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The Austin Food and Wine Festival

(Austin, May 2015)   Faculty, staff and students at The Art Institute of Austin, a branch of The Art Institute of Houston, participated in The Austin Food and Wine Festival in April.  

Events for the 3 days included: 

• Five course plated field dinner on the festival lawn

• Dinner featuring 15 Texas based chefs for 1200 guests (Feast under the Stars)

• Dinner featuring 15 chefs across the country for a Rock Your Taco battle for 1200 guests

• Chef demonstrations

• Fire pit stations serving barbecue

• Hands-on-Grilling with Chef Tim Love (Lonesome Dove, Fort Worth, TX)

During the event, 8 students were offered positions or internships from chefs attending due to their hard work and professionalism.  

A special thanks to Chef David Holtzman, Chef Brad Harmon, Chef Julie Busch, Chef John Maroon, Chef Frank Johnson, Lorena Legarreta, Stephen Baldridge, and Frank Cheng who help make this a very successful event.  Positive feed back was received from sponsors, festival organizers and culinary event producers.

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