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Female chefs collaborate on menus during Women’s History Month

produce.

Menu items will include Santa Barbara Abalone, Morro Bay

Oyster, Crown Jewel Caviar; Channel Island Halibut, White Asparagus, Pacific Clams, Asparagus Crema; Maple Leaf Farms Duck, Huckleberry, Beet, Buckwheat; Santa Barbara Bluefin

Ahi Tartare, Lemon, Taggiasca

Olives, Almond Granita; Hand Pulled Burrata, Spring Peas, Potato, Prosciutto di Parma; Coastal Miramar Honey, Pixie Tangerine; and Vanilla Maccaron, Blueberry Bonbon, Saree’s Snickers.

Costs are $295 for the Chef’s Tasting Menu, an additional $195 for the standard wine pairing and $345 for the additional elite wine pairing.

With an impressive resume featuring high-profile kitchens around the country including

Eleven Madison Park, NoMad and The Modern in New York City and Quince in San Francisco, Chef Mone approaches her work with a discerning palate and pursuit of excellence.

She received her bachelor’s degree in culinary arts and kitchen administration from the Institute of Hotel Management in Aurangabad, India, and her associate master’s degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute of America in New York.

A California native, Chef Haggstrom joined JUSTIN in 2019 and is best-known for her upscale farm-to-table cooking style that draws influence from the state’s bounty of fresh, seasonal produce, allowing her a wide variety of ingredients that bring California’s seasons to the plate.

In her role as executive chef, she leads the culinary team that caters events, galas and weddings as well as the dining program at JUSTIN’s Tasting Room in downtown Paso Robles. Most recently, The Restaurant at JUSTIN received Five-Stars in Forbes Travel Guide’s 2023 Star Awards, one of the most prestigious global ratings for luxury hotels, restaurants, and spas.

Chef Haggstrom earned her culinary degree at the California Culinary Academy, Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco. She then worked her way through the kitchens of various elite culinary destinations including The Dining Room, the Michelin Star restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco; the former Postrio by Chef Wolfgang Puck; Thomas Keller’s three Michelin star-restaurant, The French Laundry; and as executive chef at the Balboa Bay Resort.

Chef Haggstrom and Chef Mone are in rarified company as two of the 25.2% of female chefs in the country. According to www. chefspencil.com, about a quarter of head chefs around the world are women, but only 6% of head chefs of Michelin Star restaurants are female.

The number of female chefs is on the rise worldwide with several countries reporting a steady increase over the past few years. In the United Kingdom, the number of female chefs has increased by a third since 2016, and they now make up about a quarter of the workforce.

The United States has also seen a steady rise in female chefs over the past seven years. In 2014, 22% of the chefs were female, while in 2019 the number increased to 23.9%.

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The calendar appears Mondays through Saturdays in the “Life & the Arts” section. Items are welcome. Please email them a full week before the event to Managing Editor Dave Mason at dmason@ newspress.com.

TODAY 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 75th annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show takes place today and Sunday at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara. Tickets cost $20 for one-day admission and $30 for a multiple-day pass. To purchase, go to sborchidshow.com.

10 a.m. St. Patrick’s Day parade on Main Street in downtown Ventura.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Entangled: Responding to Environmental Crisis,” runs through March 25 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The museum is open from 10 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It’s closed on Sundays and college holidays. For more information, call 805-565-6162 or visit westmont.edu/museum.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Storytelling:

Native People Through the Lens of Edward S. Curtis” is on display through April 30 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. For more information, visit sbnature.org.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Interlopings: Colors in the Warp and Weft of Ecological Entanglements” is an exhibit that runs through March 12 at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The exhibit features weavings dyed with pigments from non-native plants on Santa Cruz Island. The weavings were created by artists Helen Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt. For more information, see sbbotanicgarden.org.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Coast artist and London native Annie Hoffman’s exhibit “Seeing Ourselves in Colour” will be displayed through Feb. 28 at Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. For more information, visit anniehoffmann.com.

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “SURREAL

WOMEN: Surrealist Art by American Women” is on display through April 24 at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. For more information, www.sullivangoss.com.

Noon to 5 p.m. “Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” is on view now through May at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, which is located in downtown Santa Barbara at 136 E. De la Guerra St. Admission is free. Hours are currently from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and from noon to 7 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit www.sbhistorical.org.

2 to 4 p.m. The Goleta Valley Library will host its 50th anniversary celebration. The library is at 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta.

6 p.m. The Masters of Hawaiian Music Tour comes to Santa Barbara with a concert at 6 p.m. Saturday at SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St. Doors will open at 5 p.m. The performers are guitarists/vocalists George Kahumoku Jr. and Sonny Lim and ukulele performer Herb Ohta Jr. Dinner tickets today cost $35. To purchase, go to www.sohosb.com.

This show is for all ages.

MARCH 12 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 75th annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show will take place March 10-12 at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Tickets cost $20 for a oneday admission. To purchase, go to sborchidshow.com.

4:30 p.m. A free viewing of the Oscars will take place at the Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St., Santa Barbara.

The live ABC broadcast will be on the Arlington screen at 5 p.m. A red carpet pre-show party with music by

Jimmy Kimmel will host ABC’s live broadcast of the Oscars at 5 p.m. Sunday on KEYT-TV, Channel 3. You can watch the free broadcast on the big screen at the Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St., Santa Barbara, where the doors will open at 4;30 p.m. A red carpet pre-show party with music by DJ Darla Bea will precede it at 3 p.m. in the Arlington courtyard and will cost $15, which includes priority seating during the broadcast, free popcorn, a free cocktail and a free raffl e ticket to win prizes. Tickets for the pre-show party will be available at the Arlington box office. Please see