Sodexo Dining Services to Host Global Chef
Posted on Friday, October 22, 2010
Westminster College's Sodexo Dining Services will host global chef Joaquin Suarez Oct. 28-29.
Suarez, who is the national director of culinary training for Sodexo Colombia and executive chef of Sodexo's Global Chef Program, will supervise the preparation of a Colombian buffet Thursday, Oct. 28, serving from 5-7:30 p.m. in McGinness Dining Room. Specialties on the menu include: grilled chicken in a passion fruit marination, grilled pork in a guava barbecue sauce, yucca chips, baked plantain filled with guava and cheese, and lemon temptation.
The dinner is available to the public for a fee. Groups of eight or more should contact Jeff Creveling, director of Westminster's Sodexo Dining Services, to make reservations.
Suarez will demonstrate the preparation of a traditional dessert, bananas flambé in chocolate sauce with vanilla ice cream, Friday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Suarez is a classically trained chef who studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. His cuisine and culture exchanges have taken him to a variety of locations where he has participated in activities that include an "Iron Chef" competition and a nutrition and wellness symposium.
Contact Creveling at (724) 946-6312 or e-mail creveljs@westminster.edu for additional information or to make reservations for the buffet.
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