The Road to Vegas

The 12 passenger Chevy Van will be driving from Delhi, NY to Las Vegas , Nevada for the competition. The van will take the equipment and supplies, as well as 3 student assistance. The students are Brandon Grady from Saratoga Springs, Joe Michaud from Saratoga Springs and Mike Desorcie from Corning . Brian Hutzley is the driver, tour guide and team cheerleader.

Monday July 7th 3:45 PM – Alumni Hall Boardroom. Teamwork, commitment, communication, dedication, professionalism

Tuesday July 8th – Checklist

- Petty Cash
- CADI Card
- Gas Card from UP
- Mapquest Directions
- Extra Key from Tom
- Lunch meat/snacks from CADI
- Video Camera from Clark SN
- Wireless broadband from CIS
- Yellow Tie
- Schedule and contacts from Roberta

Road Trip to WalMart

“There are only 5 people that can stop you from winning the gold….. They are all female and they are all sitting right here in the van”….

Wednesday July 9th

11:50 AM Adventure at Verizon

3:50 PM

On the Road. Packed to the top we are on the move

8:10

Pennsylvania Welcomes you

8:20 PM

Running on empty “E” . 320 miles 4 1/2 Hours. 12.6% there !!!

10 PM Cleveland

11:30 Toledo

Thursday July 10th

1:50 AM . 10 hours and 710 miles. 30 miles from the Illinois Border. Go Joe ! Goodnight Brian

7:50 AM 16 hours 1100 miles driven, Almost to Des Moines. $3.80 a gallon

11:10 am WE ARE 1/2 WAY 1,280 miles !!!

3:50 PM 24 Hours and 1622 Miles behind us! 150 miles to Denver. 95 degrees and running on “E”

Friday July 11

When did we start today? SLept in till 8:30. Yes we stopped at 3in the morning.

Is it Friday? WE ARE HERE. 9:50 PM EST .54 Hours in Total. This include 8 hours of the Road. 1 hour in Boulder (5 shot espresso at Starbucks) , 4 hours through a side tour of the Rockies, including touching snow and 8 hours at a hotel. 40 hours of rode time 2550 miles

Bangers and Mash

Saturday July 12

All feed and ready to go. A/C is not working in the van. It is only going to be 100 degrees today so we should be OK.

5:15 Team arrives in Las Vegas. 6:30 team arrives at MGM

Dinner at Hof Brau House

Lock on Chef Tom’s room does not work. 3 hours later they have fixed it.

Sunday July 13

Road Trip

- Whole Foods

- Legacy Ice Cream

- UNLV

Monday July 14

!st Day in the College of Southern Nevada kitchens

All the equipment is inventoried

No A/C in ALL DAY LONG. 95 degrees and 60% humidity. It is like driving in a rolling green sauna all day.

Williams- Sonoma

Tuesday July 15
Shopping and prepping

The orders and Fed-ex packages arrives at Dr. P’s sister

The Whole Foods store does not have cream, bread flour, peppers, scallions

Wednesday July 16

2:20 AM Mountain Standard Time , 5:20 AM in NY. Get up, get moving !!!

Team, Nick, Tom, Joe on the road to pack the food

Brian and assistance unload equipment

THE COMPETITION

7:35 AM Set-up station opens

8:05 AM Window opens. Good Luck !

11:25 AM plate 1st course

12:45 PM WINDOW CLOSES.

1:15 PM Clean and pack

“This competition will be won in the kitchen”

Tickets are bought for 3 out of the four teams. Windows are 5 minutes a part so a course is being served constantly. Brian eats all three meals, all 12 courses, the food is good

ACF STUDENT OF THE YEAR

1:30 PM Set-up station opens

2:00 PM Window opens

4:00 PM Plating

4:40 PM Clean and pack

God bless this team, coaches and assistants. Their endless efforts, commitment, teamwork and dedication to the College, team and each other has been proven 1000 times.

7:00 PM President’s Banquet and awards ceremony

- Central Region from Houston wins a low gold, SUNY Delhi wins a high silver.

- Student of the year goes to Southeast

Disappointment? Only for a moment. The team has come a long way. They have won the states and regionals and competed in the national against very large chapters including Houston and Atlanta. They had the best kitchen score, proving what we all knew, that they were an unbelievable team. The parents and families were equally amazing. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and sisters were there providing support from start to finish.

Thursday July 17

Donny and Marie start their show at the MGM

Team sleeps in, hangs lose and enjoys their time together. A side trip to Red Rock Canyon was enjoyed

Friday July 18 On the Road Again !

6:00 AM wake-up call. Not on the road till 7:30, they will pay for the delay !

3:00 PM 530 miles behind us, 300 miles to Denver , 2000 miles to Delhi

SUNY Delhi Hot Foods Team

Members of Delhi’s winning team include: Brianne Slocum, Team Captain, a third-year student from Taberg; Tammy Peters, a second-year student from Endicott; Sarah Thurgood, a second-year student from Bovina Center; Tami Eicholz, a fourth-year student from Israel; and Jillian Naveh, Alternate, a second-year student from Wantagh. Chef Tom Recinella, associate professor of culinary arts, coaches Delhi’s hot food team with culinary arts instructors Julee Miller and Jessica Backus-Foster.

SUNY Delhi’s culinary arts program has gained national attention and continues to garner respect and accolades for its excellence. Regarded as one of the best in the country by many industry professionals, the program offers students a firm foundation in which to start their careers as culinary professionals. The college’s culinary labs progress through basic skills dealing with Garde Manger, baking, sauces, stocks, etc., to the capstone course, Signatures by Candlelight, a full service fine dining restaurant that is open to the public and operated completely by SUNY Delhi students. In addition to the core classes, there are numerous culinary electives offered to help each student customize their portfolio of education. Depending on their interest or direction in the field, students can choose from electives such as advanced meat cutting, culinary competition, advanced pastries and confections and culinary sculpting, which uses 300 pound ice blocks made on campus by culinary students in the college’s own ice sculpting lab.

SUNY Delhi was one of the first colleges in New York State to introduce Hospitality Management at the associate’s degree level and has become a recognized leader in hospitality education. Delhi also offers the only Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Hospitality Management in New York State. With its full range of majors in Restaurant and Foodservice Management, Hotel and Resort Management, Travel and Tourism Management, and Culinary Arts, SUNY Delhi prepares graduates for careers in one of the fastest growing industries in the United States.