Culinary Olympics Erfurt 2012/2

The end of a fantastic journey is over and we god a well deserved silver medal on this years culinary Olympics in Erfurt.

We are all tired but mostly the guys who have been in the kitchen all night to prepare all the cold table displays.

I am so proud of all of the team for all the effort that they have put in over the past years to do the best ever table.

Thank you guys and we are already aiming for the world cup in Luxembourg in two years time.

Here are some pictures of out display, enjoy all of you out there and leave some comments or questions.

PS: the Wi-Fi here are bad so more pictures are up tomorrow when I get back home...stay tuned

and by the way...Its my birthday today :-)

 

//Dragan Unic

CULINARY OLYMPICS 2012 /1

The heat is on in Erfurt and the Culinary Olympics 2012.

Skåne Culinary team is starting up to produce the food for the cold display table that they we will show in a few hours and to judged by some of the best people in the business.

I am proud of what they have done until now and we all hope for the best and that we can go home with the golden medals around the neck and celebrate my birthday.

Here are some pictures from some other teams of today and also from the kitchen that we are using for the competition, enjoy and I will be back in a few hours.

/Dragan

Piemontese wines ala Curto family

The winery of Marco Curto is the traditional family-run winery, and has been handed down from father to son for three generations.

The winery consists of 4 hectares in the heart of the Barolo production area.

Marco Curto with his wife Adele and their daughter Nadia, cultivate the vineyards themselves, taking care of each step of the winemaking – from the cure of the plants to the manual harvest and to the cellar.

The family gives a lot of attention to the winemaking with great respect for tradition.

The production includes the typical wines of the area and the most renowned product is the Barolo Arborina docg (Arborina is the name of a restricted hilly area famous for the cru Barolos), with the name “La Foia” which means “leaf” in the Piedmont dialect.

Dolcetto d'Alba Gattera La Foia entirely produced in steel tank shows great expression and are some of the richest dolcettos around.

Barbera d'Alba La Foia aged for a few months in oak has great complexity and smoothness with long taste

Barolo La Foia, aged for two years in cask and for two years more in bottle, a good example of elegance.

Barolo Arborina La Foia, is an expression of a more complex and mature Barolo that is true to the Piedmonte winemaking

I’m honoured to have the opportunity to taste these fantastic wines and I an sure that we will see them in Sweden real soon on the market.

Thanks Nadia for providing me with some bottles

Paris Kitchen shop

Travelling to Paris to eat and drink is one of the joys in life, but if you are a serious foodie you should not miss the greatest cook shop in the world

The old store of  Dehillerin on 18 Rue Coquillière is like a magic shop from Harry Potter with every imaginable stuff you could need in your kitchen and some stuff you did not know that you needed until now J

All of the classical equipments are to be find here and in the cellar are the old stockpots all made in copper for sale, from the good ol days, I just love when the history hits you straight on the head.

Thank you for saving this type of store for the future.

 

The Best Amarone on the market

For four generations have the vineyards been in the hands of the family Ragno in the small village of Mazzurega in the Fumane area outside Verona in the northern parts of Italy.

Zeno Zignoli is the young winemaker who runs the vinery now and practices radical biodynamic and organic farming where he believes in classical methods of making wine from this area.

Zeno is an “off the grid” character and winemaker and his Amarone wine is remarkable and outstanding with depth and amazing finesse, it is hard to find anything better than this, and it is worth trying to get some bottles.

Drink it now or store it forever

2005 Romanée-Conti | Stadsauktion

Great wines for sale by the bottle at a Swedish wine auction.


2005 Romanée-Conti | Stadsauktion

The Culinary Team of Skåne 1

To be part of a culinary team for many years and to see how things develop and how the team build spirit and also affection to each other is fascinating.

Now after four years and many working hours is the final here in a few weeks, the Olympics in Erfurt Germany 5-10 of October.

Today was the general rehearsal with many people watching the table all invited by the team members and the Swedish chef association in Skåne.

I will keep you all posted of how things are moving along in Erfurt and keep your finger crossed for the glittering gold medal
here are some pictures from today, enjoy and feel free to coment.
//Dragan