March 2009


NBC33 and Mayor Kip Holden joined us at the new Louisiana Culinary Institute facility for the exciting Race to Cannes conclusion...

The Race to Cannes - NBC33



February 2009


Kianga Kelley from NBC33 paid the LCI a visit to not only cover The Race to Cannes, but also help judge.

January 23, 2009


The Race to Cannes Competition at the Louisiana Culinary Institute (LCI) has started off with a bang. Four students competed in a preliminary round on January 23, 2009 to narrow the competition seeding to sixteen total seeds. Three of the four competitors in the match up were freshman. The line up was:
#15 Owen Hohl (junior) versus #18 Crystal Shilling (freshman)
#17 Michael Trombatore (freshman) versus #16 Nathan Roose (freshman)

The ingredient choices for the preliminary round were pork tenderloin, sweet potato and cauliflower. After submitting their menu, each student was given two hours to complete four portions of their dish for the judges.

The judges rated each students dish on taste, presentation, creativity, sanitation, skill and mise en place (preparation). The results left #15, Owen Hohl, and #16, Nathan Roose, standing. Hohl’s winning dish was a pan-seared pork tenderloin served over cauliflower puree, accompanied with a sweet potato and goat cheese gratin. And Roose’s winning dish was a black currant glazed pork tenderloin with spicy sweet potatoes and mock twice-baked potatoes. Congratulations to both Owen Hohl and Nathan Roose.

What the preliminary round has shown us is that this competition will be one of deliberate and flavorful creations. Students must be prepared for challenging competitors if they expect to advance.

Check back next week for the results of the Group B, First Round competition, where the ingredient choices are duck breast, russet potatoes and parsnips. The four guest judges for this round will be Tommy Simmons from The Advocate, Chef Vincent Marino from Gino’s Restaurant, Executive Chef Leighton Carbo from Sullivan’s and Cody Stevens from Doerle.



January 9, 2009


The Louisiana Culinary Institute (LCI) is proud to announce the qualified entries for The Race to Cannes.
  • Evan Andrews
  • David Montgomery
  • Meredith Beck-Wiggins
  • Samantha Neal
  • John Cairo
  • Jeffrey Ponder
  • Cody Carroll
  • Nathan Roose
  • Owen Hohl
  • Crystal Shilling
  • Trip Illing
  • Julius Thompson
  • Bryan Joubert
  • Michael Trombatore
  • Dustie Latiolais
  • Chris Ward
  • Will McCarty
  • Leanne Willingham


December 2008


The Louisiana Culinary Institute (LCI) is proud to present its latest in-house cooking competition: The Race to Cannes. LCI students will compete in this single-round elimination competition for a trip to the Cannes Film Festival, where the winner will be part of a culinary team that will cook for the entire Cannes Film Festival from May 9 – 25, 2009.

This culinary team, hosted by The American Pavilion, provides up to 1,000 meals per day and caters all of The American Pavilion’s cocktail receptions, press luncheons, parties, and special events. Prior to the Cannes Film Festival, students will enjoy a three-day orientation that includes visits to markets and vineyards, and meals with famed chefs, such as Roger Verge of the Moulin de Mougins.

The Race to Cannes competition is structured as a bracket-style tournament, where students are assigned a seed number. This seed number is used for student placement on the bracket, ultimately determining the match up in the head-to-head competitions. In each round of the competition, students will present a different pre-determined protein, starch and vegetable to the judges. The winner of each round will advance in the competition, while the loser will be eliminated.

LCI will provide the winning student with round-trip airfare to France and The American Pavilion’s program fee, which includes housing, breakfast, official Cannes Film Festival accreditation and pre-festival programming.

The Race to Cannes competition is expected to be fierce, attracting several top-notch students and judges from Louisiana’s culinary and media community. LCI wishes the competing student luck in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
 
 
 

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