The three winning chefs were honored for innovative uses of California cheese and other dairy ingredients in to-go dishes.
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), Tracy, Calif., announced the three innovative chefs who took home the ultimate to-go prize of $5,000 each in the inaugural CADairy2GO competition cook-off in Napa. Chefs Carrie Baird of Denver, Colo.; Mary Grace Viado of Birmingham, Al.; and Brian Mullins of Miami, Fla., took home the top prizes in their respective categories during the first of its kind event at the Culinary Institute of America’s Copia facility.
Inspired by chefs and foodservice operators who made creative adjustments to menus for the takeout and delivery model during the pandemic, the Real California Milk Foodservice Team invited six culinary professionals, selected from 12 semifinalists, to compete in the cook-off final on July 28, which streamed live on the Real California Milk Foodservice Facebook channel. Two chefs faced off in each of three categories: Cheese+Mac, Cal-Mex and Innovate To-Go, with the winners taking home $5,000 each and runners up winning $1,500 each, CMAB said..