{"id":2727,"date":"2022-07-22T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodconnectorproduction.com\/calmex\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2023-04-18T13:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:23:50","slug":"chef-finalists-selected-for-inaugural-cal-mex-invitational-foodservice-competition-presented-by-real-california-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realcaliforniamilkfoodservice.com\/cal-mex-invitational\/chef-finalists-selected-for-inaugural-cal-mex-invitational-foodservice-competition-presented-by-real-california-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"CHEF FINALISTS SELECTED FOR INAUGURAL CAL-MEX INVITATIONAL FOODSERVICE COMPETITION PRESENTED BY REAL CALIFORNIA MILK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Culinary professionals compete to highlight the best dishes using California dairy<br \/>\nfor more than $22,000 in prizes<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Tracy, Calif. \u2013 July 23, 2022 \u2013 The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today announced six chef finalists for the Cal-Mex Invitational, a new foodservice competition that celebrates the fusion of California and Mexican cuisines and spotlights recipes featuring California cheese and dairy products.<\/p>\n<p>The six finalists will compete in a head-to-head cook-off event at the Culinary Institute of America at Copia in Napa, California on August 3, 2022, for more than $22,000 in cash prizes and recognition as a Cal-Mex culinary pioneer. The event will be judged by an elite team of chefs and live-streamed so viewers can watch as chefs prepare Cal-Mex dishes in three categories: Appetizer, Entr\u00e9e, and Dessert. The event will be hosted by award-winning author, speaker, and national food television personality Leslie Sbrocco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cal-Mex category is growing and offers a tremendous opportunity to highlight California cheese and dairy. The addition of the Cal-Mex Invitational to our foodservice competition program recognizes the influence of chefs who are showcasing the fusion of California and Mexican flavors in their own unique way,\u201d said Mike Gallagher, Business and Market Development Consultant for the CMAB. \u201cWe look forward to collaborating with this team of chefs and exploring how they interpret Cal-Mex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The finalists for the 2022 Cal-Mex Invitational are:<\/p>\n<p><u>A<\/u><u>ppetizer<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chad Clevenger, Owner of pop-up restaurant El Nido Del Buho in Atlanta, Ga. and formerly at Alma Cocina in Atlanta as well as Mel\u2019s Bar &amp; Grill and Porker Street Food Cart in Denver, Colo.<\/li>\n<li>Victoria Elizondo, Chef\/Owner at Cochinita &amp; Co. and Cochi\u2019s Taqueria in Houston, Texas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Entr\u00e9e<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claud Beltran, Chef\/Co-Owner at Claud &amp; Co. Bacchus Kitchen in Pasadena, Calif. and formerly of California-based food, catering and restaurant companies Evo Company, Beverly Hills Wine Merchant, Barbara West, and Dickenson West.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Casale, Executive Chef at Dos Coyotes Border Caf\u00e9, Sacramento, Calif., incorporating the company\u2019s 11 associated restaurants in Northern California.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Dessert<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manny Barella, Executive Chef\/Partner at Bellota in Denver, Colo. And formerly of Sea Island Resort in Ga., and Calistoga Ranch, Cindy\u2019s Backstreet Kitchen, and Solage Resort in California\u2019s Napa Valley.<\/li>\n<li>Marco Colin, Chef at La Luna in Chicago, Ill. And formerly of The Publican, Alinea and Soho House in Chicago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cal-Mex Invitational finalists were selected from a group of professional chefs from across the U.S. A panel of expert judges scored the best two recipes in each category from each chef to select finalists to participate in the cook-off event in Napa.<\/p>\n<p>Three nationally known chefs will judge the cook-off event: Ben Diaz, Executive Chef of Leoness Cellars, Hugo Ortega, Executive Chef\/Owner H Town Restaurant Group, and Claudette Zepeda, San Diego-based Chef and Culinary Entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>A native Angelino, Ben Diaz puts his passion into every dish at Leoness Cellars. Ben trained at the California School of Culinary Arts and the L\u2019Acad\u00e9mie Culinaire de France. He developed Tacos El Chapin, a popular pop-up taqueria, and is the Chief Culinary Officer at CBD Cuisine Consulting Services &amp; Catering Division, which works with restaurants around the world. Ben previously served as top toque at some of Southern California\u2019s best hotels and restaurants. He wrote the reference book, <em>From a Cook to a Professional Chef<\/em>, and has appeared on Food Network\u2019s Chef Wanted and Cutthroat Kitchen, and The Cooking Channel\u2019s Farmers Market Flip, where he won.