'Chefs 4x4' revived, and beyond Saratoga

The name and lineup are different, but the theme's the same for the upcoming "Chefs 4×4" dinner series.

What began as a Saratoga Springs venture by a quartet of chefs has morphed into a venture involving four chefs from two Capital Region counties presenting four different dinners with four courses and four wines on four different dates at four different venues.

All four chefs will prepare each dinner. They are Larry Schepici, owner/chef of Tosca Grill, and Jackie Baldwin of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, both in Troy, Rensselaer County; Mark Graham of MezzaNotte in Guilderland, and Jaime Ortiz of Angelo's 677 Prime in Albany, both in Albany County.

The original venture was born in 2002, with Graham and three others chefs. In this incarnation, it  will be  held on consecutive months in late summer and early fall.

The schedule:

• MezzaNotte, Monday, July 27
• Tosca Grille, Thursday, August 20
• Angelo's 677 Prime, Thursday, September 17
• Russell Sage Dining Room at RPI, Saturday, October 17

NOTES ON NAPKINS: Check out the four menus here.. ... And, if they're not familiar to you, check out the biographies of the chefs themselves by going here.