Media Invitation - Meet the 16 finalists at Discovered Culinary Competition

Chefs face off in mystery box challenge March 4, 5 and 6

TORONTO, March 1, 2012 /CNW/ - After 16 weeks and 50+ competitors, the Discovered Culinary
Competition is down to the final 16 chefs, soon to be the final four.

What:	Up-and-coming Canadian chefs compete against the clock and each other to create three courses -- an appetizer, entree and dessert -- from a box of mystery ingredients. One competitor is eliminated after each course. The grand prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to spend a week cooking at Casa Gerardo, a Michelin-star restaurant in northern Spain.
When:	Sunday, March 4 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for semi-finals 1 and 2 Monday, March 5 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for semi-finals 3 and 4 Tuesday, March 6 at noon for the finals
Where:	CRFA Show, Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes' Blvd, Toronto
Who:	The final 16 chefs: Arron Carley  --  Volos restaurant, Toronto Trish Gill --  Beast restaurant, Toronto William Tolentino -- Celestin restaurant, Toronto John Koplimae --  Drake Hotel, Toronto Alejandro Winzer --  Ristorante Verdicchio, Sudbury Glenn Sheridan --  Le Bon Marché, North Bay George Tyminski -- Annona restaurant, Park Hyatt Hotel, Toronto Mitchell Lamb -- Stone House, Burlington and Lake House, Vineland Bruno Elsier -- Toronto French School Michael Bashford -- Beretta Farms, Etobicoke William Serre -- Acadia restaurant, Toronto Andres Salomon -- Cowbell restaurant, Toronto Jeff Kang -- Vancouver's Diva at the Met Dan Craig -- EBO restaurant, Delta Burnaby Hotel Josh Bagalacsa -- Celestin restaurant, Toronto Brianne Nash -- Saucy restaurant, Mississauga
The final panel of judges:
	Donna Dooher, executive chef/proprietor of Mildred's Temple Kitchen Jamie Drummond, sommelier and senior editor at GoodFoodRevolution.com Eric B. LeVine, caterer, cookbook author and Food Network Chopped champion John Placko, director of culinary excellence for Maple Leaf Foods

 

Media Accreditation:   Apply online at www.crfa.ca/tradeshows/crfashow/media.asp. Online media registration closes March 2 at noon.

Media Contact: Prasanthi Vasanthakumar, CRFA Communications, 1-800-387-5649, ext. 4254 or [email protected].