Let's Get Fresh: Recap of Cast Iron Cook-Off 2014
By Bob Workman on February 02, 2014
- A CRCO is limited to teams of no more than 4 amateur cooks while a CICO team is led by a professional chef assisted by a sous chef and a team of 7 amateurs along with one high school ProStart culinary student.
- A CRCO team only has to prepare one dish while the CICO team has to prepare a full four course meal in one hour.
- A CICO team is generally sponsored by and represents a restaurant or food service entity. A CRCO team is usually a group of friends or colleagues or sometimes just one person.
- The dishes in both cook-offs have to feature WV produced meats, produce, and value-added products.
- Both cook-offs were developed and are presented by the Collaborative for the 21st Century Appalachia for the purpose of promoting the use of local foods and the whole farm-to-table movement. See wvfarm2u.org and castironcookoff.org for more info.
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