Something new...

Over the next few months you will hopefully see an increasing amount of content and discussion about some of the Top Chefs around the world. This Blog started as a bit of a day dream I had earlier today to create a meaningful project for my students, and allow them to "publish" some of their "research" in a slightly less formal manner.

The class is part of a 4-Year Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management. My specific class is called the Integration of Food and Wine. Yes, a degree class about eating and drinking! AND I get to teach it. Pinch me, I must be dreaming!!!!! For my class this semester, my Food and Wine students are about to be given a task. That task is to examine the Top Chefs in 10-15 different Culinary Hot Spots around the globe and come up with a listing of the Hottest Chefs and the Trends they are following in each of these regions.

How we determine the Top Chef is slightly more scientific than Bravo's show of similar ilk. Instead of lining up wanna-bees who's culinary experience may be limited to the Quick-Service Counter at Denny's we will take a look at the Best of the Best as QUANTIFIED by at least 15 different awards globally and local criteria in each region.

The exact evaluation criteria will be a subject of a future posting, as will the regions that we will cover in this semester's class.

In the meantime, thanks for stopping in and I hope you are looking forward as much as I am to seeing the outcome of the Real Top Chef's for 2007.