UConn Set for Annual Culinary Olympics

STORRS, CT – UConn’s Department of Dining Services will be staging its 18th annual Culinary Olympics on Tuesday, including a recipe contest and a visit by a competitor from Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” to serve as one of the judges.

The Culinary Olympics includes its popular annual “Boiling Point” competition, a high-energy contest patterned on shows like “Iron Chef America” and “Chopped.”

Teams of three UConn chefs representing nine dining facilities will compete in tightly timed cooking competitions using a box of mystery ingredients and a few minor items from the pantry. Winners will be selected based on creativity, cooking techniques, use of the mystery ingredients, and the taste and textures of their creations.

Tyler Anderson, a competitor on this season’s “Top Chef,” will be among the judges. Anderson is also chef-owner of Millwright’s Restaurant and Tavern in Simsbury.

Some of the other judges include novelist Rand Richards Cooper, a longtime New York Times food critic and travel writer; Christopher Prosperi, chef-owner of MetroBis Restaurant in Simsbury; and Marc Hussey, Cigna’s corporate food service manager.

The events are slated to start at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9 with the recipe contest, and the Boiling Point competition begins at 12:30 p.m.

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