肯代尔学生赢得为期一周的台湾烹饪之行
Sophomore wows judges with “Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken”
二年级学生用“台式三杯鸡”赢得了评委的青睐
芝加哥——2011年12月21日，肯代尔大学西餐西点学院（Kendall College School of Culinary Arts）西餐西点学士学位课程20岁的二年级学生Tayler Moore于12月12日在肯代尔大学第一场烹饪竞赛中赢得了为期一周所有费用全包的体验台湾美食之旅。此次竞赛由驻芝加哥台北经济文化办事处（TECO，Taipei Economic and Cultural Office）举办，旨在庆祝台湾信息办公室（Taiwan’s Government Information Office）台湾多种饮食方式多语言网站的上线。Moore的获奖菜品是制作的像棒棒糖一样的鸡腿。
当得知自己获胜后，Moore非常激动，说道：“我太高兴了，我应该是被上帝保佑了！我等不及要去台湾了！”比赛前，Moore花了大量的时间上网研究台湾美食，在最终选择做“台式三杯鸡”（Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken）之前，他准备了好几种参赛菜品。由于Moore在制作过程中用到了一杯酱油、一杯干雪利酒和一杯芝麻油，混合均匀以加强风味，形成一种香醇的酱，所以这道菜名为三杯鸡。Moore将鸡腿“棒棒糖”放在腌渍的芥末绿色蔬菜上，用调羹将酱汁浇在鸡腿上，再加上配有色拉调味汁的泰国九层塔和芫荽叶沙拉。再洒上一些辣椒油，就完成了制作演示。
参加竞赛的肯代尔学生有90分钟的时间，准备4份参赛作品，评委会根据菜品的味道、调味品、菜形、质感、口感和生熟程度进行打分。尽管竞赛鼓励学生制作家常菜和典型台湾街边小吃，以便这些菜品能在高端用餐环境中市场化，但是学生仍然需要追求美食烹饪方法和原料使用的精华。让评委印象深刻的是参赛选手的综合能力，得分最高的4道菜分值差距仅有2分（2名学生并列第2名；第3名学生仅比Moore低2分）。
这次烹饪竞赛的评委包括：芝加哥TECO总监Baushuau Ger；肯代尔大学西餐西点学院行政总监和LAUREATE国际大学联盟西餐西点卓越中心（Laureate International Universities Center of Excellence in Culinary Arts）副总裁Christopher Koetke（CEC, CCE）；伊利诺伊州伦巴第（Lombard）台湾学校（Taiwan School）的Meilie Tsai。Moore在台湾为期一周的烹饪旅行将得到Tsai的陪护，Tsai在烹饪比赛开始前数周都在和肯代尔大学的参赛学生一起工作，就台湾经典和现代烹饪的基本技巧对他们进行指导。
Koetke表示：“在肯代尔，我们完全致力于学生的教育，这种竞赛非常棒，原因很多。我们和世界各地的政府一起合作，台湾政府表示烹饪竞赛将会鼓励学生学习更多关于台湾菜的知识。烹饪比赛中的每一个学生都非常认真对待这次挑战。尽管只有一位学生能去台湾，但是每个人都从中受益匪浅，所以每个人都是赢者。”
关于肯代尔大学西餐西点学院
肯代尔大学成立于1934年，位于伊利诺伊州芝加哥市。肯代尔为2500多名学生提供商务、西餐西点、美食服务管理、儿童早期教育和酒店管理专业的本科学士学位。课程将一流的学术活动与实践经验、国际教育机会相结合，帮助商务、酒店和西餐西点课程的学生发展成为行业佼佼者所需的专业技能和技术。根据ORC国际2011年对芝加哥顶级酒店和米其林指南餐厅的管理层的调查，结果显示肯代尔大学是芝加哥为学生发展酒店管理和西餐西点职业生涯最好的学校。1988年，美国烹饪联合会教育基金会认证委员会（American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission）认证了西餐西点副学士项目（Culinary Arts associate program）；2008年，认证了烘焙和糕点副学士项目（Baking and Pastry associate program）。肯代尔大学是LAUREATE国际大学网络的一员，获得高等教育委员会（Higher Learning Commission）认证，并且是北部中央院校协会North Central Association of Colleges and Schools(NCA）的成员。网址为www.ncahlc.org。
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Sophomore wows judges with “Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken”
Chicago—December 21, 2011— Kendall College School of Culinary Arts’ student Tayler Moore, a 20-year old sophomore pursuing his bachelor’s degree in culinary arts, won an all-expenses-paid weeklong trip to experience the foods and flavors of Taiwan in the first cookoff of its kind at Kendall College on Dec. 12. The competition, hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Chicago, highlighted the official launch of Taiwan’s Government Information Office’s multilingual Web site celebrating Taiwan’s diverse foodways. Moore’s winning dish featured a chicken thigh fabricated to resemble a lollipop.
