ACF's got me bummed..........

[kuan]

Oh yeah I'm sure there are more, I just don't know where they are. The NY restaurant show should have one. The student categories are pretty cool to watch. Nice to watch kids working it hard.

Well, there's always one at ACF. This year I think it's in DC. Or you can hit the Chicago show coming up. If you have the $$ CIA offers a competition prep class. Good way to start brown nosing some of the potential judges, and many of them are on the faculty there.

Kuan

[chef1x]

So I saw the "competition" at the NY rest. show, and though I only saw one chef out of them all, it seemed pretty lame. The sauce was weak, the cooking uninspired, very hard to observe the chefs at work, styrofoam plates for all to try. I guess it could be worse. I will try to check it out more tomorrow. One of the judges walked away after the presentation. Then again, I didn't really notice the ACF logo anywhere.

Think maybe I'll check out that class you mention, even if for future ref, did you take it?

[kuan]

No I didn't take the class. The NY rest. "competition" sounds like a very unofficial one. Many of the categories require four plates, one for presentation, one for tasting, don't remember what hte other two were for. Hrm weird...

Kuan