Chefs Gourmet & Bartenders Competition
Calling all Chefs, Cooks, Bakers, and Bartenders!
Join us on
Sunday, April 2, 2023
1:30 - 4:00 PM
at the Santa Ana Elks Lodge
1751 So. Elk Lane, Santa Ana 92705
Amateur and professional CHEFS and BARTENDERS are invited to join us at the Tustin Community Foundation's 5th annual Chefs Gourmet Competition to show off their skills for a great cause!
The Tustin Community Foundation directs charitable funds to the real, immediate and ever-changing needs of greater Tustin, primarily though the awarding of annual community grants to Tustin area nonprofit organizations and schools. Your participation in the Chefs Gourmet will help generate the financial support necessary for the Foundation to award grants this November.
Cash prizes will be awarded in each category! Professional and amateur chefs and bartenders will be judged separately.
Professional Chef Amateur Chef Bartender People's Choice
1st Prize $150 1st Prize $150 1st Prize $150 $150
2nd Prize $100 2nd Prize $100 2nd Prize $100
Professional Chefs can use this event to advertise their business to the hundreds of guests attending the Chefs Gourmet! Amateur Chefs will definitely get bragging rights around town, too!
Culinary Categories
- Appetizers
- Sides (Vegetables, Salads, Breads)
- Entrees (Soups, Pasta Dishes, BBQ, Chili/Stew, Main Dishes)
- Desserts
- Cocktails and Beverages
Additional Details
- All food/beverages should be prepared and ready to serve upon arrival at the event.
- TCF will provide a table cloth covered 8 foot table for you to share with another chef.
- TCF will provide a volunteer to help you serve, if desired.
- Each dish should serve 200+ guest "tastes"
- Hot foods should be kept warm (please bring an extension cord if heating is required).
- Chafing dishes and sternos provided, if needed.
- Please bring your own serving utensils(spoon, spatula, knife, ladle, etc).
- You will receive a tickets to the event.
Schedule
- 12:30 - 1:00 Contestants Arrive at the Elks Club
- 1:30 Panel Judging (before guests arrive)
- 2:00 Guests Arrive
- 3:45 People's Choice Voting Ends
- 4:00 Awards Presentation