U.S. Army Garrison Fort Lee Public Affairs - Fort Lee, VA The 42nd annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event kicked off Friday with its most prestigious and challenging category – Armed Forces Chef of the Year. The competition is the only one held entirely at the Joint Culinary Training Center – chefs work feverishly to get out a top-notch four-course, four-serving meal to the waiting judges. “Part of why the event is so prestigious is because of the title,

1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division - Camp Hovey, South Korea As the countdown began, seven culinary specialists from each battalion in the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, rushed into preparing a special meal during a Devil’s Top Chef competition at the Junction City dining facility on Camp Hovey, South Korea, Feb 17. With limited help from their senior mentors, the culinary specialists only had two hours to create complex and cre

7th Sustainment Brigade - Fort Story, VA 7 th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) Top Chef Competition By CW2 Donald Perry | 7 th TB(X) Food Service Technician | July 22, 2016 For the past two years the 7 th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) food service has hosted a quarterly Top Chef Competition. The competition is designed to promote and encourage growth in the culinary profession with special attention to modern culinary development-abilities, practicality, nut

U.S. Army Garrison Fort Lee Public Affairs - Fort Lee, VA Preparing a one-course meal in 60 minutes may seem like a simple and easy household task to some.Producing the same meal, however, during the U.S. Armed Forces’ largest culinary event under the watchful eyes of renowned chefs can be a daunting challenge. Those were factors that played into the Armed Forces Student Chef of the Year category of the annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event that wraps up to