FRIDAY, JANUARY 20
A Burgundy wine region three-course dinner will be held at David Burke Fromagerie, 26 Ridge Rd, Rumson; $110 plus tax and gratuity. For reservations, call 732-842-8088.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21
Round two of the Ultimate Chef Bergen County competition will be held at Chef Central, 240 Rt 17 N, Paramus, with Ninamarie Bojekian of Ooh La La Catering competing against Chris Holland of Session Bistro in Maywood. 11 AM; free. For more information, call 201-576-0100. The judges are Susan Sherrill, food editor of The Record; Thomas Griffiths, senior executive chef and director of the Campbell’s Culinary Institute; and me.
Join Rat’s Restaurant, Grounds for Sculpture, 16 Fairgrounds Rd, Hamilton, for a White Hot: Russian Vodka dinner, which will include caviar and a five-course tasting menu of Russian cuisine paired with vodkas and wines. Dancing and cocktails will be available in the pavilion until midnight. Service begins at 5:15 PM. Call 609-584-7800 for pricing and reservations.
The five-course Slow Food Fourth Annual Winter Feast hosted by Slow Food South Jersey Shore will be held at the Washington Inn, 801 Washington St, Cape May. The dinner will include local, seasonal ingredients. 6 PM cash bar, 7 PM dinner; $50, $75 with four glasses of wine paired with dinner, including tax and gratuity. Mail check payable to Slow Food South Jersey Shore to P.O. Box 85, Cape May Point, NJ 08212. Indicate the names of the people you wish to be seated with, plus your name and phone number. For more information, call 609-602-9306.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22
Sickles Market, 1 Harrison Ave, Little Silver, will host a seven-course Grand Italian Dinner Party featuring regional cuisine and fine wines of Southern Italy, with Chef Gioacchino Passalacqua of Balestrate, Sicily. 5 PM; $125. For reservations, call Jennifer O’Connor at 732-741-9563.
MONDAY, JANUARY 23
Learn how to really impress this Valentine’s Day by taking the Dude Cooks for His Lady cooking class at Andre’s Restaurant & Wine Boutique, 188 Spring St, Newton. 6:30 PM; $65 including three-course dinner, wine, and lecture/demonstration. Call 973-300-4192.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Ninety Acres at Natirar, 2 Main St, Peapack-Gladstone, will host a Wine vs. Stein dinner featuring Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery and Abe Schoener of Red Hook Winery. 6:30 PM; $135. For reservations and more information, call 908-901-9500.
An Olive Oils and Balsamic wine and cooking class will be held at Renault Winery, 72 N Bremen Ave, Egg Harbor City. Along with various wines, the menu will feature fresh mozzarella and olive oil tastings; balsamic-glazed chicken breast with figs; olive-oil-poached cod; and pork tenderloin with eight-year-old balsamic vinegar. $55 plus tax. For more information and reservations, call 609-965-2111.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25
Robert Burns Night will be held at the British Chip Shop, 146 Kings Hwy E, Haddonfield, with a three-course prix-fixe dinner which will include cockaleekie soup, haggis, neeps ’n’ tatties, and whiskey trifle. 6 to 9 PM; $25. For reservations, call 856-354-0204; BYO.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26
A four-course Samuel Adams beer dinner will be held at the Park West Tavern, 30 Oak St, Ridgewood. 7 PM; $50 plus tip. For reservations, call 201-445-5400.