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Program Overview
The Culinary Institute of America
at Greystone’s Worlds
of Flavor International Conference & Festival is the
college’s annual flagship conference, and transforms
the Napa Valley campus each year into an amazing crossroads
of world food and culture. Food Arts magazine
has described previous CIA Worlds of Flavor Conferences this
way: “Inspirational! 11 on a 10 scale.”
Planning is well underway for our
2004 program, “Savoring
Asia—Authentic Flavors for American Menus,” and
we are confident that this will be one of the largest and
most significant conferences ever held in the United States
on Asian food, cooking, and culture. From China and Japan,
across Southeast Asia—most notably Singapore, Thailand,
and Vietnam—to India, Asian flavors are firing up the
imagination of American chefs and food writers, and whetting
the appetites of American diners.
In this conference, we’ll look at
centuries-old Asian food traditions that are best positioned
to find a home on
American menus in coming years, as well as present the best
of contemporary Asian cooking that draws on those traditions
in new and innovative ways. We’ll be flying in nearly
50 guest chefs, food experts, cookbook authors and other
cultural experts from across Asia and the United States to
lead seminars, conduct tastings and demonstrations, collaborate
on special meals, and participate in the colorful World Marketplace
held in Greystone’s historic, 15,000 square foot Barrel
Room. Conference participants will experience the world of
Asian restaurants, home cooking, street food, and royal and
festival traditions.
The Worlds of Flavor Conference
series typically attracts 500+ senior-level chefs, independent
and chain restaurant
operators, university and contract foodservice managers,
hotel food & beverage directors, educators, and other
influential foodservice industry professionals. As part of
the attendance, the conference has traditionally included
between 40-50 consumer and foodservice trade media representatives.
Recently, publications reporting on the Worlds of Flavor
Conferences have ranged from Nation’s Restaurant News and Food
Arts to the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston
Chronicle,
Rocky Mountain News, Cooking Light and Time. Complete coverage
of the conference will also be presented as part of Worlds
of Flavor Online at www.ciaprochef.com, beginning July 2005.
Past attendees, speakers, media and conference sponsors have
found this conference series to be a powerful setting for
networking, and an unforgettable educational experience.
For more information
Stay tuned to www.prochef.com for
more information about the 2004 Worlds of Flavor Conference
in the coming weeks
and months. Remember, the
2003 conference sold out several months in advance, and
we expect the same for 2004. So register early to guarantee
a place for yourself at the largest (and most exciting!)
conference on Asian food, cooking and culture held in recent
years in the U.S.
Revised June 7, 2004
