Left to right - Chef James Batterson, Sous Chef of the Sheraton Harrisburg, Chef Mark Pawlowski, Executive Chef of the Yorktown Hotel, York, Chef Michael Geary, Executive Chef of the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, Breinigsville, and Dave Stoltzfus, Executive Chef with Compass Corporation.

PRESS RELEASE

Associations Announce Pennsylvania Iron Chef Competition Winners

  The PA Tourism & Lodging Association in partnership with the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association, recently held their third annual Food & Beverage Conference, “Sweet Success in Food & Beverage”, at the Hershey Lodge.

  The 2009 Pennsylvania Iron Chef Competition, sponsored by Sysco Central Pennsylvania, closed the Conference.  The Competition consisted of four teams with four chefs per team. Each team had two hours to complete a three-course gourmet meal and pair each course with a fitting wine selection. The teams stagger their starting times by fifteen minutes - that way no one is serving a cold dish! To make things more difficult, the competitors do not know what all of their ingredients are. They are provided a list of common pantry items about three weeks prior, but have to pull their proteins out of a hat on the day of the competition

  The winning team of both the 2007 and 2008 Pennsylvania Iron Chef Competition defended their title, again winning this year for a third consecutive time.  This outstanding team includes: Michael Geary, Executive Chef of the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, Breinigsville, Dave Stoltzfus, Executive Chef with Compass Corporation, Mark Pawlowski, Executive Chef of the Yorktowne Hotel, York James Batterson, Sous Chef of the Sheraton Harrisburg, Hershey.

Sixteen chefs from across Pennsylvania competed in this annual event .

Press Release Contact:

Mark L. Krotulski CHA
Director of Education
PA Tourism & Lodging Association
128 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 232-8880 X102

markk@patourism.org

For more information on these events visit www.patourism.org/fb or call the PA Tourism & Lodging Association at (717) 232-8880

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