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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY College at Oneonta will co-sponsor and
host the Daily Star 48th annual Cook-Off and Recipe Contest beginning at 9
a.m. on Friday, March 14, in the Morris Conference Center on campus.
Participants in the recipe contest may submit recipes of any type,
ranging from main dishes to appetizers, desserts, international cuisine, and
beyond. The deadline for submitting entries to the Daily Star is 5 p.m. on
Friday, March 7. Entries may be submitted online at
www.thedailystar.com, by e-mail to
Emily Popek at epopek@thedailystar.com, or by mail to The Daily Star Recipe
Contest, c/o Newsroom, P.O. Box 250, 102 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Three finalists will be selected in each of three categories: juniors,
for young people up to seniors in high school; college, for college
students; and community, for non-students aged 18 and older. The finalists
will compete in the annual cook-off on March 14.
The cook-off will feature a presentation by internationally known master
chef, Joseph Poon, a 1978 graduate of
SUNY-Oneonta. Poon's successful entrepreneurial ventures include the Sang
Kee Restaurant (Philadelphia's first duck house), Joe's Peking Duck House
(which was named one of America's top 14 Cantonese restaurants by "USA
Today"), and the Joseph Poon Asian Fusion Restaurant (a top-rated Chinese
fusion restaurant in Philadelphia's Chinatown). Poon has worked as a
managing chef for China Coast Restaurants, for Disney World, and in
four-star Italian restaurants. He has served as Chef Consultant and National
Culinary Spokesperson for the National Watermelon Promotion Board, on the
Culinary Arts Advisory Board for The Art Institute of Philadelphia, and as
an adjunct professor for The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College.
SUNY-Oneonta presented Poon with a SUNY honorary doctorate in 2006.
Joseph Poon will also serve as a judge at the cook-off, as will Bryan
Bennett, the catering supervisor of the Morris Conference Center, and Bill
O'Donnell, the unit manager/ executive chef of Wilsbach Dining Hall at
SUNY-Oneonta. Chef Bennett, who joined the College in 2006, served as
catering supervisor to the Elks Lodge in Oneonta for 13 years. Chef
O'Donnell, who has worked at the College since 1981, spent over 15 years
working at various restaurants around the country. He is a regional trainer
of culinary productions and a member of the Culinary Traveling Chef Program
for the Northeast region.
More information on the Daily Star 48th annual Cook-Off and Recipe
Contest is available at
www.thedailystar.com/cookoff08
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