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Santa Anita Park’s Guest Chef Series Returns on December 26 with Executive Chef Steven Fretz of The Church Key on OPENING DAY!

Saturday, December 26th

Doors Open at 10am | Races begin promptly at 12noon

Santa Anita Park | 285 W Huntington Drive| Arcadia CA 91007

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ARCADIA, Calif. (December 14, 2015) – One of Los Angeles’ most timeless holiday traditions returns on Saturday, December 26 with Opening Day at Santa Anita Park and the return of the Guest Chef Series. The festive Opening Day event will kick off Santa Anita’s Winter Meet with a special menu by Executive Chef Steven Fretz of acclaimed LA restaurant The Church Key, known for its creative new American cuisine and craft cocktails.

Opening Day at Santa Anita Park has remained a Los Angeles tradition for more than 80 years. This year’s event will also include the return of Santa Anita’s Guest Chef Series in the Chandelier Room., featuring a catered menu by Executive Steve Fretz of The Church Key.

Chef Fretz’s special menu will include a range of creative small bites, including offerings like English Pea “Falafel” Sliders, Frog Hollow Pear Salad and Cauliflower “Tikka Masala.” Crowd pleasing savory items also on the menu include Hawaiian Ham, Angus Beef and “Hoagie” Sliders, Mary’s Chicken Cassoulet with Butter Beans, Smoked Bacon and Garlic Bread Crumbs; BBQ Style Smoked Baby Back Ribs with Crispy Garlic and Scallions; and Roast Top Round Beef with Roasted Garlic Beef Jus and Horseradish Cream.

Highlights Include Mint Julep Liquid Nitrogen “Odder Pops,” Brown Butter Donuts and English Pea “Falafel” Sliders

The decadent dessert menu includes Brown Butter Glazed Donuts with Cinnamon Caramel, Chocolate Mousse Bombes, Pumpkin Cheesecake with Pecan Shortbread Crust, Sticky Toffee Pudding with Grand Marnier Toffee Sauce, Orange Scented Shortbread Cookies, Gingersnap Spiced Cookies and Chocolate Chip Cookies with Hazelnut Toffee Sauce.

The Church Key’s mixologist, Devon Espinosa, will shake up creative cocktails, including Mint Julep Liquid Nitrogen “Odder Pops,” served up from The Church Key’s own antique Pam Am rolling serving carts.

Attendees at the Opening Day Guest Chef Series event will also enjoy live music by The Ryan Cross Trio and James Torme, who will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of “The Christmas Song,” written by his father, Mel Torme.

Tickets to the Guest Chef Series event with Chef Steven Fretz are $85 including admission to The Chandelier Room, a catered menu, live music, one glass of champagne, daily racing program, wagering tip sheet and live Thoroughbred racing.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.santaanita.com/ChefSeries or call (626) 574-7223.

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Santa Anita Park – Arcadia, California

285 W Huntington Drive | Arcadia CA 91007 | www.santaanita.com

Santa Anita is an iconic destination set at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, just minutes from downtown Los Angeles. For more than 80 years, the historic Southern California fixture has set the stage for the most dramatic moments in thoroughbred racing, where legendary racehorses like Seabiscuit and American Pharoah crossed the finish line into infamy. Hot off a recent $40 million renovation, the park will host the 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships and features new private luxury suites, spaces and a revitalized Art Deco design. In November 2016, Santa Anita will open its doors to host the 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships for the fourth time in five years. With style, sophistication and historic intrigue, Santa Anita offers a premier entertainment venue for spectacular events and modern celebrations imbued with the glamour and elegance of the past.

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Dawn Garcia is an LA born and bred Hispanic Latina. Growing up in a mixed race family that assimilated, and another that didn’t really allow for curiosity, the culmination of both became the driving force for pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, and devoting her life to the fight for equality and social justice. In a quest to go against the grain, she started writing at a very young age to process trauma and better understand her innate desire to live out her free-spirited nature. She is a journalist and screenwriter who has developed original TV series’ and films. Her genres of choice are drama, dark comedy, and comedy. Her strengths lie in empathetic story lines, descriptors and dialogue — both natural and raw — and while diffused with humor, inevitably she hopes to show the thread that connects us all. She is currently developing a comedy TV Series for MGM Studios/Gato Grande Productions. She is a mother, an activist, and lover of life.