The Côtes of Bordeaux Wine Council, Jean-Pierre Xiradakis of La Tupina Restaurant, Bordeaux & The Jean-Louis Palladin Foundation Organize
Award Dinner in New York on Tuesday, May 8^th, 2007

Bordeaux, France — April 30, 2007 — The Côtes of Bordeaux Wine Council and Jean-Pierre Xiradakis, owner of La Tupina Restaurant in Bordeaux, will honor two young American chefs by awarding them an internship through the Jean-Louis Palladin Foundation. The aim is to recognize up and coming American chefs for their talent and commitment in the spirit of the legendary chef Jean-Louis Palladin, and to foster an exchange of ideas between American and French culinary life. This year, the 2007 award recipients will be honored at a dinner on Tuesday, May 8^th at Picholine Restaurant in New York, hosted by Chef Terrance Brennan, Chef de Cuisine Craig Hopson, and Dennis Stella, Tournant, a 2006 award recipient. The JLP Foundation will present the two winners of the Côtes of Bordeaux/La Tupina internship at the event.

“Our goal is to create bonds of friendship between the chefs and winemakers from the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean,” said Christophe Château, Director of the Côtes of Bordeaux Wine Council. The American chefs will prepare specially created menus, paired with wines from the Côtes of Bordeaux appellations (Premières Côtes de Blaye, Côtes de Castillon, Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, Côtes de Francs and Cadillac). The American chefs will also be inducted as honorary members of the Connétablie de Guyenne, a brotherhood of wine growers from the region.

The internship is for a week and will take place during the excitement of the world reknown wine trade show, Vinexpo, in June 2007. The Côtes of Bordeaux Wine Council and La Tupina Restaurant (voted 2^nd Best Bistro in the World by the New York Herald Tribune) will welcome the chosen American chefs to the Bordeaux wine region, giving them a first-hand, insider’s experience of the wines, cuisine and art de vivre of this bountiful region of France. “I now realize how important Jean-Louis Palladin’s influence on American chefs has been, providing the young cook the opportunity to go to the foundations of cuisine, gain a bottom-up perspective, and better appreciation of how all the elements come together to make something incredible on the plate,” said Jeffrey Lizotte of Le Bernardin Restaurant in New York, another 2006 award recipient, after his week-long stay in Bordeaux last September.

The JLP Foundation was incorporated in June 2003 in memory of Chef Jean-Louis Palladin, a native of Southwest France. The foundation’s vision is to create an ongoing tribute to the memory of Jean-Louis Palladin’s culinary leadership, including his unrelenting determination to seek out and use the best ingredients, to mentor talent wherever he found it, and to form a great brotherhood among chefs. The Côtes of Bordeaux Wine Council/La Tupina internship was first created in 2004, when they honored Chef Paul Sterman of Marcel’s Restaurant, Washington, D.C..

For more information, or to organize a visit of the Côtes of Bordeaux wine region, please contact Christophe Château at cchateau@bordeaux-5-cotes.com or call 011 33 (0)5 56 00 21 99.

For further information, please visit:

Jean-Louis Palladin Foundation – www.jlpfoundation.org

Côtes of Bordeaux Wine Council – www.bordeaux-5-cotes.com

Jean-Pierre Xiradakis, La Tupina Restaurant – www.latupina.com

Photos available upon request.

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