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| Chef Emeril Lagasse |
On
Friday night, The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas kicked off the second
annual Culinary Clash Master Chef Competition at Doge’s Palace. Known as the
most outrageous chef competition on the Las Vegas Strip, chefs from the resorts
faced off against one another, 16 in total, with Emeril Lagasse himself,
serving as one of the judges and Robin Leach as the host. Each chef was asked
to create a dish from ingredients found moments before in a “mystery basket,”
which were then prepared in mobile “food truck” kitchens.
In
addition, a new element was added this year, Masters of Mixology, a decidedly
spirited competition among resort bartenders, hosted by master mixologist Dale
Degroff. During the competition, two
teams headed by celebrity mixologists Tony Abou-Ganim and Francesco Lafranconi,
led a team of four bartenders. The teams competed in two rounds including a
blind tasting and presentation of aperitivo, of which team Team Lafranconi came
out on top.
Eight
chefs, including Tim Doolittle of Table 10, Levi Hill of Aquanox, Ronnie
Rainwater of Delmonico, Jon Littleton of B&B Burger & Beer, Jon Um of
SushiSamba, Donna Willey of Taqueria Canonita, Joshua Bianchi of Venetian Las
Vegas and Chaisith Crook of Tao, have been selected to move on to round two of
the Culinary Clash Master Chef Competition, set to be held tomorrow night at
7pm Doge’s Palace.
Teams
Abou-Ganim and Lafranconi will also return to compete in the last three rounds
of Masters of Mixology, set to be held Saturday night at 7:30 pm at Doge’s
Palace.
To
learn more about Winter In Venice taking place now through Sunday, January 5,
please visit venetian.com.
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