Bocuse d'Or USA Announces Semifinalists

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Dec 7th 2009 @ 7:00PM

Without further adieu here are the 12 semi-finalists bidding to represent the USA in 2011. Or as superstar chef and chairman of the board for Bocuse d'Or USA Foundation, Daniel Boulud simply put it, "Voilà."

1. Luke Bergman, the Modern, New York

2. Danny Cerqueda, Carolina Country Club, Raleigh, N.C.

3. Michael Clauss, Daily Planet , Burlington, Vt.

4. Kevin Gillespie, Woodfire Grill, Atlanta, Ga.

5. James Kent, Eleven Madison Park, New York

6. Mark Liberman, Roxy's Black Sheep, West Palm Beach, Fla.

7. Christopher Parsons, Catch, Winchester, Mass.

8. Jennifer Petrusky, Charlie Trotter's, Chicago

9. John Rellah, New York Yacht Club, New York

10. Jeremie Tomczak, French Culinary Institute, New York

11. Andrew Weiss, the Chef's Workshop, Las Vegas

12. Percy Whatley, the Ahwahnee, Yosemite, Calif.

These semifinalists will compete on Feb. 6, 2010, at the CIA in Hyde Park, N.Y., to determine who will go on to represent the USA at the Bocuse d'Or competition in Lyons, France, in 2011.

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12-07-2009 @8:04PM dicus said... Hey, Kevin made it into the semi's. Nice.
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12-07-2009 @8:47PM evan said... I'm pulling for Friar Kevin!
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