Ashland holds Iron Chef competition
November 14, 2008
By Ashley Hall
KDRV – Channel 12
Ashland, Oregon – This weekend, Ashland chef’s will be competing for the title of ‘Ashland Top Chef’, while at same time hoping to win the business of Southern Oregonians and off-season tourists.
Looking to defend his title is reigning Ashland Top Chef and Co-Owner of the Dragonfly Cafe Neil Clooney. Clooney is one of eight local chefs taking part in the second annual Food and Wine Classic.
“Basically, it’s an iron-chef style competition featuring eight local chefs,” says Clooney.
“They are given a specific dish they need to make, along with key ingredients unveiled right before they start competing. They’re given 70 minutes to cook,” says Katherine Flanagan with the Ashland Chamber of Commerce.
Like many restaurateurs in the Ashland area, Clooney hopes this attracts more business in the off season.
“We’re trying to get away from just being the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, and try to make it more of a year-round destination, and events like this certainly help it to be that way,” says Clooney.
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