On Friday, May 19, the Chinese Culture Club hosted their last BIG EVENT for this school year, and it was a huge success!
Team 2's XinJiang Braised Chicken.
Four talented student chef teams cooked their champion dishes for the title of GOLD Iron Chef of Chinese Cuisine at East West.
The star teams were:
Team 1: Anton Homitz, Selina Huang and Alexander Liu
Team 2: Chaochao Lin, Sharon Huang and Zenan Hu
Team 3: Yuri Takayama, Young Keun Kim and Yiyi Wang
Team 4: Corey Cheung, Ryan Cheung and Marco Yu
Our honorary staff judges were:
Mr. Cromer, Ms. Chang, Ms. Gorry, and Mr. Kalla.
Selina Huang stir frying her team's filling for their Fried Kernels of Corn wrap.
Chaochao Lin demostrating her wok skills as she braises chicken.
Yuri Takayama showing her knife skills as she dices vegetables for her team's stir-fry.
Team 4 frying up chicken for their team's winning Peking Chicken dish.
Congratulations Team 4 for creating the most favorable tasting dish for our judges and audience.
In addition to providing a taste of China through our student competitor's creations, a "simple" spread of the staples were also available for the audience to sample.
During the competition, the club aired an episode from the award winning documentary series by CCTV: "A Bite of China" to deepen our appreciation of the culinary inspiration from the Far East.
For those who weren't able to attend, click here to view photos from the event.