Congratulations to CIC alum Ulfet Ozyabasligil Ralph for
winning the Asheville Wine and Food Festival's Chef's Challenge! Ulfet,
representing Charleston's Blom Supper Club, was the first woman to win this
competition.
This is "the highlight of the festival: the final
competition in the annual Chefs Challenge, a cooking competition that pits
regional chefs against each other in an Iron Chef-style battle," wrote the
Mountain Express newspaper. "Each chef is given an hour and a secret
ingredient — this year it was a whole rabbit — and expected to create a dish
that will impress the panel of judges, most of whom are chefs themselves. This
year the panel included James Beard favorite William Dissen of the Market Place
and Susi Gott Seguret of the Seasonal School of Culinary Arts."
http://mountainx.com/food/taste-of-success-regional-chefs-battle-it-out-at-chefs-challenge/
"One hour and two portable burners were all each chef
had to contend with, along with a table laced with various items supplied by
the French Broad Food Co-op," Seguret wrote in the Festival's official
blog. She described Ulfet's dish as
"a richly infused leg perched atop a blend of apples, squash and mushrooms,
more sweet than savory, with the kidneys used in the poaching liquid, and the
ensemble finished off with butter, this plate was awarded especial detailed
attention, with braised cherry tomatoes adding a final touch of color and
another sprinkling of marigold petals contrasting in brightness with the dark
velvety quality of the sauce."
http://www.ashevillewineandfood.com/blog/rabbit-rabbit-rabbit-final-chefs-challenge
Ulfet is currently chef at The Culinary Vegetable Institute
in Milan, Ohio. http://www.culinaryvegetableinstitute.com/
Chef, you did your school proud!
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