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Chefs Can Now Connect Over Cheese

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board announced its Chef Connect, a quarterly e-Newsletter that provides chefs with cheese trends, tips, recipe applications, and resources. Each issue of Chef Connect features a cheese-centered theme, such as Cheese and Beer Pairings, Cheese Education, Domestic vs. Imported Cheese, and Eco-Friendly Cheese and Cheesemakers. Within Chef Connect, chefs will find recipe […]

TABASCO Awards ‘Hottest’ Chef

Meeting today’s tough economic challenges was the central theme for the 2009 TABASCO Brand Hottest Chef Contest—and the prize for the one hot menu item that wouldn’t break the budget was a $10,000 check. Stephen Pribish, sous chef for Overbrook Golf Club in Villanova, Pennsylvania, won the $10,000 grand prize for his “Oven Roasted Pork […]

U.S. Chef Places Second in Global Challenge

Certified master chef Russell Scott, executive chef at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida, placed second in the World Association of Chefs Societies’ (WACS) Global Chefs Challenge semifinals for the Americas that took place in São Paulo, Brazil over the weekend. Canada placed first, earning the right to represent the Americas at the […]

Beef Competition Highlights Premium Beef, Awards Chef

Imperial Valley Premium Beef announced that chef Erica Holland-Toll was awarded the winner of the People’s Choice award in the Chef Challenge at the beef industry’s National Beef Cook-Off event held September 21 in Sonoma, California. The chef competition was co-sponsored by Imperial Valley Premium Beef, a premium beef program marketed by National Beef Packing […]

NRA Members Participate in New ‘Top Chef’ Season

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) recognized chefs from five member restaurants in Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York City, and Washington, D.C., who are all participating in the sixth season of “Top Chef,” which was recorded in Las Vegas. “These individuals symbolize the entrepreneurial spirit and opportunities that are so prevalent in our industry, and they […]

Convention Provides Marketplace for Food Professionals

The American Culinary Federation (ACF) held its annual convention in Orlando, Florida, from July 11 to 14, hosting seminars, speeches, competitions and—most importantly—plenty of food, using the event to share food trends, teach new food ideas, and brainstorm cost-effective manners in which chefs can run their food enterprises. The convention is also used for chefs […]

Women Chefs & Restaurateurs Call for Nominations

Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR) is calling for nominations for the 2009 Women Who Inspire Awards. The deadline for nominations is May 27, 2009. The annual WCR Women Who Inspire Awards program—celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009—inspires present and future generations of women chefs and restaurateurs. WCR recognizes achievement within the industry and pays tribute […]

Iron Chef Brings Mediterranean Roots to Disney

Chef Cat Cora and Disney are joining together to open an exciting new family dining restaurant at Disney's BoardWalk Resort. Kouzzina by Cat Cora will feature a menu of Mediterranean-style cuisine that pays tribute to the chef's Greek roots. The restaurant, to be owned and operated by Disney, is scheduled to open by fall 2009 […]

Country’s Best Chefs in Chicago for Book Signing

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) will open its Cookbook Expo as part of its Annual International Conference to the public for the first time in the meeting's 29-year history. Held in Chicago this year from April 11 through the 14, the Conference will be at the Hilton at 720 South Michigan Avenue. The […]