Academy of Food & Wine Names Hospitality Industry Finalists in Competition
The not for profit social enterprise and official professional training body for front of house service, The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW), has announced the names of the finalists in its 2010 Gastronomy Team of the Year competition.
Designed to highlight the importance of good communication and strong working relationships between kitchen and front-of-house staff, entries to the competition were welcomed from any chef/waiter team from any restaurant of any size.
Answering and judged on a questionnaire, the five regional finalists of the contest – including staff from Andaz, London, Hotel TerraVina, Hampshire and Saffron, Birmingham – will plan a two-course meal with accompanying wines and be expected to demonstrate careful consideration of ingredients, combination of tastes and an appropriate marrying of these with the choice of wine.
This year’s event, held in association with Discover the Origin, an initiative to inform food and wine professionals about the origin of five Discover the Origin PDO products (parma ham, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, burgundy wines, port and Douro Valley wines) is supported by Harpers Wine & Spirit.
The finalists’ dishes will need to include one of the two PDO food ingredients and will come head to head in a real-time ‘cook and serve’ final on 19 July 2010 at Westminster Kingsway College, London.
Winners of the competition will win a 10-day trip, courtesy of Discover the Origin, to the locations of Burgundy, Parma and the Douro Valley to deepen their appreciation of the provenance of the PDO list of products.
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