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Ortega, winner of 2017 James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southwest, started as busboy at the Backstreet Caf\u00e9 in Houston and following culinary school became its executive chef and co-owner with his wife Tracy Vaught. Hugo later became executive chef and opened Hugo\u2019s, Caracol, Xochi, and URBE. He received the 2017 Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Foodways Alliance. In 2019, Vaught established the Chef Hugo Ortega Endowment at Houston Community College\u2019s Culinary Arts Program to provide scholarships for culinary students. Hugo published two cookbooks:\u00a0<em>Hugo Ortega\u2019s Street Food of Mexico<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Backstreet Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes from Our Neighborhood Cafe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Claudette\u00a0Zepeda oversees the creative vision\u00a0at VAGA restaurant in San Diego\u2019s North County. Previously, she gained national acclaim as the executive chef and partner at El Jard\u00edn, also in San Diego. Claudette won both Eater San Diego and the San Diego Union Tribune\u2019s Chef of the Year in 2018 and was a James Beard Best Chef West semifinalist in 2019. She competed on\u00a0<em>Top Chef<\/em>\u00a0Season 15 and\u00a0<em>Top Chef Mexico<\/em> and won\u00a0<em>Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend<\/em>. In 2019 Claudette founded Viva La Vida, LLC., which starts micro businesses with single mothers\u00a0in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Judges will evaluate dishes by criteria including the inventive use of Hispanic-style Real California cheeses and dairy products, taste, texture and presentation, and creativity. Based on scoring, each category winner will receive a trophy and $5,000 prize. Category runners-up each receive a certificate and $1,500. Non-finalists received $500 each.<\/p>\n<p>For additional details and updates about the inaugural Cal-Mex Invitational, competitors and competing dishes visit <a href=\"https:\/\/realcaliforniamilkfoodservice.com\/cal-mex-invitational\/\">calmex.realcaliforniamilk.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>California is a reliable, consistent source of sustainable dairy products used by chefs throughout the world. As the nation\u2019s largest dairy state, California boasts an impressive lineup of award-winning cheesemakers and dairy processors who are helping to drive dining innovation. California is the leading producer of fluid milk, butter and ice cream as well as Hispanic-style cheese and dairy products for Cal-Mex creations.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>About Real California Milk\/the California Milk Advisory Board<br \/>\n<\/strong>The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), an instrumentality of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, is funded by the state\u2019s dairy farm families who lead the nation in sustainable dairy farming practices. With a vision to nourish the world with the wholesome goodness of Real California Milk, the CMAB\u2019s programs focus on increasing demand for California\u2019s sustainable dairy products in the state, across the U.S. and around the world through advertising, public relations, research, and retail and foodservice promotional programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Foodservice Division of the CMAB supports foodservice operators and distributors that use Real California dairy products.\u00a0The CMAB offers marketing and promotional support for foodservice operators that purchase dairy products with the Real California Milk seal, which means they are made with 100 percent milk from California\u2019s more than 1,100 family dairy farms, using some of the most sustainable dairy practices in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on sourcing cheese from California, contact the foodservice team at 209.883.6455 (MILK), <a href=\"about:blank\">businessdevelopment@cmab.net<\/a> or <a href=\"about:blank\">RealCaliforniaMilk.com\/Foodservice<\/a>, <a href=\"about:blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"about:blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"about:blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"about:blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culinary professionals compete to highlight the best dishes using California dairy for more than $22,000 in prizes Tracy, Calif. \u2013 July 23, 2022 \u2013 The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today announced six chef finalists for the Cal-Mex Invitational, a new foodservice competition that celebrates the fusion of California and Mexican cuisines and spotlights recipes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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