Linn-Benton Community College

The 4th annual Chefs’ Show-Off cooking competition and food fair will be held Sunday, April 7, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Linn-Benton Community College Commons dining hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Cosponsored by Ten Rivers Food Web and LBCC Culinary Arts Department, this event showcases food and those who produce and process it from Benton, Linn and Lincoln counties. Taste samples from local chefs: Patti D’Eliseo, A Posto Personal Chef Services, Newport; Todd Ketterman, LBCC Culinary Arts instructor; J.C. Mersmann, Gathering Together Farm Restaurant, Philomath; and Mitch Rosenbaum, Mennonite Village, Albany. Chefs will be cooking using local ingredients and available to talk with guests about paring food with beer, wine, and cider. Admission includes sampling of products from local farms, restaurants, food businesses and LBCC Culinary Arts student creations during a Food Fair in the Commons dining room. Many of the products will be available for purchase.  The Food Fair shines ...

The 3rd Annual Chefs’ Show-Off cooking competition and food fair will be held Sunday, April 1, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Linn-Benton Community College Commons dining hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Cosponsored by Ten Rivers Food Web and LBCC’s Culinary Arts Department , this event showcases food and those who produce and process it from Benton, Linn and Lincoln counties. This year’s competition features all women chefs, including: Chef Michele Bursey from ONA Restaurant in Yachats, Chef Kimber Hoang from Magenta in Corvallis, Chef Regina Iovino from Iovino’s at Enoteca/ Iovino’s Cucina & Catering in Corvallis, and Chef Karen Novak from Novak’s Hungarian Restaurant in Albany. The chefs will select from an array of all local ingredients to prepare an entree of their own design. Entrees will be judged by last year’s competing chefs, including 2011 winner Michael Waliser of Saffron Salmon in Newport; Jason Devrouax of Clemenza’s, Albany; Nathan McClure, OSU Catering, Corvallis; a...