Famed restaurateurs to take part in exclusive signings on October 22nd as part of Mohegan Sun’s 15th anniversary celebration
WHAT:  Mohegan Sun is cooking up two can’t-miss 15th anniversary Signings & Sightings events with the nation’s foremost chefs & restaurateurs, Bobby Flay and Todd English. Both personal appearances and signings will take place in The Shops at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, October 22nd.  Flay will be signing copies of his newest book, Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain Cookbook: Celebrate America’s Great Flavors from 11:00am until Noon and English will be signing his successful cookbook Cooking In Everyday English: The ABCs of Great Flavor at Home from 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Both books will be available at Spin Street.
WHEN:  Saturday, October 22nd in The Shops at Mohegan Sun
                   11:00am – Noon: Bobby Flay
                   3:00pm – 4:00pm: Todd English                 
IN DETAIL:  Mohegan Sun’s Signings & Sightings, presented in collaboration with Spin Street, is a one-of-a-kind experience that allows guests to get up-close-and-personal with some of the world’s biggest entertainers.  Whether it’s an up-and-coming band, well-known comedian or chart-topping musician, a Signings & Sightings event provides artists with an exciting opportunity to share their latest work in an interactive way with fans.  Spin Street, located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun, offers a variety of music, movies and entertainment memorabilia with special signing merchandise available for each Signings & Sightings event.
Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to time restrictions only Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain Cookbook: Celebrate America’s Great Flavors and Cooking In Everyday English: The ABCs of Great Flavor at Home will be signed by authors.  These books must be purchased on the day of the event at Spin Street in order to gain entrance to the signing. Visit mohegansun.com for more information.
ABOUT FLAY:   Bobby Flay is a critically-acclaimed chef/restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author and television personality with two restaurants, Bobby’s Burger Palace and Bar Americain, located at Mohegan Sun. In addition, Flay is the chef/owner of three Mesa Grill   restaurants in New York, Las Vegas and the Bahamas, another Bar Americain in New York City, Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City and five other Bobby’s Burger Palaces on the East Coast. Flay is  the host of numerous popular cooking shows on Food Network, from the   Emmy-winning Boy Meets Grill and Grill It! with Bobby Flay to the Iron Chef America series, Throwdown! With Bobby Flay, The Next Food Network Star and Bobby Flay’s Barbeque Addiction. A New York Times best-selling author, he has also written several cookbooks including Bobby Flay’s Throwdown!, Bobby Flay’s From My Kitchen To Your Table and his most recent, Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain Cookbook: Celebrate America’s Great Flavors. His website is www.bobbyflay.com.
ABOUT ENGLISH:  Todd English is a renowned chef, restaurateur, author, entrepreneur and television star based in Boston, Massachusetts and New York City. In 1989, English opened his first restaurant Olives in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which quickly drew national and international applause for English’s interpretive rustic Mediterranean cuisine.  In recent years, English has established Olives as one of the most prestigious names in the nation by opening locations in New York and Las Vegas.  English is a four-time James Beard Award winner and inductee into the James Beard Foundation’s “Who’s Who in Food and Beverage in America.” He has published three critically-acclaimed cookbooks, with his fourth book on the way- Cooking in Everyday English the ABCs of Great Flavor at Home, which will hit bookstands on October 11, 2011.  English has created the record-breaking houseware line, The Todd English Collection, and hosts the Emmy-nominated PBS travel series Food Trip with Todd English. Todd English Enterprises includes over twenty innovative restaurants spanning the country including Todd English’s Tuscany at Mohegan Sun. Most recently, English opened CrossBar, a Modern-American restaurant and bar at the legendary Limelight in New York City. Todd English is also very involved with several local and national charities including Citymeals-on-Wheels, Share Our Strength, Men with Heart, Men Against Breast Cancer, the Boys and Girls Clubs, Volunteers of America, Autism Speaks, Make-A-Wish Foundation and City Harvest. His website is www.toddenglish.com.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN:  Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and dining destinations in the United States.  Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country.  More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. 
This event is part of Mohegan Sun’s month-long 15th anniversary celebration. Be sure to check out mohegansun.com/15th for all the latest updates on events, celebrity appearances, special offers and other anniversary celebrations.