Chef Showdown 2006

Chef Showdown 2006
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
405 Neil Ave., Columbus Ohio




Date: April 28, 2006
Hours: Friday 6:30 p.m.
Contact Phone: 614-481-3278, 614-488-7579
Admission: Tickets are $150 each and include drinks, dinner catered by Bravo Development, Inc. Restaurants and Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and dessert, compliments of Pistachio.

Two of Columbus' best chefs will push culinary boundaries on April 28 in the local premiere of Chef Showdown 2006. Chef Brian Hinshaw of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and Chef Phil Yandolino of Bravo Development, Inc. Restaurants will prepare dishes from scratch in a fully equipped kitchen provided by The Wasserstrom Company exclusively for the event at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, 405 Neil Avenue in the Arena District. When the smoke clears a star panel of judges, led by honorary judge Chef Hartmut Handke, Certified Master Chef, will determine the gastronomic champ.

The culinary caper begins at 6:30 p.m. with an epicurean dinner hour for more than 500 catered by Bravo Development, Inc. Restaurants and Cameron Mitchell Restaurants. A live auction offers guests the opportunity to bid on the unique experience of being on stage as chef assistants in the evening's competition or on the sidelines as a judge. Other auction items include private dinner parties at Lindey's and M, a lifetime membership to Aubergine, cookware, travel and artwork.

Similar to an Iron Chef competition, Yandolino and Hinshaw will have 60 minutes to cook at their battle stations. At the last moment, the Secret Ingredient Sponsor will spice up the challenge and provide a secret ingredient to incorporate into the recipes.

Expert commentary will be provided by Chef Hubert Seifert of Spagio and Farmer Lee Jones of The Culinary Vegetable Institute in Huron, Ohio. In addition to Handke, the panel of judges who will determine the winning chef includes Jon Christensen, restaurant and wine reviewer, The Columbus Dispatch; Michael Taylor, an award-winning amateur chef and co-founder of City Barbeque; Jeni Britton of Jeni's Ice Cream and Nannette Maciejunes, executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art.