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Embassy Chef Challenge

Calendar
Tickets
When:
March 14, 2013 @ 10:00 PM – March 15, 2013 @ 2:00 AM
2013-03-14T22:00:00+00:00
2013-03-15T02:00:00+00:00
Where:
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20004
USA
Cost:
$250
Contact:
Event website
Charity/Cause Other Entertainment

The Embassy Chef challenge is like no other DC gala. Sample the same cuisine served to heads of state and regional delicacies from around the world. Embrace your inner foodie while sipping a cocktail from the top shelf open bar.

This is your chance to be served by more than a dozen chefs who will vie for your votes. A panel of celebrity chefs and food critics select the winner of the Judge’s Choice Award, while you cast a ballot for the People’s Choice winner. Rounding out the evening is a live and silent auction, featuring world-class items steeped in international flavor, including private embassy experiences. It’s an evening like none other!

Embassy Chef Challenge began behind closed doors with Challenge Hungary—a private preliminary competition. This cook-off – held on February 10, 2013 at Occasions Catering – was a Top Chef-style competition that challenged each chef to create a main course in two hours with one common ingredient and a basket of surprise ingredients determined by 2012 Embassy Chef Winner and 2013 judge, Hungarian Chef Viktor Merényi. The judging panel has reserved the name of the winner to be announced the night of the Embassy Chef Challenge gala.

The Embassy Chef Challenge reconvenes the night of the gala on March 14, 2013 when all chefs offer their best hors d’oeuvres for a second round of judging at the Ronald Reagan Building. The scores from the preliminary cook-off and the gala hors d’oeuvres battle determine the Judge’s Choice Award winner. Guests at the gala will vote for the People’s Choice Award.

The gala includes:

  • Silent and live auctions showcasing culturally diverse food and adventure packages, with proceeds benefitting the free programs and events offered by Cultural Tourism DC
  • Exciting, diverse and fabulous cuisine prepared by embassy chefs from various countries
  • Top shelf open bar for all guests
  • Judging by celebrity chefs and food critics
  • People’s Choice winner selected by guests of the gala
  • Mingle with the largest diplomatic community in the world
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