Three major US trade bodies team up for ground-breaking international salon culinaire demos at Gulfood

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Three major US trade bodies team up for ground-breaking international salon culinaire demos at Gulfood

Three major USA trade bodies are collaborating for 'very first of their kind' cooking demos at this year's International Salon Culinaire - the annual Emirates Culinary Guild display of the region's finest culinary skill and expertise-- at Gulfood 2016.

Coming together for their first-ever joint promotion are the USA's Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), the Meat Export Federation and the Dairy Export Council. The USAPEEC has actually recruited Louisiana-born Joe Truex, executive chef at Dubai Mall's premium restaurant Pi. Dubai, to headline the 3 trade bodies' 'Tastes of the USA' demos.

Having actually begun in kitchen areas in New Orleans and Las Vegas and trained under multi-award-winning and celebrity Chef Daniel Boulud at the elite Le Cirque while attending The Culinary Institute of America in New York, Chef Truex is among the most knowledgeable chefs in the Gulf.

After finishing, Chef Truex transferred to Switzerland as chef de partie at Basel's Swisstel Le Plaza. He later on returned to New York to work at The Peninsula Hotel and for the Fireman Hospitality Group, where he opened The Brooklyn Diner and The Redeye Grill. Chef Truex likewise worked as executive chef at The Cambridge Hotel before relocating to Atlanta as executive chef at the Swisstel, and after that at the Chteau lan Winery and Resort. Later Joe and his other half opened Atlanta's Repast area restaurant where the menu showed their culinary backgrounds - his: European and French, hers: Japanese. The duo then opened Atlanta's Watershed on Peachtree restaurant prior to using up the Pi.Dubai offer and transferring to the acclaimed Dubai Mall eatery.

At Gulfood's International Salon Culinaire, Chef Truex will stage 4, 30-minute demonstrations daily from February 21-24, which will be matched by discussions by chefs representing the Meat Federation and the Dairy Council. Chef Truex's demos assure to be a 'Grand Tour' of the USA with the protein content-- egg, chicken, duck and turkey - remaining the exact same but other active ingredients changing daily with menus representing various American states.
"I'll be providing quiche-style meals and omelettes however likewise poultry-- chicken, duck and turkey-- creations," discussed Chef Truex. The menu will be a snapshot of the numerous various cooking designs and flavours of the USA that can be summoned up with the usage of poultry and eggs.".

Among Gulfood's undisputed draws for the region's top professional chefs, pastry chefs, cooks and bakers, this year's Salon Culinaire will see more than 1,300 professional chefs evaluated by a panel of 25 prominent specialists mandated by the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) to judge cooking occasions around the world.

"Chef Truex's 'Tastes of the USA' promo is exactly the kind of vibrant, multiple entity advertising activity that is associated with Gulfood and the International Salon Culinaire," stated Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions and Events, DWTC, which arranges Gulfood. "Having the USAPEEC, the Meat Export Federation and the Dairy Export Council collaborate in this activity will display the complimentary line of product of all three trade bodies' members in front of an audience of influential local and global purchasers and traders.".

The biggest edition in the show's history, Gulfood 2016, the 21st in the yearly series will feature 5,000 companies from 120 nations and 117 pavilions - five more than in 2014-- with first-time group involvement from Russia, Costa Rica, Belarus, Mauritius and New Zealand returning after a six-year break. More than 85,000 visitors from more than 170 nations including global heads of state, ministers, government officials and nationwide trade associations from 5 continents are expected to turnout.

Gulfood 2016 is a strictly trade-only occasion for business and trade visitors. The show is open 11am-7pm from February 21-24 and 11am-5pm on February 25. Visitors can pre-register at www.gulfood.com to conserve AED100 (US$ 27) on the AED300 (US$ 81.70) on-site entry cost.