TASTE OF COLLIER

2009

Come on down to the 2009 Taste of Collier
at the Bayfront this Sunday May 3, 2009. Check out the info at http://www.tasteofcollier.org/
The ACF Caxambas Chefs will be there with culinary students from Collier County high schools
presenting culinary demonstrations throughout the day.
This is the 26th annual Taste of Collier with over 30 great restaurants, lots of great people, food and drink and we are excited be a part of it. Funds raised will be donated in part to Prostart, culinary scholarships and culinary competetion sponsorship. Please show your support and get down to Bayfront for a great day for the whole family.

(FUN)draising!

HELP!!!

We need your help fellow chefs, vendors, purveyors, F&B managers, GM's, golf pros, superintendants, all of YOU!!!

Our 20th Annual Jim Lynch Memorial Scholarship Golf Classic is sneaking up on us and we need golfers, tee sponsors, F&B sponsors, and prizes. Don't let the ecomomy slow us down! This is a great event loaded with fun and fellowship. Scramble format and where evryone is a hero! This is our major fundraiser for the year and funds raised go directly to our scholarship fund. We are proud to have raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years that have supported young culinarians with their education and the culinary programs of Collier County schools. So come and have a great day out at Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club in Estero! For more information or to register please contact 239 774 0466.

we look forward to seeing you all out at Wildcat Run!

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Lazy Sunday

a few pics from a Sunday service...

Really, really super cold!

lavosh for soup

Raviloi production... these are PNW King Boletus, a mushroom closely related to Porcini

Explosion style filling...

ravilois

mise en place

Salad of Alaskan spotted shrimp, Benton's country ham, fennel, citrus

Villa Manodori olive oil

oak smoked poularde, Boletus mushroom ravilois, pignoli fritto, arugula, saba

(AB) Normal Food

Random pics from the last month...

Being honored is nice....

Congratulations Chef Dan!

7Lagos Chardonnay from Patagonia, Argentina
crisp and citrusy... no wood... love this and it's only 10 bucks!

Cammarones, compressed pineapple, sea lettuces, salt block

Cauliflower flan, our cold aldersmoked salmon, maple meringue

Squid, caramalised yoghurt, lemon

Cheeseburger in Paradise!!!

For SB... The next JB RS Chef of the year!

same cheeseburger, same paradise

Silly... Pata Negra hoof... I can't seem to let it go!

CMC's Hartmut Handke and Edward Janos

In our kitchen! Very honored.

Chef Kristi Janos, Chef Janos, Chef Handke, and Chef CJ

Tomato soup and grilled cheese... "comfort food for uncomfortable times "

was the theme for this luncheon. This was the most delicious tomato soup I have ever tasted!

Crepes, sauce Supreme the way it is suppose to be!

Dessert plate-up

Lemon Variety

Grilled Lambchopper cheese, tomato soup orb... a little silly but well received

Thermomix... finally found one on Ebay... Love this thing!

Veal Breast treated like pork belly

Veal breast, cured, smoked and then braised in the C-vap at 185 F for 14 or so hours

the jelly was amazing!

Amen...

Thanks to Dave and Ice Magic for providing a little "coolness" for Chef RF's amuse...

A future so bright????

Student Chefs, Don Dussard and Justin Lee

Congrats to Justin... off to the CIA!!!

Trouble!
ACF Caxambas Chefs Chris Jones, Wilhelm Gahabka CEC, Frank Setera CEC, AAC

and Ralph Feraco CEC. AAC

Raising $$$ for children at the Southwest Florida Food and Wine Festival

Heads down...asses up

Noodle Box... and yes... bubbles!

Mise en place

Chef Wilhelm's Duck with crackling

CheF RF's King Crab, potato confit, caviar

A great friend and chef with "normal food" !

Full Throttle!

After taking a break from administering this blog... I am back!

FULL THROTTLE!

I know, I know... energy drinks are bad for you...

This particular flavor got me through March...