Celebrity Chefs to Serve Food at U.S. Open

by Jennifer Lawinski, Posted Aug 23rd 2010 @ 1:00PM

Roger Federer, Venus Williams and Rafael Nadal won't be the only ones duking it out at this year's U.S. Open tennis tournament.

Celebrity chef's will be battling it out in a cook-off in which the chef who sells the most of a dish created for the tournament will win a $5,000 donation to their charity of choice, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The chefs' creations will be sold at the Master Chef Café at the event in Flushing, Queens. The special dishes will be available throughout the competition, with chefs will also be on-hand during the cook-off competition on Sept. 4 to work the kitchen and give cooking demo, the paper reported.

Chefs on the menu include: Spiaggia's Tony Mantuano of Chicago; California and Las Vegas chef Susan Feniger; Florida's Carmen Gonzalez; New York's Jonathan Waxman; and Rick Moonen of Las Vegas -- all of whom participated in the recent season' of "Top Chef Masters" in the Champions' Round.

Yucatan pork tacos from Feniger. Gonzales will feature a lobster roll, a pulled pork sandwich, a barbeque pork quesadilla, a lobster and avocado terrine and flan. Mantuano will serve up a spinach salad and antipasti platter. Moonen will have "Moon 'N Doogie" shrimp hotdogs, and Waxman will have a panini trio.

Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto will also be serving up cuisine at the 2010 U.S. Open. He'll serve sushi at the VIP and player's lounges and luxury suites, the Journal reported.

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