le-cordon-bleu-chefs &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/le-cordon-bleu-chefs/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "le-cordon-bleu-chefs" Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:53:54 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Win A Trip To Boston & A MasterChef Cooking Class!]]> http://q104.cbslocal.com/?p=109298 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:40:22 +0000 Erin Fox // Staff Writer http://q104.cbslocal.com/?p=109298 <![CDATA[Chef David Hilo and Chef Omar's Winning Recipe of Bicol Express]]> http://celebreaty4recipes.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/chef-david-hilo-and-chef-omars-winning-recipe-of-bicol-express/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:21:13 +0000 celebreaty4recipes http://celebreaty4recipes.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/chef-david-hilo-and-chef-omars-winning-recipe-of-bicol-express/ Chef David Hilo, 2011 graduate from Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, is moving soon to Cincinnati, Ohio to work in a plush sushi restaurant.   But glad to have him in the CelebrEATy Circle with his chef-buddy Chef “O” and shared their version of the “flaming dish” Bicol Express.   The 2 chefs were fun to watch while doing their prep works in the kitchen and really observed the “mise en place” and cut up veggies and meat the professional way.   Soon they were ready for the camera…and so as not to get embarrassed again for the second time, they made sure they had vegetable oil this time.  The 2 chefs entered a cooking competition with this same recipe few months back.  They admitted they were a bit nervous, like true first timers in food competition, and when it was their turn to do the demo, to their shock and horror, they didn’t have vegetable oil to saute chopped onions and ginger and minced garlic.  But they regained composure and boil coconut milk to extract coconut oil….brilliant, it even made the dish extra-special.  And they were handed the best dish of the nite…what a great story!  To both chefs, my congratulations and more power…I really encouraged them to audition for Food Network Star or Hell’s Kitchen…they both have the drive and passion, and I volunteered to work on their personality.  Here’s the recipe for the Bicol Express:

CHEF DAVID HILO AND CHEF OMAR’S WINNING RECIPE OF BICOL EXPRESS

2 cans Coconut milk
1 can Coconut cream
1 root Ginger, chopped
3-5 cloves Garlic, minced
1 large Onion, chopped
1 Kalabasa (squash), peeled and chopped
10-15 finger long peppers
10-15 Thai chili pepper
1 red pepper, sliced
1 lb Pork loin, sliced
1 lb Shrimp

Visit Chef Omar’s blog:  
http://chefoblog.wordpress.com/

and view their you tube demo:


 (demo on Bicol Express w/ Chef David Hilo)

 

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