{"id":54910,"date":"2014-04-16T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=54910"},"modified":"2014-04-13T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T21:58:10","slug":"morrisville-state-chefs-students-cook-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=54910","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State Chefs, Students Cook for Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSCF0132\"<\/a>Dan Westervelt, of Hamilton, Chef at Mustang Alley, prepares food during the 28th\u00a0Great Chef\u2019s dinner held recently at the Skaneateles Country Club. (Photo by Rebecca Dowsland, executive chef, Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation (MAC))<\/i><\/p>\n

By Franci Valenzano, Public Relations Associate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Morrisville, NY \u2013 April 2014) Morrisville State students joined some of the top chefs in Central New York in support of the American Red Cross during the 28th\u00a0Great Chef\u2019s dinner held recently at the Skaneateles Country Club.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s dinner, which featured several of the best chefs from the finest restaurants in Central New York, served up seven courses, including appetizers, hors d\u2019oeuvres,\u00a0amuse-bouches, an array of entrees\u00a0and a grand dessert in the shape of a 1950s-era kitchen, with decorative touches made from flour, sugar, chocolate and other edible products.<\/p>\n

Chefs demonstrated techniques such as cooking on Himalayan salt blocks and creating exotic dishes including scallops in saffron foam, lamb lollipops and rabbit sugo.<\/p>\n

The event was a continuation of the \u201cCelebrating the Bounty and Pride of New York State\u201d theme from the Great New York State Fair. As supporters of the farm-to-table concept, the chefs created a menu that celebrated the region by featuring local meats, cheeses and award-winning wines.<\/p>\n

Kerry Beadle, executive chef at the Copper Turret, a college-run restaurant in Morrisville, was among the volunteer chefs from the Syracuse Chapter of the American Culinary Federation (ACF), who fed and entertained 132 guests who attended.<\/p>\n

Beadle\u2019s culinary team of four students and eight Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation (MAC) chefs served up a duck entr\u00e9e with micro mustard greens. The mustard greens used in the dish were produced at the college. The dish was garnished with a mustard ice cream created by Barbara Quintana, the pastry chef at the Copper Turret.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a great opportunity for the students to see the cooperation needed to make this many dishes,\u201d said Beadle, assistant professor in the hospitality department at Morrisville State.<\/p>\n

The Morrisville State team was comprised of:<\/p>\n

Students:<\/p>\n

Kimberly Cardenuto, of Buffalo, culinary arts management<\/p>\n

Nathaniel Lovell, of Cazenovia, restaurant management<\/p>\n

Daniel Della Vecchia, of Goshen, restaurant management<\/p>\n

Floyd Johnson, of Brooklyn, entrepreneurship and small business management<\/p>\n

MAC Chefs:<\/p>\n

Adam Tobin, of Chittenango, Chef Seneca<\/p>\n

Christian Martin, of Morrisville, Chef Manager Seneca<\/p>\n

Joe Hardy, of Madison, Sous Chef Seneca<\/p>\n

Dave Mizgala, of Rome, Sous Chef Mustang Alley<\/p>\n

Dan Westervelt, of Hamilton, Chef Mustang Alley<\/p>\n

Bill Gokey, of Syracuse, Chef Manager SUNY ESF<\/p>\n

Owen Smith, of Morrisville, Sous Chef Copper Turret<\/p>\n

Mike Malpezzi, of Oriskany Falls, Chef Copper Turret<\/p>\n

Kerry Beadle, of Hamilton, executive chef at the Copper Turret, assistant professor and department chair of the hospitality department.<\/p>\n

The local area of the American Red Cross raised more than $30,000 from the evening, which was\u00a0created in 1986 as a culinary fundraising event to showcase the talents of chefs from the Syracuse Chapter of the ACF. The Red Cross provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dan Westervelt, of Hamilton, Chef at Mustang Alley, prepares food during the 28th\u00a0Great Chef\u2019s dinner held recently at the Skaneateles Country Club. (Photo by Rebecca Dowsland, executive chef, Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation (MAC))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-ehE","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}