Renowned chef Norbert Ehrbar demonstrates three delicious dishes using US chicken and potatoes at a US poultry and potato cooking event. VNS Photo Thu Hằng
HCM CITY — Ten teams with 30 chef trainees participated in a US poultry and potato cooking contest held on Friday in HCM City.
The contest was part of one-day event held by the HCM City-based Á Âu Vocational Guidance Corporation in coordination with the USA Poultry & Eggs Exports Council and the Potatoes USA.
It aimed to promote new uses and applications for US chicken and potatoes. Participating teams cooked two dishes using US chicken and potatoes and had chances to win three prizes worth a total of VNĐ5 million (US$218) for healthy and delicious dishes.
Students had a chance to practise and show their cooking ideas and innovations.
Renowned chef Norbert Ehrbar, advisor to the Việt Nam Culinary Conservation, Research and Development Centre and co-founder of the Saigon Professional Chefs' Guild, shared his culinary expertise and knowledge of good practice guidelines for storage, preparation, cooking, and serving of food to ensure food safety and hygiene.
Habits and cooking methods following international standards were also taught to trainees during his cooking demonstration.
Chef Ehrbar demonstrated three delicious dishes, including chicken cooked in a tomato vegetable sauce with a hash-brown potato crowns, honey-gauva glazed fried chicken drumsticks and potato wedges, and chicken thighs in lemon-butter sauce with crinkle-cut potatoes. — VNS
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