Chef Events: Charities, Classes & Demos
Chef Gorji participates in various events throughout the year, from cooking classes, demonstrations, wine dinners, charity events such as Symphony of Chefs and My Possibilities, Chefs for Farmers to others like Travel and Adventure Show, Cooper Nutrition Clinic, Jimmy’s Food Store and partnering with Whole Foods to name a few.
Wine Tasting & Pizza at Gorji New Mediterranean Cuisine, Dallas, TX
Gourmet Pizza and Texas Wine Tasting at Gorji Restaurant
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
6:00 p.m.
Enjoy 3 different crispy skillet pizzas with Texas grown Mediterranean grapes that have won double gold, gold and bronze in the Houston International Wine Competition 2019.
Proud to present Reddy Vineyard Wines,
a pioneer in the Texas Wine Industry for more than 20 years.
Eric Sigmund, their sommelier will be presenting and answering your questions.
Reservations & Pre-Payment Required
Seating is limited, call to reserve
972-503-7080
“Texas Wine ...
Fox 4 Good Day Features Chef Gorji
Fox 4 Good Day Show Presents Gorji's Pan Fried Gnocchi and Texas Chili
Chef Gorji demonstrates his Pan Fried Gnocchi and Texas chili on Fox 4 Good Day morning show. The has been featured as an appetizer on the Gorji restaurant menu. At the restaurant Chef makes the Texas chili recipe with his Gorji Gourmet Pomodoro Sauce.
Skillet Pizza Class with Chef Gorji & Whole Foods
Gorji's Skillet Pizza Class at Whole Foods Dallas
Skillet pizza classes by Chef Gorji at Whole Foods were held two times in 2019. At Highland Park store in June and at Plano in October. Over the years Gorji has done these skillet pizza classes at other stores as well as partnering with Whole Foods in other events. He represented them at Chefs for Farmers and The Hendricks Foundation's Taste of Elegance.
Award-winning Chef Gorji began bottling his gourmet sauces in 2007, in response to demand from customers at his local restaurant. Diners often described them as ...
Christmas Dinner Dec 24 & 25, 2019 – Fully Booked
Christmas Dinner
Dec 24 & 25, 2019
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Three Course Dinner
CHOICE OF SALAD
Fresh Berries & Mixed Greens
with Pomegranate Vinaigrette & Roasted Pistachios
OR
Caesar
Made Traditionally with Fresh Egg Yolk
ENTREE
Turkey Breast OR Prime Bone-In Pork Chop
with Pomegranate Citrus Sauce, Pistachio Fig Dressing,
Mashed Potatoes & Grilled Vegetables
VEGETARIAN OPTION
3 Cheese Spinach Lasagna with grilled vegetables
CHOICE OF DESSERT
Kefir Cheese Butterfly
Jordan Valley Medjool Date and Pomegranate Reduction
OR
Flo...
Wine Dinners at Gorji Restaurant
Chef Gorji Wine Dinners
Wine dinners hosted by Chef Gorji at his namesake restaurant in Dallas, TX feature multi course dinners paired with domestic and international wines. They often feature winemakers, owners, sommeliers or representatives from the featured wineries.
Gorji Wine Dinner Features Lebanon’s Oldest and Largest Winery
D Magazine Article"...Gorji’s tiny restaurant in North Dallas, Gorji has always been a treasure... Later this month, Gorji’s fall cooking class and wine dinner will feature another treasure: Lebanese winemaker ...
Cooking Technique Classes Followed By Three Course Dinners
Gorji Techniques Cooking Class
Cooking Classes Feature Techniques and Dinner Paired With Wine
Chef Gorji's cooking classes featuring cooking techniques are followed by three course dinners paired with wine at Gorji Restaurant. Held every three or four months, these in-demand events are usually filled up in the first few days after announcing the date. He keeps these classes small because of limited space in Gorji's kitchen. They are offered about four times a year and the spots always fill quickly.
New Mediterranean Cuisine Tips & Techniques at Gorji cooking ...
Symphony of Chefs Kidlinks Benefit 2019 • Gorji Honorary Chef Chair
Chef Gorji, Honorary Chef Chair - 9th Annual Symphony of Chefs benefitting KidLinks 2019
The 9th Annual Symphony of Chefs will be held on Monday, February 25, 2019 at Sixty Five Hundred benefiting KidLinks. Led by Honorary Chef Chair, Gorji of GorjiRestaurant, 25+ of the city’s top chefs will be a part of this culinary evening. See participating chefs here at Park Cities People.
