VICEROY SANTA MONICA SIZZLES THIS SUMMER WITH GOURMET MAGAZINE'S "GOURMET ON FIRE" EVENT

Afternoon will feature fine cuisine, cooking demonstrations and live music poolside at Santa Monica's hottest hotel

Los Angeles - Viceroy Santa Monica will host Gourmet magazine's West Coast celebration of its annual June grilling issue with "Gourmet on Fire," a poolside event on Saturday, June 26, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event features cooking demonstrations and grilling tips, wine and cocktail pairings and live music.

Guest experts at Gourmet on Fire include Gourmet's Executive Editor John Willoughby and his cookbook coauthor Chris Schlesinger (Thrill of the Grill and Let the Flames Begin), Whist's Executive Chef Rainer Schwarz and other notable Los Angeles chefs-including Mark Peel of Campanile and Suzanne Tracht of Jar.

Tickets to Gourmet on Fire may be purchased for $75 per person by visiting www.gourmetscoop.com/fire or calling 1.800.679.0397.

For Gourmet on Fire guests who wish to make a weekend of the afternoon's festivities, the Viceroy is offering a special reduced rate of $199 for pool view rooms and $249 for ocean view rooms to event attendees. To book a reservation at Viceroy, visit viceroysantamonica.com or call 800 670 6185 and use "GMVT" as the Promo Code for the reduced rate.

Located at the crossroads of Ocean Avenue and Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, and named one of the 50 hottest hotels in the world by Condé Nast Traveler's 2003 "Hot List," Viceroy is an urban retreat at the shore overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Each of Viceroy's 170 rooms and suites are appointed with Italian Designer linens and bathrobes, custom beds with down comforters and pillows, two-line cordless telephones, DSL access, dataports and flat-screen televisions. Viceroy features a restaurant, bar, two pools, cabanas and a sundeck.

Viceroy is one of four hospitality endeavors by the Kor Hotel Group and kwid (Kelly Wearstler Interior Design), the creative forces behind Avalon Hotel and Maison 140 in Beverly Hills and Viceroy Palm Springs. The hotel's style, dubbed 'modern colonial,' combines classic English Regency hallmarks, such as applied mouldings, caning, and cameo motifs, with Lucite furnishings and a vibrant green signature color. Both Viceroy Santa Monica and Viceroy Palm Springs are among Departure Magazine's distinguished Luxury Survey of Readers' Favorites 2004. Viceroy is located at 1819 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California, 90401. Telephone: 310 260 7500.