The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago Hosts Master Chef Marcel Biro
Cooking School inspires students with European-Inspired Cuisine
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 6, 2005 -- Master Chef Marcel Biró, star
of the PBS reality cooking show,
The Kitchens of Biró has opened restaurants in nine countries and 34 US states,
winning several coveted European awards. His latest book, Biro:
European-Inspired Cuisine is being released this month. Biro will share his
culinary expertise on Thursday, June 9th, at 2 pm at The Cooking and Hospitality
Institute of Chicago. The Institute is affiliated with Le Cordon Bleu, the
world's most famous cooking school, founded in Paris
in 1895. Biro’s book, as well as information about the presentation, can be
found at http://www.chic.edu/events.asp
One of the youngest
chefs in European history to attain the title Master Chef de Cuisine, Marcel
Biró was a certified chef instructor at the age of 21. He was holding ‘chef’s
school’ for aspiring chefs by day
and cooking in Michelin-starred restaurants by night.
Chef Biro will
demonstrate recipes from his book at the Chicago cooking school and he will be
available afterwards for questions and a book signing. This class is open
to the public on a first
come, first
serve basis.
Biró—European-Inspired Cuisine by Marcel Biró and Shannon
Kring Biró is the companion book to the nationally broadcast, 26-episode PBS
reality cooking series The Kitchens of Biró. Like the delectable recipes
featured on the television program, the 150 amuse-bouches, appetizers, soups,
salads, entrées, and desserts in Biró—European-Inspired Cuisine demystify
classic European culinary technique and are adapted for the home
chef by Marcel and Shannon from Biró Restaurant and Wine Bar and the Marcel Biró
Culinary School. The recipes reflect the favorite regions in which the chef has
worked—Alsace, Tuscany, southern Germany, and Andalusia—and feature his
trademark balance of elegance and simplicity.
The Cooking and Hospitality
Institute of Chicago shares numerous impressive guest chefs with their students.
Past guests include: Martin Yan, Fergus Henderson, Tony Mantuano, Rick Bayless,
as well as Art Smith – Oprah Winfrey’s personal chef, and James Beard’s Award
Winning Pastry Chef, Gale Gand. The most recent guest was Chef Cat Cora, the 1st
Female Iron Chef. The schedule of upcoming guests is available at http://www.chic.edu/events.asp.
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