Beginning with a hors d’oeuvres reception followed by a seated 4-course dinner prepared table-side by Featured Dinner Chefs and concluding with a decadent dessert ...
Cooking With My Possibilities
"Partnered with Whole Foods last week at My Possibilities cooking with HIPsters (Hugely Important People!) in their catering company they run. They cater from small meetings to large weddings. Good meatballs they made!" Plano Magazine made it possible and took the photos.
My Possibilities is the first full day, full year continuing education program in North Texas aimed to give adults with cognitive disabilities the chance at a higher education that helps them discover their purpose.
In addition to the catering company they also have an art store 100% run ...
Taste of Elegance Benefits Hendricks Foundation
April 24, 2017 I was honored to partner with Whole Foods Market for the Taste of Elegance at Southfork Ranch benefiting the Hendricks Foundation.
In a "taste of" format, guests were treated to a line up of fine dining restaurants, ranging from iconic favorites to trendy new hot spots.
The foundation helps Students who have overcome adversity, struggled to succeed despite their circumstances, and want to change the direction of their lives.
They provide financial access to a college education through multi-year college scholarships, ...
Travel & Adventure Show Dallas Features Chef Gorji’s Cookbook Zing!
Chef Gorji Dishes Up Recipes Again at Travel & Adventure Show
Dallas’ Chef Gorji, owner and chef of Canary By Gorji Restaurant, Gorji Gourmet Foods® and author of Zing! By Gorji cookbook joined national and local Travel and Adventure show chefs on the Taste of Travel stage held at the Dallas Market Hall, Sunday April 2, 2017. He prepared one of his New Mediterranean Cuisine dishes from his chef cookbook Zing! By Gorji. While attendees were tasting samples of the finished dish, he shared tips from his cookbook, Zing! and techniques that he uses in ...
Honored To Be Considered For Best Chef
Excerpt from Dallas Observer:
"The Hardest Food Categories to Decide in This Year's Dallas Observer Best of Dallas
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 AT 11:12 A.M.
BY BETH RANKIN
http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/the-hardest-food-categories-to-decide-in-this-years-dallas-observer-best-of-dallas-8715542
Best Chef
There's a serious amount of talent in the Dallas food scene right now, and as we ate our way through the city's top restaurants this summer while working on this list, it got harder and harder to select the best chef. Misti Norris was an obvious ...
Gorji Wins Steak Championship Two Years In Row
Back-To-Back Texas Steak Cook-Off Champion
Two years in a row (2004/2005) Chef Gorji won the famed Texas Steak Cook-Off in Hico, TX.
The Texas Steak Champion competed two times against some of the best restaurants and chefs in Texas including The Palm, Morton’s, Rough Creek Lodge, Al Biernat, Grady Spears, David McMillan and Tim Love.
"Chef Gorji won back-to-back statewide Texas Steak Cook-Offs a decade ago, and although he has retired from cook-offs, the judges could wander into his restaurant tomorrow and hand him another medal. — it is one of the best in the ...
Chefs For Farmers: Whole Foods Serve Up Gorji Gourmet Sauces
Chef for Farmers Booth Features Whole Foods and Chef Gorji
Gorji and Whole Foods team up to serve taste treats Sunday, September 25, at Gilleys in Dallas, Texas.
Gorji and Whole Foods team served mini bruschetta made with award-winning Gorji Gourmet Pomodoro Sauce, shredded Parmesan and a sprig of basil. A devilish shooter made with Gorji Gourmet Arrabiata Diavolo was also sampled. The culinary festival features more than 60 chefs, 35 farmers and artisans, and 50 wineries, distilleries, and breweries.
The three day culinary event Chefs For Farmers 2...
Pumpkin Pizza Featured At Event With Whole Foods
Pumpkin Pizza Highlight Of Culinary Event.
Whole Foods Market, Addison and Chef Gorji, collaborate to have fun with fall produce featuring pumpkin pizza, in a special event, Pizza, Wine & Fall Produce October 19, 2015 at Gorji's restaurant Canary By Gorji, specializing in his signature new mediterranean cuisine, in Dallas,TX.
Pumpkin, Pomegranate & Dark Chocolate Pizzas and Wine Tasting
Monday, October 19, 2015
6:00 p.m.
Join Whole Foods Market Addison & Chef Gorji for Pizza, Wine & Fall Produce tasting event.
Enjoy pumpkin pizza, pomegranate ...