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Bocuse d’Or competition: Now accepting chef applications

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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Ever dream of competing at the Olympics of the culinary world? Here’s your chance. The Bocuse d’Or USA Foundation is calling for chef applicants to compete at the Bocuse d’Or in Lyon, France, in January 2013. Twelve qualifying applicants will be interviewed in September by the foundation’s board, which includes chefs Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller and Jerome Bocuse. They also will be asked to prepare one dish to be judged by a panel of chefs, with cash prizes for the top three candidates.

The winning U.S. team -- a chef and his or her commis (assistant) -- will be provided with an intensive training program under the supervision of the board and a head coach, and all expenses associated with the competition will be paid. The application and guidelines can be downloaded from the Bocuse d’Or USA Foundation’s website, www.bocusedorusa.org. The deadline is May 30 at midnight EST. Somebody’s got to beat the Northern Europeans.

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-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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