{"id":3176,"date":"2009-04-24T11:17:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T01:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australiantropicalfoods.com\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2009-04-24T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T02:00:20","slug":"les-toques-blanches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/les-toques-blanches\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Toques Blanches"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-no-proof: yes;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #639ee2;\">Les Toques Blanches Inc.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #e6dd89;\">2009 Culinary Delights Exhibition<br \/>\nCairns Central Shopping Centre \u2013 19th 20th &amp; 21st May 2009<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The 2009 Annual Culinary Arts display\u00a0 hosted by the Les Toques Blanches Inc,\u00a0 at Cairns Central Shopping Centre is sure to be a crowd pleaser, showcasing the culinary skills of the chefs of the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 3 day activities will be action packed with cooking competitions from our apprentice chefs and bakers, cooking demonstrations of pasta and sushi, seafood, meats and chocolates, a schools cooking competition for second year vocational education students and a live celebrity chef cook off where\u00a0 four local celebrities will cook off against one another accompanied each with an apprentice\/chef and provided with a mystery box of ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>The event is to promote Chefing as an exciting career path and foster the art of culinary skills in the community at large.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid #4F81BD; mso-border-insideh-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid #4F81BD; mso-border-insidev-themecolor: accent1;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 25.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; background: #548dd4; padding-bottom: 0cm; width: 154pt; padding-top: 0cm; height: 25.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 153; border: #4f81bd 1pt solid;\" width=\"205\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #e6dd89;\">Tuesday 19<sup>th<\/sup> May 2009<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt; background: #548dd4; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; height: 25.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #e6dd89;\">Wednesday 20<sup>th<\/sup> May 2009<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt; background: #548dd4; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; height: 25.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #e6dd89;\">Thursday 21<sup>st<\/sup> May 2009<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #4f81bd 1pt solid; width: 154pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>9.30am \u2013 11.30am<\/strong> \u2013 Live Apprentice Cooking Competition (4 Competitors with a choice of Seafood or Meat)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>9.30am \u2013 11.00am<\/strong> \u2013 Live Cooking Demonstration \u2013 Pasta &amp; Sushi (Apprentices and Chefs from Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>9.30am \u2013 11.30am<\/strong> \u2013 Live School Cooking Competition<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">(4 Teams of 2 Students per School preparing a protein choice of seafood or meat main &amp; <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>a dessert)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #4f81bd 1pt solid; width: 154pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>12noon \u2013 2.00pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live Bread Cooking Demonstration<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">(Includes 2 Qualified Bakers and top 4 TAFE Bakery Apprentices)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>11.15am \u2013 12.45pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live Cooking Demonstration &#8211; Pastry &amp; Chocolate (Apprentices and Chefs from Chocolat)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>12noon \u2013 1.30pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live Celebrity Chefs Cook Off<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">4 Local Celebrities will cook off against one another accompanied each with an apprentice\/chef and provided with a mystery box of ingredients.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #4f81bd 1pt solid; width: 154pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>2.15pm \u2013 4.15pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live Apprentice cooking Competition (4 Competitors with a choice of Seafood or Meat)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>1.00pm \u2013 2.30pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live Cooking Demonstration \u2013 Seafood preparation and cooking including fish filleting etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>2.00pm \u2013 4.00pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live School Cooking Competition<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">(4 Teams of 2 Students per School preparing a protein choice of seafood or meat main &amp; a dessert)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #4f81bd 1pt solid; width: 154pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>2.45pm \u2013 4.15pm<\/strong> \u2013 Live Cooking Demonstration \u2013 Meat<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #f0f0f0; width: 154.05pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;\" width=\"205\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: #4f81bd 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-left: 5.4pt; background: #548dd4; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #4f81bd 1pt solid; width: 462.1pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"616\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #e6dd89;\">Handout recipes available to the public at demonstration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For further information contact Sue-Ann Tillett, Secretariat of Les Toques Blanches on 07 4046 4000<br \/>\nor email <a href=\"mailto:sue-ann.tillett@skill360.com.au\">sue-ann.tillett@skill360.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Les Toques Blanches Inc. 2009 Culinary Delights Exhibition Cairns Central Shopping Centre \u2013 19th 20th &amp; 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