Month: February 2014

For the first time in 20 years, Canadian chefs and cooks will get the opportunity to compete in a World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS)-endorsed competition on Canadian soil at the CRFA Show. …

The joint is jumpin’. This is oyster happy hour at Maison Premiere in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — a selection of 15 different kinds of oysters, most of them for $1 each, with a handful at $1.25 because they had to fly in from the West Coast. Krystof Zizka, a co-owner of the restaurant, says he doesn’t make a penny on the oysters, though they are one of the reasons his three-year-old restaurant is so successful. …

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) and The Partnering Group (TPG), introduce IFMA's Foodservice Category Management Training and Certification Program. The program is powered by Full Plate™, Foodservice Category Management, developed by TPG and recently endorsed by the Foodservice Category Management Innovation & Activation board. …

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® program announces the newest 20 members of its Blue Ribbon Task Force, a panel of respected and influential leaders in the culinary community committed to innovative outreach to promote sustainable seafood in 2014. …