Chef Conference 2009

1. Conclusion: World Street Food
2. Competition Results
3. Photos
4. Presentations

World Street Food is the next mega trend for campuses

During the opening presentation of the 15th annual Tastes of the World Chef Culinary Conference, we made a proclamation that world street food is set to become the hottest food trend on campuses this year, and for years to come. In fact, this is already true. Tacos, noodle bowls, stir-fry tapas, satay, sushi and dim sum are some of the most common items to show up on campuses. Street foods have been around for hundred of years throughout the world, and now they are becoming more popular in America. They are fresh, fast, flavorful, portable, small portions and inexpensive; just what our customers are looking for.

The conference focused on many street foods from Latin America, the Mediterranean Region and Southeast Asia, lead by 15 well-known chefs in their respective global cuisines; plus faculty members from Johnson and Wales and the Culinary Institute of America. The flavor in America is world flavor; globalization has had a profound impact on our food. It was an intense but fun week. We touched on a bit of everything with 49 sessions of presentations and workshops, with many of them being hands-on.

The journey of exploring a variety of street foods has just begun and with newly acquired recipes in hand, many of the attendees will try to replicate some authentic street food at their respective campuses and will do so with a desire to create exciting food for their students.

Many thanks to all you that attended this year’s conference and helped to make it such a success; to those of you that were not able to attend this year, I hope to see you at the 16th annual Tastes of the World Chef Culinary Conference to be held on June 13-18. Until then, happy cooking and stay tuned.

Ken Toong
Executive Director and Chair
ktoong@mail.aux.umass.edu
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Competition Results

Congratulations

Congratulations to all of the Award-winning teams, during the 15th annual Chef Culinary Conference, ACF-sanctioned team competition. The participant’s professionalism and teamwork were admirable and they made us proud of campus dining – there is so much great talent in this industry.

Team 14/F – Gold

Marty Casey- Northern Michigan University
Nathan Mileski- Northern Michigan University
Jill Hayes- Northern Michigan University
Jim Rector- Northern Michigan University

Team 6/J – Gold

Paul Hartz- Delaware North Co.
Kevin Doherty- Delaware North Co.
Patrick Kilduff- Delaware North Co.
Josh Ingraham- Delaware North Co.

Team 4/D – Silver

Stacey Blois- The University of Western Ontario
Ryan Stephens- The University of Western Ontario
Nelson Philipose- McMaster University
Arthur Monterio- University of Massachusetts

Team 5/E – Silver

Christopher Caron- The College of the Holy Cross
Martin Dudek- The College of the Holy Cross
Ed Rome- The College of the Holy Cross
Tim Trachimowicz- The College of the Holy Cross

Team 7/N – Silver

John Reid- Valparaiso University
Joseph Ferrer- Northfield Mount Herman School
Eric Batten- Michigan State University
Kurt Kwiatkowski- Michigan State University

Team 10/I – Silver

Piyush Sahay- University of British Columbia
Tony Grewal- University of British Columbia
Steve Golob- University of British Columbia
Drew Verdam- University of Windsor

Team 11/A – Silver

Pamela Adams- University of Massachusetts
Abagail LaPan- University of Massachusetts
Chi Huynh- University of Massachusetts
Jeff Chevalier- University of Massachusetts

Team 1/K – Bronze

Robin Hozley- Skidmore College
Mark Miller- Skidmore College
Kelly Zimmerman- Skidmore College
Stewart Swart- Skidmore College

Team 2/L – Bronze

Paul Nicolini- Penn State University
Sam Seiner- Penn State University
Dan Hutchins- Penn State University
Paul Motter- Penn State University

Team 3/M – Bronze

Gregory Gefroh- University of North Dakota
Ernest Owney- University of Texas
Doug Mattice- St. Lawrence University
Clare Sheehan- SUNY Potsdam

Team 8/C – Bronze

Mike Betts- University of Kentucky
Scott Kohn- University of Kentucky
Mark Henson- University of Kentucky
Jerrod Figgs- University of Kentucky

Team 9/B – Bronze

Mark Azhocar- UC San Diego
Bruce Millsom- UC San Diego
Paul Magnano- UC San Diego
Vaughn Vargas- UC San Diego

Team 12/G – Bronze

Scott Cooper- Florida Institute of Technology
Carmelo Quijano- Florida Institute of Technology
Jon Skoviera- Florida Institute of Technology
Cynthia Tony- Florida Institute of Technology

Team 13/H – Bronze

Bern McNelis- Penn State University
Pete Klomp- Penn State University
Ian Harris- Penn State University
Gabriel Eisen- Penn State University

Presentations