The annual Mason Dixon Top Chef competition, a multi-week event is a single-elimination tournament designed to showcase some of the area's finest executive chefs and restaurants, is underway for 2016. Now in its sixth year, the Chef cometition pits 16 top chef teams in one-on-one in a single-elimination bracket-style culinary competition. Each night of competition, the chef teams are required to produce a unique appetizer, entrée and dessert in 30 minutes prep time and one hour cooking time using required ingredients, imagination, and their own culinary talents. The expert panel of judges, as well as audience members, decide the winner each night, with one team advancing to the next round, and one team being eliminated.
Last week, top chef teams gathered at Boordy Vineyards (w in Hydes, MD last week to see when their journey to possibly become the 2016 Mason Dixon Top Chef Champions will begin. The final sixteen chef matches were announced and teams found out who their first competitor would be in the eight week competition:
2016 Mason Dixon Chef Competitors
Christopher Vocci, Alexandra’s at Turf Valley
Kurt Peter, Azure
Chad Novak, Das Bier Haus
Fabio Mura, Grille 620
Brian Wells, Hard Yacht Cafe
Francois Giovanni Merle, KitchenCray
Kitty Ashi, Monsoon Siam
Bill Kelley, Renditions Golf
Niko Negas, Roasthouse Pub
Brett Arnold, Smokin’ Hot Bar & Grille
Terence Tomlin, SoBe Restaurant
Jeffrey Barillo, Social Restaurant & Oyster Bar
Brendan McKinney, Tark’s Grill -battles for the Breakfast Category
Darius Jones, That’s My Favorite Catering
Sean Praglowski, The Point in Fells
Greg Mason, The White Oak Tavern
Competition begins June 7
th. All competitions will be held at the Inn at the Colonnade Baltimore, a Doubletree by Hilton Hotel (www.colonnadebaltimore.com/). A full schedule as well as chef bios are available at http://www.masondixonmasterchef.com/schedule-results/bracket.php.
Competition Dates (5:30pm – 9:00pm):
June 7, 8, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28
July 11, 12, 18, 19
August 1, 2, 14
Event Timeline:
5:30 p.m. – Happy Hour with Complementary Hors d’oeurves and Wine Tasting by Boordy Vineyards, plus Drink Specials
6:30 p.m. – Cold Prep Begins for the Competition
7:00 p.m. – Chef Competition
8:00 p.m. – Judging Begins, Complementary Dessert and Coffee Served
10% of the net proceeds of each ticket sold directly to Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland. More information available at www.MasonDixonMasterChef.com, on Twitter @MDMasterChef, and Facebook at Mason Dixon Master Chef.
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