International Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach takes over James Beard House to present Thanksgiving Holiday Table 2019

(left to right) Executive Director Joseph Bonaparte, Nathan Hashmonay, Humberto Guardiola, Executive Pastry Chef Geoffrey Blount, William Twaler, Kathleen Hassett

Guests attending this year's Thanksgiving Holiday Table at the renown James Beard House on November 28, will have some Southern flair injected into their traditional meal offerings.

That's because International Culinary Institute of Myrte Beach at Horry Georgetown Technical College chef instructors and students, along with William "Banfi Bill" Whiting of Castello Banfi, Montalcino, Italy, will be preparing an outstanding Thanksgiving tasting with a superb drink pairing. 

Nothing beats gathering around the dinner table for the holidays with friends and loved ones. We’ve tapped executive director Joseph Bonaparte and his team from the Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach to host this year’s annual Thanksgiving feast—a festive menu of autumnal delights that is sure to leave you stuffed! -- James Beard Foundation

Chef Humberto Guardiola and ICI students pause for a photo at 2018's MBAHA Farm to Table

Below is the menu they'll be perfecting on Thanksgiving.

Menu

Hors d’Oeuvre

Pickled Murrells Inlet Shrimp Rémoulade with Cherokee Purple Tomato Aspic
Heirloom Bennecake Butter Cookies with Thanksgiving Turkey Liver Mousse and Preserved South Carolina Summer Blueberries

Anson Mills Carolina Gold Rice Middlins with Thanksgiving Turkey Bog Arancini
Palmetto Moonshine–Cured Black Sea Bass with Lime, Pickled Bradford Watermelon Rind, Jimmy Red Grit Cake, Smoked Bulls Bay Salt, Fried Allium, and Allium Purée

Oyster Pie

Banfi Piemonte Brut Metodo Classico NV

Cobbler with Consequences > Twelve 33 Distillery Crusader Spiced Rum with Apple and Cinnamon

Holiday Helper > Twelve 33 Distillery Jo-Jo Gin with Pear, Cranberry, and Orange
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Dinner

Meador Acres Pelion Chestnut Soup with Carolina Heritage Farms Pork Torchon and Celery Root–Mountain Apple Slaw

Castello Banfi San Angelo Pinot Grigio 2018

Anson Mills Farina di Grano Arso–Dutch Fork Pumpkin Squash Agnolotti with Southern Fried Manchester Farms Quail, Tuscan Kale, and Muscadine Gastrique

Banfi Tuscany Cost’è Rosé 2018

Pan-Seared Carolina Trigger Fish with Indigo Farm Butterbean, Clam, and Country Ham Stew; Geechie Boy Mill Sea Island Red Peas–Carolina Gold Rice Purloo; and Pickled Bradford Okra

Castello Banfi Fontanelle Chardonnay 2017

Roasted New Town Farms Organic Turkey with Black Truffles; Traditional Giblet Gravy; Murrells Inlet Creamed Oyster Gravy; Artisan Breads; Country Sausage Dressing; Braised Bradford Farm Collard Greens; Glazed New Town Farms Carrots and Roasted Hakurei Turnips; Mashed Potatoes; and Toasted Pecan–Cranberry Compote

Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 2013

Cornucopia of South Carolina Harvest Sweets
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Banfi Piemonte Rosa Regale Brachetto d’Acqui 2018

To see so much of Horry and Georgetown Counties represented in this menu is phenomenal.

​Congratulations to all at the ICI on this huge honor. 

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James Beard House Thanksgiving Holiday Table Event Page