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Michigan’s Culinary Industry put its best foot forward at the 1st Annual Chef’s Challenge for Challenge Mountain event.  Chef Teams from Northern and Southern Michigan presented our great Agricultural diversity at it’s succulent finest, complimented by fine Michigan wines and micro-brews.

Chef Michelle Bammarito      Event Judge & Iron-Chef MC

Well known Chef Eric Villegas of “Fork in the Road”  TV fame and Chef Michelle Bommarito, a frequent guest on the Food Network, led the judges in hard decisions at both the tasting competition and Iron Chef cook-off events.

Without exception, both guests that enjoyed the seminars, Spring recreation and outstanding food presentations, and Chef teams that competed, enthusiastically endorsed the event and are eager to return in ’09 with friends and collegues.  There are many additions being considered, and the growth of the Chef’s Challenge promises to be rapid and impressive.  In the words of Jack Stucko, Platinum Partner Director of Strategic Marketing from Farm Bureau Insurance, “We look forward to the Chef’s Challenge rapidly becoming a true premier Michigan event.  The ’09 concepts on the table assure a broad involvement for Michigan families, students, culinary organizations, agriculture and businesses to promote Michigan and it’s many resources in people, ideas, performance and creativity.” 

Plan to celebrate SPRINGTIME SPLENDOR WEEK in Michigan with us on April 24-26, 2009 at the Chef’s Challenge for Challenge Mountain at Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire, MI. (Call 1-800-678-4111 to make reservations.)

Forget Florida, Alabama, the Carolinas, Mexico, etc. on Spring Break.  We guarantee you’ll love what’s so close to home – at great savings, and join those that wouldn’t go any place else.