Sizzle Dining preview with Bistro La Baguette

>> THE LEE COUNTY AREA, NOT A BAD START TO THE MORNING. WE’RE GOING TO CHECK BACK IN WITH JIM IN JUST A BIT. THE FIRST IT’S HEATING UP IN THE CULINARY SCENE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT SIZZLE DINING START SEPTEMBER 3RD, IT’S A CHANCE TO EAT LOCAL AND GIVE BACK 127 RESTAURANTS ARE IN THIS YEAR. THE MOST EVER. AND THEY’RE SUPPORTING BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK WHICH FEEDS SCHOOL KIDS RIGHT HERE AT HOME. SADIE’S. MARTINEZ IS ON A GREAT ASSIGNMENT THIS MORNING. SHE’S JOINING US FROM BISTRO. LOVE THAT GETS ALL RIGHT. WE’RE STATE IS WHAT’S COOKIN? >> GOOD MORNING. ALL BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA COASTING AT BESTOW A LOT TO GET HERE IN NAPLES. THEY ARE ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS OF SIZZLE DINING. I’M HERE WITH CHEF AND RESTAURANT OWNER VALERIE, MY YARD THAT. NICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ME TODAY. AND SO YOU HAVE A 4 COURSE MEAL FOR ONLY $49, WHICH IS WHAT A STEAL. WHAT ARE YOU MAKING HERE, CHRIS? WHO’S THAT? >> PREPS HIS ACT. AND FOR THOSE SEASO DINING REALLY DO THAT AT THE TABLE. I WOULDN’T DO IT FOR THIS WAY. YOU LOVE JUST WEEK ON THE JUST WEEK ON THE JUST DO SOUTH HERE. >> WEDNESDAY IS GOING BE ON THE ODDS OF MIKE WRAPS. THE SOUTH IN MY CREPES IN THE WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE WARMING UP. >> HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE CRAPS? THIS LOOKS AMAZING. SO WHAT ELSE IS ON THE MENU FOR SIZZLE DINING HERE? WE’VE GOT THE TABLE FULLY LOADED ON THE MENU. WE HAVE ONION SOUP, CLASSIC FRENCH ONION SOUP. >> WE HAVE A GOOD SHE SAID WE SURPRISING WE HAVE IS COUNTED, ALWAYS GALLEY, AND ON THE MEN COURSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LESLIE KOCH OF THEM. WE HAVE A SHRIMP ROLL SIDE AND THE SORRY. SHUT. DOUBLY ALWAYS OF ILLNESS. SO SAN JUAN IS NOT ON THE ON THE TABLE AND WE OF THE RESULT ALWAYS A FULL MUSHROOM AND THE DESERT. WE UP A CLASSIC CHOCOLATE MOUSSE. WE HAVE POPE. YOU POKE THE LUNGS OF CREAM PUFF. HE’S BEEN EATING ICE CREAM AND ASSURE US OPEN ITS HOST. WE MAKE THE AND ITS HOSTING THE HOUSE OUR CRIPS TO THAT. THE FULL. >> MY RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE A NEW LEASE OF THE MALL, WEEK IN THE U.S. FIZZLING. >> NOW IS THIS A SPECIAL TYPE OF CRAFT WEISS TO SET? SAYS THAT HE’S THE NAME OF THE RECIPIENT. >> HE’S WAS BOOKED UP ALL RUNS I MAKE MY SON WAS COMMON EYES. JUST PHOTO RUN G’S AND NO. SMELLING SO GOOD. WE’RE GOING TO TORCH IT. >> I MEAN, IS WORKING. AND SOME TIME IS NOT WORKING. BUT DO WE ANY YOU CAN IT. SEES HERE. >> EITHER WAY, IT IS SMELLING PHENOMENAL. AND THIS IS AGAIN, WHEN OF THE DESSERT HE GOT HERE FOR THE COURT FOUR-COURSE MEAL AHEAD OF SIZZLE DINING, WHICH STARTS AND ONLY 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY. AGAIN, THIS JOE, LET GET HERE IN NAPLES IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS AND YOU JUST GOTTA TOWN. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO LITTLE TASTE TEST YOU AND I SHE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING. WHILE TRYING GRAB THE NIGHT HERE AND AGAIN, CHEF VALERIE WILL BE MAKING THIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. WELL, LETS SEE IF I CAN GETS THE BITE HERE. I’M COMING FOR YOU. I AM. CHEERS TO >> A MAN THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. IF YOU LIKE TO HEAD TO BISTRO. LOVE THAT, GET IT IS A LONG TAMIAMI TRAIL EAST AND NAPLES. REALLY A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP KIDS IN NEED THROUGH BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK. IF YOU BUY A DINNER AND A DOLLAR FROM THAT GOES TOWARD THIS WONDERFUL CHARITY THAT KEEPS OUR KIDS FED, YOU CAN CHECK OUT A FULL LIST OF THE 127 PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS ON OUR GULF COAST NEWS APP. AND IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA WE CAN SHOWCASE HERE IN GULF COAST WE ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR FROM THE SEGMENTS DESIGNED TO PUT THE GREAT PEOPLE GREAT PLACES, THE GREAT EVENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT SO THAT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN SEE AND

In the kitchen: Sizzle Dining preview with Bistro La Baguette

Updated: 10:36 AM EDT Aug 20, 2025

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Bistro La Baguette is one of the participating restaurants for this year’s Sizzle Dining event.The kickoff for Sizzle Dining is only two weeks away on Sept. 3.When you spend money on a Sizzle Dining meal, $1 goes toward the local charity, Blessings in a Backpack of SWFL.Chef and restaurant owner Valerie Maillard greets all her guests with warmth, love and charm, and she brings that to every dish she makes.Bistro La Baguette in East Naples will offer a four-course meal for $49. The first-course options include goat cheese salad, French onion soup and escargot in garlic butter.The second course options include:Shrimp in Provencal sauce, which has shrimp, tomato, carrot, onion, white wine, celery, garlic, parsley and tarragon.Coq Au Vin, which is braised chicken with red wine, onion, carrot, and mushroom.Prime Cut Chateaubriand in Béarnaise Sauce and Four-Mushroom Risotto. The third course options include:Profiterole, which is a cream puff filled with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream.Chocolate Mousse, and Crêpes Suzette made with caramelized sugar and butter, orange and Grand Marnier.For more information, visit Sizzle Dining or Bistro La Baguette.DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.

NAPLES, Fla. —

Bistro La Baguette is one of the participating restaurants for this year’s Sizzle Dining event.

The kickoff for Sizzle Dining is only two weeks away on Sept. 3.

When you spend money on a Sizzle Dining meal, $1 goes toward the local charity, Blessings in a Backpack of SWFL.

Chef and restaurant owner Valerie Maillard greets all her guests with warmth, love and charm, and she brings that to every dish she makes.

Bistro La Baguette in East Naples will offer a four-course meal for $49. The first-course options include goat cheese salad, French onion soup and escargot in garlic butter.

The second course options include:

Shrimp in Provencal sauce, which has shrimp, tomato, carrot, onion, white wine, celery, garlic, parsley and tarragon.Coq Au Vin, which is braised chicken with red wine, onion, carrot, and mushroom.Prime Cut Chateaubriand in Béarnaise Sauce and Four-Mushroom Risotto.

The third course options include:

Profiterole, which is a cream puff filled with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream.Chocolate Mousse, and Crêpes Suzette made with caramelized sugar and butter, orange and Grand Marnier.

For more information, visit Sizzle Dining or Bistro La Baguette.

DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.