“I feel blessed,” said an excited Moore when his win was announced. “I can’t wait to go to Taiwan.” Prior to the cookoff, Moore spent considerable hours researching Taiwanese cooking online, and developed a few possible entries before ultimately choosing “Taiwanese-Style Three Cup Chicken.” The dish’s name comes from Moore’s use of a cup each of soy sauce, dry sherry and sesame oil, seasoned for depth and balance and reduced to create a rich sauce. For the judges, Moore presented the chicken-thigh “lollipop” over a bed of pickled mustard greens, spooned sauce over the chicken, and crowned the dish with a vinaigrette-dressed salad of Thai basil and cilantro. A drizzle of chili oil finished the presentation.
Competing Kendall students had 90 minutes to prepare four portions of their entries, which were evaluated on flavor and proper seasoning, plate presentation, texture/mouthfeel and proper doneness. Although encouraged to elevate homestyle dishes and typical Taiwanese street foods to make them marketable within a fine-dining setting, students were instructed to strive for authenticity of cooking methods and ingredients use. So impressed were judges with the overall caliber of entries that the top four dishes scored within a mere two-point spread. (Two students tied for second place; the third-place student scored two points below Moore.)
Judging the cookoff were Baushuau Ger, director general of TECO in Chicago; Christopher Koetke, CEC, CCE, executive director of the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts and vice president of Laureate International Universities Center of Excellence in Culinary Arts; and Meilie Tsai of the Taiwan School in Lombard, Ill. Tsai, who will chaperone Moore in Taiwan during his weeklong culinary excursion, worked with competing Kendall College students weeks in advance of the cookoff to instruct on basic principles of classic and contemporary Taiwanese cooking.
“Here at Kendall, we are totally committed to the education of our students, and this kind of competition is amazing for a lot of reasons,” Koetke said. “We work with governments around the world, and the government of Taiwan suggested that a culinary competition would encourage students to learn more about Taiwanese cuisine. Every student in this cookoff took that challenge very seriously. Although only one student will go to Taiwan, everyone learned a lot, and that makes them all winners.”
About the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts:
Kendall College, founded in 1934, is located in Chicago, Illinois. Kendall offers undergraduate degrees inbusiness, culinary arts, early childhood education, foodservice management and hospitality management to a diverse and passionate community of more than 2500 students. The curriculum combines strong academics with practical experience and international educational opportunities that help give students in business, hospitality and culinary arts programs the skills and expertise to be leaders in their professions. Kendall College was ranked the number one program in Chicago for preparing students for careers in hospitality management and culinary arts in a survey of management at Chicago’s leading hotels and Michelin Guide restaurants (ORC International – 2011 Survey). The American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission has accredited the Culinary Arts associate program since 1988 and the Baking and Pastry associate program since 2008. Kendall College, a member of the Laureate International Universitiesnetwork, is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA),www.ncahlc.org.
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