ASSOCIATION NEWS
IFSA lines up chef talent for cooking demonstrations A
series of up to six cooking demonstration will be during this year’s International Flight Services Association (IFSA) Conference and Expo September 25-28 in Long Beach, California. Among the group of chefs will be Celebrity Chef Maneet Chauhan. A well-known author and chef, Chauhan has appeared on numerous televisions shows, including Iron Chef America and is a judge on the Food Network’s show Chopped. She is also a James Beard Award winner. As executive chef of Vermilion, she was executing the Indian-Latin cuisine developed by Rohini Dey and her kitchen teams in New York and Chicago. First and Business Class passengers
on American Airlines flights from Chicago to Delhi, and selected European flights have also savored her dishes as one of the carrier’s chef partners. Chauhan is scheduled to give a demonstration Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Two other chefs from within the airline food service industry are also slated for the cooking demonstration. Leyla Wheelhouse of DFS will give a demonstration Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. and Marc Lopez of Sky Cuisine Wednesday 2:00 pm and 3:30 p.m. At press time IFSA organizers were in the process of gathering more chefs from IFSA’s membership to bring the total number of demonstrations to six. From pasta to Belgian waffles, and other notable dishes, to talented
Maneet Chauhan
chefs and unique products, the spotlight will be on IFSA members where they will have 90 minutes for setup, a demonstration of their choice, and cleanup, all in front of a live audience. Along with this live company demonstration, IFSA will feature notable celebrity chef Sam Choy along with executive chefs Christian Hallowell and Matthew Farrell with Gate Gourmet, for a live cooking demonstration of chef Choy’s famous poke Polynesian dish during the annual networking event Tuesday, September 26. Members will get a chance to join more than 250 industry leaders for a night filled with Polynesian cuisine, entertainment and networking. The event will be sponsored by Gate Gourmet.
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