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IACC Names United Kingdom and Canada Chefs Winners of the Global Copper Skillet Competition
IACC | April 12, 2017
Los Angeles, CA, April 2017 … Six chefs from IACC's Americas-, Australia-Asia-Pacific- and European-member venues competed for the Global Copper Skillet at the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday, April 4. The event served as the final stage in a three-part competition. United Kingdom and Canada chefs were named as the Global Copper Skillet winners during the IACC-Americas Awards Banquet the following day, and took home the coveted Global Copper Skillet award. Mary Palecek, sous chef at Sundial - Woodside Conference Centre, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, took the Junior Category Copper Skillet for h...
IACC-Americas Chapter Names Finalists for Global Copper Skillet Competition
IACC | March 9, 2017
Chicago, IL, March 2017… Four chefs from IACC-member properties representing the United States and Canada gathered recently to compete for the IACC Americas Chapter Cook-Off at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, where the winners secured their spot en route to the Global Copper Skillet Competition finale next month at IACC-Americas Connect in Los Angeles. Shane Hawkins, lead cook at Stonewall Resort, located in Roanoke, WV, took the "Junior Category Americas Cook-Off Award" for his winning dish. Local judges named Hawkins the winner for his dish of Cornmeal Dusted Trout with Lemon Wine Butter, Pepper Seared Beef with a Whiskey a...
IACC-Americas Names Champions in Canadian Copper Skillet Competition
IACC | February 6, 2017
Cornwall, Ontario, February 2017…Seven chefs from IACC-member properties across Canada gathered to compete for the coveted Canadian Copper Skillet at the NAV Centre, where the winners edged one step closer to the International Copper Skillet Competition finale to be held this April at IACC-Americas Connect. "The Canadian competition has previously been held in Toronto," said Ian Bentley, the NAV Centre's director of conference services and food and beverage. "This year we wanted to represent Cornwall and our region of Canada, though it's a celebration of culinary talent from across the country." Jessica Neville, chef at ...
IACC Names Canadian and Australian Chefs Winners of Global Copper Skillet Competition
IACC | April 29, 2016
LONDON—April 2016 – Six chefs from IACC Americas, Australia Asia Pacific and European member venues competed for the Global Copper Skillet at Convene Midtown East on Tuesday, April 19. The event served as the final stage in a three-part competition. Canadian and Australian chefs were named as the Global Copper Skillet winners during the IACC-Americas Awards Banquet the following day, and took home the coveted Copper Skillet award. Barrington Graham, first cook at St. Andrew's Club and Conference Centre, Toronto, Canada, took the Senior Category Copper Skillet for his winning dish of a five-spice maple glazed duck breast and ...
IACC-Americas Chapter Names Finalists to Advance to Global Competition
IACC | March 8, 2016
Chicago, IL, March 8, 2016 – Four chefs from International Association of Conference Centres (IACC) Canadian- and U.S.-member properties competed for the IACC-Americas Chapter Copper Skillet at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel on Friday, February 26. This competition was stage two in the culinary competition, where two junior and two senior chefs from Canada and the United States competed to represent the Americas' spots at the IACC Global Copper Skillet Final at the IACC-Americas Connect conference this April in New York City. US Chef Austin Klug, restaurant line chef from the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center took ...
IACC-Americas Names Two Canadian Chefs “Copper Skillet Champions”
IACC | January 27, 2016
(CHICAGO, IL) – January 2016 – Seven chefs from the International Association of Conference Centres (IACC)-member properties across Canada gathered to compete for the coveted Canadian Copper Skillet at the BMO Financial Group Institute for Learning in Toronto, where the winners edged one step closer to the International Copper Skillet global final in April. Chef Alexsandra Lalonde, pastry chef from St. Andrew's Club & Conference Centre, took the Junior Category Canadian Copper Skillet for her winning dish of spiced citrus panko crusted pork loin, pan-seared Cornish hen with a wild rice medley of carrots, yellow and g...
IACC-Americas Names Laura Leonetti & Zachary Miller as “Copper Skillet Champions”
IACC | January 28, 2015
(CHICAGO, IL) -- January 2015 -- At the Bonaventure Resort & Spa, four chefs from IACC member properties in the US and Canada gathered to compete for the coveted IACC-Americas Copper Skillet final where the winners now go on to compete in the International Copper Skillet global final in April. Chef Laura Leonetti from the Villanova University Hotel & Conference Center took the IACC-Americas Senior Chef Category Copper Skillet for her winning dish in the cook-off. Local judges named Laura the winner for her dish of Filet Mignon and Jumbo Prawns, white asparagus, sautéed sweet potatoes, mango & avocado salsa. Zachary Miller a...
IACC-Americas Names US & Canadian Chefs, Laura Leonetti & Tim Lentz, as “Copper Skillet Champions”
IACC | December 3, 2014
(NEW YORK, NY) - December 3, 2014 - At the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center Chicago recently, 12 chefs from IACC-member properties across the US gathered to compete for the coveted US Copper Skillet where the winners edged one step closer to the International Copper Skillet global final in April. A few days later, at the Bank of Montreal Institute for Learning in Toronto, IACC conference centre chefs from Canada gathered to vie for the distinction of taking home the Canadian Copper Skillet and being named Canadian Conference Centre Chef of the Year along with the right to go on to compete against the US chef at ...
