FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 12, 2008
Idaho-E. Oregon Ion Committee
Contact: Sherise Jones, Marketing Director
208-741-2381
Email: onionjones@gmail.com
On June 7, 2008, the Idaho E.-Oregon Onion Committee hosted a visit from world-renowned television celebrity Chef Tyler Florence to Idaho. Chef Florence visited Idaho to not only cook beautiful Spanish Sweet Onions, but to raise funds for the Idaho Food Bank.
The Idaho-E. Oregon Onion Committee collaborated with one of Idaho’s premier non-profit organizations, the Idaho Food Bank to host Food Network Chef Tyler Florence for a cooking demonstration in Boise, Idaho at the Boise Centre on the Grove on Saturday, June 7, 2008. Part of the 10th anniversary of the Food Bank’s Chef Affair, the “Tyler Florence’s Cooking Demonstration” was held in an intimate setting for 350 guests and focused on a three course meal that included scrumptious Crunchy Tempura Battered Onion Rings. While the Idaho-E. Oregon Onion Shippers prepared for their upcoming season, they allowed time to participate in the upscale black-tie event in an effort to promote Idaho-E. Oregon Onions and to help Idaho’s hungry.
As always, the Sysco sponsored Chefs’ Affaire was an evening to remember as 20 of the Treasure Valley’s most talented chefs prepare a five-course gourmet meal and diners and a wide assortment of Idaho’s finest wines.
The silent auction featured a wide array of dining packages, merchandise and services from the area's restaurants, caterers, wineries, hotels and retailers. Better yet, the participating chefs brought huge auctioned funds to the noted non-profit charity. As a noted highlight, Chef Tyler Florence was one of the first to donate $5,000 to the Idaho Food Banks coffers.
It was an evening unlike any seen in Idaho, an evening of great fun, mouth-watering food, and a room full of caring and very talented people. The Idaho-E. Oregon Onion Committee was proud to be as the heart of it all as the proud sponsor of Chef Tyler Florence.
Since 1996, Tyler Florence has been the star of several Food Network shows and a regular guest on numerous other programs. He was named the “Sexiest Chef Alive” by People magazine.
Tyler graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. The university later awarded him an honorary doctorate and named a scholarship after him.
He hosted the programs Food 911 and How to Boil Water, and currently hosts Tyler's Ultimate on the Food Network. He has been widely acclaimed for his abilities by publications including Food & Wine, GQ, Wall Street Journal and USA Weekend.
Florence also has been featured on television commercials for the Applebee's restaurant chain featuring menu items he has personally developed for the company.
To see more about our celebrity chef go to www.tylerflorence.com. To learn more about the onions Tyler prepared at the Idaho event go to www.BIGONIONS.com
For more information about the event and the Idaho-E. Oregon Onion Committee’s part, or for the Onion recipe Chef tyler prepared for the event, contact Sherise Jones at 208-741-2381.
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