in major international culinary competitions, including the 2016 Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA), commonly referred to as the “culinary Olympics,” in Erfurt, Germany. T with the ultimate goal is of securing one of six positions on the American Culinary Federation Culinary Team USA.ĪCF Culinary Team USA, sponsored by Johnson & Wales University and Unilever Food Solutions, is the official representative team of the U.S.
Twenty-five chefs have been selected to try out for the first phase of a two-stage process that takes place at the Denver and Charlotte, North Carolina, campuses of Johnson & Wales University in July.