University Of Akron Garde Manger Club

We are still waiting to get all the recipes in, but we have our first one, from Chef Richard Alford who was in the professional round -

Vegan Sweet and Sour Tofu (Chef Richard Alford, Professional Round)

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Today members of the Garde Manger and Hospitality clubs competed in the Vegan Iron Chef at Kent State.  Sadly we were the only school that had teams there (in the college level, there were 7 chefs in the professional competition), but even so we scored very well.

Team 1 – Ian, Ryan, & George – 1st Place – 112 pts
Team 3 – Juanita, Kiki, & Jocelyn – 2nd Place – 109 pts
Team 2 – Tommy, Adam, & Angela – 3rd Place – 108 pts

We will be posting our recipes later this week!

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We are a little behind on updates, because this has been an incredible ice carving season for the club.  The weather has not been the most cooperative this year, but that has not stopped us.  We now have 2 more competitions under our belts, and medals around our necks!  IN Frankenmuth, MI at the Collegate Nationals hoste by Zehnder’s we survived 3 days of caving with some of the best college carvers in that nation and Mexico.  ANd for a completely rookie team, we did great.  In the first round everyone won an honorable mention, with John just missing a bonze medal (Honorable mentions and medals are based on quality, and denote ice carvings that exceed professional standards).  Day two was the free style round we have been trianing for.  This is where everyone showed their true talents.  Joh, Angela, Tori, Brittany, and Jen all won Bonze medals, while George won a Silver Medal and 5th place in the freestyle.  However Day 3 was not so nice.  This was the team round, and everyone, not just our teams, had problems.  Of the 16 teams (32 carvers al together), 9 teams suffered crashes (Where the scuplture falls down).  All 3 of ours crashed, with only George and Angela able to rebild their’s.  Every team did manage to get enough to judge, but as per rules, and scuplture that crashes and is not rebuilt in time can not score higher than a 64.  We placed in the middle of the pack over all, with the big winners being Henry Ford Community College in Deerborn, MI.  This was their first time to win it all, which for them was long overdue since they are one of the orginal schools to carve in the Collegate Nations for over 15 years.

We also competed in Elegant Ice’s competition in Sandusky last weekend.  Angela took 3rd place, with Tori taking top highschool student.  The Henry Ford team was also there and took home another victory with some amazing sculptures and in a few cases some great saves as the bright sunlight and warm weather made it very hard to carve.

You will find us in Medina in 2 weeks for our next competition!

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The Garde Manger’a Ice Carving Team and Vegetable and Fruit Carving Team are setting off to Cuyahoga Falls  this Sunday to  demonstrate and practice for the upcoming collegiate nationals.  The demonstrations will start at three both Saturday and Sunday to practice their skills and explore their pieces. For the ice carvers on Saturday, they will be doing their individual pieces. On Sunday they will be doing three team pieces in groups of two.

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