Culinary Olympics

Just wanted to share this bit of info passed on to me by a "friend" on myspace. Do they televise the culinary olympics? I would love to watch...

International Culinary Art Competition
By JULIETTE ROSSANT


If you can't wait for the Bocuse D'Or competition in January 2009, check out the other culinary Olympics this October.


The USA is fielding a team of six chefs to battle it out in Erfurt, Germany in the Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA) International Culinary Art Competition, known around the world as the “culinary Olympics,” October 19-22. Teams from over 50 nations will be competing against the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Culinary National Team USA. The international competition takes place every four years in Germany since 1900.


Unlike the Olympics - China won't be competing. According to ACF's National President John Kinsella, ACF Culinary National Team USA's biggest competitors are: Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland and the wild card--Scotland.


ACF Culinary National Team USA members: Edward Leonard, CMC, American Academy of Chefs (AAC), ACF Culinary Team USA manager and executive chef, Westchester Country Club, Rye, N.
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Richard Rosendale, certified executive chef (CEC), ACF Culinary National Team USA captain and executive chef/owner, Rosendales, Columbus, Ohio
Joachim Buchner, CMC, executive chef, Chevy Chase Club, Chevy Chase, MD
Jamie Keating, chef/owner, The RiverMill Event Center, Columbus, GA
Melissa K.
Root, pastry chef, Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro> in Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV
Daniel Scannell, CMC, executive chef, Carnegie Abbey Club, Portsmouth, RI
The American team won a gold medal for hot-food cooking in 1980, 1984, 1988, and 2004.


GO TEAM!