The Gazette Healthy Challenge...results are in!
Sat/May/2007 02:04 PM Filed in: Food
I just got back from being one of the judges at the
Gazette Newspaper Cooking Challenge held at the
Montgomery Colleges Rockville Campus with my former
teacher, Janet Soros. We had a great challenge with
two teams delineated by their location "upcounty" and
"downcounty". Both teams really did a nice job with
the food, presening, talking about the various
dishes, and the overall flavor. I'll upload some
pictures of the general kitchen action in a bit, I
was too focused on judging to shoot each plate, but
they ALL LOOKED REALLY GREAT!
Here is a quick video of the scene...
The dishes were...an appetizer, an entree , and dessert
Red Team...
Warm Asparagus Salad with vinaigrette and chopped olives
Steamed Halibut with Oriental Vegetables and Aromatic Broth
Reisling (?) Poached Pear with Chocolate Sorbet
Blue Team...
Baked Eggplant with Fresh Roma Tomato Sauce
"Bundles of Sole" with Asparagus and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Macerated Berries with Sweet Cream (actually awesome pureed cottage cheese..it works!) and Pepper (yes, nice touch Chef Enzo from il Pizzico)
Both teams did a really nice job, seriously putting so much time and effort into it.. I personally was very impressed with the presentation, flavor and we also rated their teamwork aspect (blue team got that one)..
After all the votes were counted and discussed...the winner was.........
RED TEAM!!
I really have to say that just getting involved and getting to think about healthy food without thinking "I'll just eat plain salad and lose weight" was really phenomenal... I know from my experience in losing over 100 lbs last year, that it truly is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE! You can't look at this as a quick fix, but a really interesting journey, giving you the power of control over where your body sits. Please remember, YOU ARE the best judge of where your weight and health should be, so do what works FOR YOU!
Peace, hope you enjoyed, more to come...
Chef T
( and yes, I left my text RED in honor of the winning team, the BLUE TEAM HAD TO WASH THE DISHES...
.. but
really, they did a great job too.)
the final score was only 2 points difference... a tight race!
Here is a quick video of the scene...
The dishes were...an appetizer, an entree , and dessert
Red Team...
Warm Asparagus Salad with vinaigrette and chopped olives
Steamed Halibut with Oriental Vegetables and Aromatic Broth
Reisling (?) Poached Pear with Chocolate Sorbet
Blue Team...
Baked Eggplant with Fresh Roma Tomato Sauce
"Bundles of Sole" with Asparagus and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Macerated Berries with Sweet Cream (actually awesome pureed cottage cheese..it works!) and Pepper (yes, nice touch Chef Enzo from il Pizzico)
Both teams did a really nice job, seriously putting so much time and effort into it.. I personally was very impressed with the presentation, flavor and we also rated their teamwork aspect (blue team got that one)..
After all the votes were counted and discussed...the winner was.........
RED TEAM!!
I really have to say that just getting involved and getting to think about healthy food without thinking "I'll just eat plain salad and lose weight" was really phenomenal... I know from my experience in losing over 100 lbs last year, that it truly is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE! You can't look at this as a quick fix, but a really interesting journey, giving you the power of control over where your body sits. Please remember, YOU ARE the best judge of where your weight and health should be, so do what works FOR YOU!
Peace, hope you enjoyed, more to come...
Chef T
( and yes, I left my text RED in honor of the winning team, the BLUE TEAM HAD TO WASH THE DISHES...
.. but
really, they did a great job too.)
the final score was only 2 points difference... a tight race!