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Interview with Chef John Besh
Sep. 28th, 2008 07:25 pmSo, Christey and I talked our way into covering the Bocuse d'Or USA, where the USA chef was chosen to compete against the rest of the world in Lyon, France, next January. It was held at Epcot, during the first weekend of the International Food and Wine Festival (which will be running for the next month -- we have to get back there to actually enjoy wandering around and grazing).
We're one of the featured publishers for http://Foodbuzz.com, which sorta aggregates food blogs and restaurants into a giant food commmunity. They have a Foodie Correspondant Program, where they get media passes to culinary events so bloggers can write about them.
This was a stunningly cool event. The concept for the competition is absolute technique, from knife skills, to sanitation, to, of course, amazing food. The USA have never placed well, partly because we are only really starting to emerge as a serious food country. The chefs Christey and I were literally bumping into: Traci des Jardins, Patrick O'Connell, Andre Soltner, John Besh, Hung Huynh (Top Chef season 3 winner and a contestant in the competition), Daniel Boulud, Paul Bocuse, restaurateur Sirio Maccioni (Le Cirque), and, of course, Al Roker.
I interviewed Chef John Besh (Iron Chef competitor and James Beard winner) who emceed the event with Al Roker, and we talked about reality food TV, the purity of food, and what's going on in New Orleans:
http://fotocuisine.com/2008/09/28/interview-with-chef-john-besh/
We're one of the featured publishers for http://Foodbuzz.com, which sorta aggregates food blogs and restaurants into a giant food commmunity. They have a Foodie Correspondant Program, where they get media passes to culinary events so bloggers can write about them.
This was a stunningly cool event. The concept for the competition is absolute technique, from knife skills, to sanitation, to, of course, amazing food. The USA have never placed well, partly because we are only really starting to emerge as a serious food country. The chefs Christey and I were literally bumping into: Traci des Jardins, Patrick O'Connell, Andre Soltner, John Besh, Hung Huynh (Top Chef season 3 winner and a contestant in the competition), Daniel Boulud, Paul Bocuse, restaurateur Sirio Maccioni (Le Cirque), and, of course, Al Roker.
I interviewed Chef John Besh (Iron Chef competitor and James Beard winner) who emceed the event with Al Roker, and we talked about reality food TV, the purity of food, and what's going on in New Orleans:
http://fotocuisine.com/2008/09/28/interview-with-chef-john-besh/
