Posted by Luke Vaillancourt on Thu, Dec 17, 2009 @ 07:52 AM
YOU decide who gets crowned Worcester's Best Chef at Union Station as
you sample the finest cuisine Central New England has to offer! Vote in
person for The People's Choice Award and see who wins - LIVE! Also,
meet Celebrity Judge Michael Giletto from Iron Chef America, Food
Network's Chopped, Ultimate Recipe Showdown, and the Tyra Banks Show.
Have you ever chopped the cork off a bottle of bubbly? Take part in a
Champagne SABERING with Sir Jeremy Bell of Scotland, as he teaches you
how to quickly and ceremoniously open the world's finest Champagne.
Indulge in gourmet cuisine, fine wines from around the world, and enjoy
live dance exhibitions, auctions, chair massages, and drink Absinthe ON
FIRE with Sir Jeremy!
If Champagne, Absinthe, wine tastings, and massages don't rid you of
still-lurking Holiday stress, then laugh the night away with Emmy
Award-winning comedian Ron Jones!
Proceeds to benefit the Culinary Arts College Scholarship program at Worcester Technical High School.
Vote your palate and decide who will be Worcester's Best Chef. For
tickets, pictures of last year's event, and more information, go to
www.WorcestersBestChef.com.
Posted by Laura Briere on Tue, Oct 07, 2008 @ 06:35 PM
Excitement reverberated throughout the Worcester Technical High School's elegant rotunda as guests in a range of ages poured in on Sunday, September 28, 2008, to sample the finest food and drink from some of the local restaurants of central Massachusetts.
The evening started out nicely with where small groups of chefs proudly served their cuisine and carefully watched the reaction of the guests looking for clues to the result of the vote to come. The voices of the people were heard as all the attendees cast their ballets rating each business to determine their favorite.
In addition to the popular vote, seven judges, including the Worcester Telegram & Gazette's Barbara Houle, applied their culinary expertise to discern the best course and top restaurants of the night.
The gastric experience was just the beginning of the fun that evening. Jim Polito from WTAG provided wit and banter as MC. Salsa Storm performed several dazzling dances in the Center Atrium. Juggleography thrilled the audience by tossing knives. Free soothing chair massages were offered by Theracopie Massage Therapy and Wellness Center. The United States Army Color Guard made a dignified presence at the event.
Sir Jeremy John Bell from Scotland lead the crowd to the stage in a bagpipe procession for a Perrier-Jouet Champagne "sabering", where Sir Jeremy shows spectators how to "uncork" a $90 bottle of PJ with a 4-foot sword! One of the competing chefs even surprised the audience and the Scottish performer by singing a rendition of the Scottish National Anthem in Sir Jeremy's honor. Moving the crowd with him, Sir Jeremy then paraded upstairs to indulge guests in a luxe 20-year-old post tasting by Sandeman's.
The officiality of the public's voting was felt as policmen escorted certified public accountants and auditors from Houssan Ojerholm to the stage at the end of the night to deliver the sealed and certified results of the competition for best chef for announcement by Domenic D. Mercurio, Jr., president of Mercury Media & Entertainment, LLC. The anticipation of the 30 Worcester Technical High School culinary art students that assisted in the event that night could not be contained at they gathered around the stage to read the final winner. Simultaneously they announced and cheered that Baba Sushi was once again crowned Worcester's Best Chef, but this time for the People's Choice, instead of 2007's Judge's Choice.
It can be devised from the results of the People's Choice and Judges' Choice votes that sushi has become a popular choice of cuisine in the Worcester area as two sushi chefs took top honors in each category.
Posted by Laura Briere on Thu, Sep 25, 2008 @ 05:07 PM
Want to get a taste (pun intended!) of what you can expect this year and what guests got to experience last year? Watch this video!
The video quality isn't that great, but still worth seeing. =)
Posted by Pete Caputa on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 @ 10:45 AM
Thanks to everyone who has bought tickets already.
We're expecting a great turnout again this year in our new much more spacious digs at Worcester Vocational Technical School.
If you haven't purchased tickets yet, now is a good time.
We have 22 restaurants signed up w/ a few last minute applications coming in.
Many people have bought paper tickets too. But, here's a list of people who bought tickets online who were willing to put their names online.
See anyone that you know?
Posted by Laura Briere on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 @ 10:47 PM
Got some great new pictures in the photos section of the site - check it out!
Posted by Laura Briere on Mon, Sep 08, 2008 @ 02:34 PM
Getting your tickets early is a good thing; here's why:
- Discounts! Have you seen our generous discount codes floating around? If not, stop into one of our competing restaurants for dinner and you'll be given a special discount postcard.
- More Food! What's the best part about being in a regional culinary competition? The food, of course! We need to tell our chefs how many to expect as early in advance as possible so we can make sure we've got enough for EVERY person that buys a ticket. The more prepped they are, the less chance there is that you could miss out on your favorite chef's dish!
- Early Registration Prize Drawings! We're running promos all over WTAG and WSRS (we can't tell you what they are, you have to listen!) that offer drawings for various prizes, like gas cards.
It's a win/win. Register early!!!