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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