullivan-Guard and the entire TAG team are exhilarated to be recognized by their peers and humbled to be considered one of the most innovative restaurants in the country.
For more information regarding the 2010 Santé Restaurant Award’s, visit the Santé website.
Denver Magazine names TAG one of Denver’s 100 Things to Taste
The editors of Denver Magazine have named TAG’s French Onion “Soup” Dumplings as one of Denver’s 100 Things to Taste. Read the whole article here.
Troy Guard to open TAG | RAW BAR Early 2011
“We’re in the very beginning stages of developing the menu concept, but there’s no hood and there’s no grease trap, so everything that we serve will be raw,” says Leigh Sullivan-Guard.
That’s the idea behind TAG | RAW BAR, a new restaurant from Leigh and her husband, Troy Guard, the chef/owner of TAG, the whimsical, globetrotting food temple at 1441 Larimer Street that the couple opened in 2009.
TAG | RAW BAR, which will be the first restaurant to inhabit the soon-be-be-renovated pedestrian walkway on the north side of Larimer Square, is scheduled to open in early 2011 in a former gift shop. The space, according to Leigh, is small, with room for 20 to 30 seats, which will be divided among a bar, counter and dining room. “It’s teeny-tiny, but it’s going to be a really swanky, cutesy, intimate restaurant with a sexy vibe,” she says. “I love the idea of this restaurant, because the size is manageable, we can share the staff from TAG, it’s familiar to us, and it gives Troy an opportunity to break out of his box and do something a little bit different with raw foods.”
Read the rest of the Westword article here.
Best Fusion Restaurant 2010 : Westword Magazine
Troy Guard’s TAG, which he launched last May in Larimer Square, swaggers one of Denver’s brashest border-crossing kitchens — a kitchen that slants toward the other F-word. So what? Guard is a master of multiculturalism, and his menu, which is full of playfully modern dishes that usually erupt into something wondrous, is smart, hip and approachable. He sets off his flash-seared hiramama with pricks of jalapeños and Pop Rocks in a basin of white soy and yuzu; creates his own interpretation of French onion soup, which results in irresistible “soup” dumplings that explode with juice; and plates his duo of meaty lamb chops, studded and glazed with all things Asian, in a pool of no fewer than four sauces. In the hands of a less confident chef, all this might spell disaster — but in Guard’s grasp, fusion turns out food that’s nothing short of miraculous.
#79 TAG University Cooking Class – Denver’s 90 Days of Summer
You’ve read the hype about TAG Restaurant in Larimer Square. The food, the drinks, the chef, the awards – it’s all true. And the best news yet is that they don’t want to keep secrets. They’re ready to share continental culinary techniques and modern cocktail artistry through a series of culinary classes hosted by the best in the business.
The lunch hour on September 16th will be the first in the series of culinary classes. The two-and-a-half hour class is lead by chef Troy Guard and cocktail master Brian Melton. Seats are extremely limited, give TAG a call to reserve your seat today at 303-996-9985. The next class is already scheduled for Saturday, December 18th. $55/seat.
Thanks to Vali Hooker and Denver Loft Homes.
CCAF on CH7: Chef Troy Guard
This video, part of a series of Cherry Creek Arts Festival interviews that aired on Denver Channel 7, features chef Troy Guard, who will be featured at the Culinary Demonstration Stage.
FIVE at Five @ James Beard House NY
When: Wed Sep 22, 2010
Where: Five @ James Beard House NY