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March 13, 2010

Culinary team to be on TV

BY PATRICIA BREAKEY
DELHI NEWS BUREAU

DELHI _ The SUNY Delhi hot food team will show off their cooking talents on Fox & Friends at 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Sarah Thurgood, SUNY Delhi team captain, of Bovina Center, Kenny Liranzo of New York City, Joe Michaud of Gansevoort, Julie Hernandez of Bainbridge and Mike Specioso of Binghamton will appear on the FOX Network show with the winners of the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition, Chef Tom Recinella, SUNY Delhi culinary team manager, said Friday.

The State University College of Technology at Delhi team is competing this weekend in the American Culinary Federation’s Northeast Regional Conference in Hershey, Pa., with hopes of advancing to the national competition in Anaheim, Calif., in August. They will arrive home late Sunday night to begin preparations for the 50 desserts they will be serving to 50 cadets from West Point during the early morning television show.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Russell Campbell, chief of the Culinary Skills Division, Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, said the Delhi students were asked to be sous-chefs to the Military Chef of the Year and Junior Chef of the Year because of the relationship Recinella has had with the Army Culinary Team.

For the last two years, Recinella has taken his students to the military culinary competition in Fort Lee, Va., so the students can help the soldiers prepare.

“Some of these guys could be coming back from Iraq and have never heard of the category they are going to be competing in,” Recinella said.

Recinella said 10 students went to Fort Lee over winter break to work with the soldiers to help them hone their cooking skills.

Campbell said the SUNY Delhi students are “incredibly competent. They hold workshops and provide training for our student chefs. It is fabulous that they are that dedicated.”

Campbell said the invitation to appear on the FOX morning show came about after a media release was sent out announcing the winners of the Army’s culinary arts competition.

“This thing unfolded over six days,” Recinella said. “The Army has been very impressed with our students, and they wanted them to be there.”

The cooking for the show will be done in a containerized unit that will be sitting in the middle of Times Square, Recinella said.

The Army chefs will prepare two courses to be served to the 50 cadets with assistance from the Delhi team.

“They are going to make a couple of breakfast- like courses,” Recinella said. “The students will prepare a hazelnut gateau with Granny Smith apple sorbet and a dried cherry sauce. It is a really elegant dessert.”

“It is going to be great,” Campbell said. “We are all very excited.” Chefs Victor Sommo and James Margiotta coach Delhi’s hot food team with Recinella serving as the team’s manager.

The SUNY Delhi hot food team won the 2010 American Culinary Federation State championship Feb. 13 at Schenectady County Community College, achieving Delhi’s highest score at a state culinary competition.

The Army’s annual Culinary Arts Competition invites chefs from throughout the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard chefs to come and compete against each other. More than 200 competitors registered for the weeklong series of events. The American Culinary Federation sanctions the competition.

“It’s actually the largest ACF sanctioned event,” Campbell said. “It’s all military chefs, but it’s also the largest ACF sanctioned event in the country.”

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