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Tomorrow: Taste of Fifth food festival returns to Park Slope

Tomorrow: Taste of Fifth food festival returns to Park Slope
File photo by Elizabeth Graham

There can never be too many cooks in the kitchen at this event!

Dozens of chefs from eateries along Fifth Avenue will again come together to showcase their cuisines at a mouth-watering festival on April 10.

And this years Taste of Fifth, which will transform Park Slope’s Grand Prospect Hall into a grub hub featuring bites from more than 45 restaurants, packs even more flavor with the addition of several newcomers — one of whom said he’s thrilled to partake in the belly-filling bash.

“I’m so excited to show what we can do, and hope everyone enjoys it,” said Laurent Chavenet, the owner of Parisian-style bakery Le French Tart at 579 Fifth Ave.

Chavenet — who said he plans to serve up meat-and-cheese spreads, quiche, and mini tarts at the festival — will join other first-time food slingers including Caribbean cafe Negril BK and so-called Italian-fusion eatery Il Sogno Secondo, the sister spot of a similar restaurant out on bucolic Staten Island, according to a spokeswoman for the event’s organizer, local-commerce cheerleader the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District.

Hungry Brooklynites who want to plan ahead can buy tickets online for $60 — five bucks less than they’ll cost at the door the day of the event.

And no matter how they are purchased, all tickets come with admission to a “special surprise” the spokeswoman said will grace the hall’s ballroom that night, and $20 of each sale will be donated to a local organization of the buyer’s choice, including The Old Stone House museum, the Park Slope Civic Council, culture-promoter the Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and nearby public schools.

Taste of Fifth at Grand Prospect Hall (263 Prospect Ave. between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Park Slope, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341680). April 10. 6:30–9:30 pm; $60 in advance, $65 at door.