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"On the Williams-Sonoma culinary stage the lineup is star-studded, with headliners Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons of Top Chef, Antoni Poroskio of Queer Eye, and country music icon Trisha Yearwood (also a cookbook author and food tv star); other highlights include Napa local Masaharu Morimoto (whose yearly appearances have become legendary), Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern (and noted chef of the much-maligned Lucky Cricket), Top Chef personalities Richard Blais and the Voltaggio brothers, and Kelsey Barnard Clark joining her reality-show pals for the first time as part of her Top Chef Season 16 prize. The stage is known for comingle of chefs and musicians — last year it produced a world record for the biggest gin and juice with Snoop Dogg and Michael Voltaggio — and this year promises antics from Alice Cooper, Questlove, Big Boi, Too $hort, and Michael Franti, with NFL star Marshawn Lynch and WWE’s Bella Twins also appearing in likely don’t-miss segments." - Ellen Fort