TUCSON, AZ, August 7th, 2024 — Chefs of Tucson will have the opportunity to showcase their food and culinary skills at this year’s much anticipated Meet the Chefs. The event will be held in the Copper Ballroom at the Tucson Convention Center on August 25th, 2024, and will feature local restaurants from around the Tucson Metro area. Chefs that are featured in Meet the Chefs will not only share and sample the cuisine prepared at their restaurants, but also compete for their chance to be featured in the 16th Annual Iron Chef Tucson, happening on October 5th, 2024, against our current champion Chef Kenneth Foy from Dante’s Fire. Meet the Chefs and Iron Chef is proud to support the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona with a donation from both events with the help of Blue Moon Brewing.

 

Chef Kenneth Foy’s restaurant Dante’s Fire has been impacted greatly since his Iron Chef Tucson victory last July, which as a prize included substantial advertisement provided by Arizona Lotus Corp. When asked how it felt to win Iron Chef Tucson and what sort of impact the advertisement from Arizona Lotus Corp. had on his business Chef Foy explained, “It was my proudest professional accomplishment to represent Tucson, my staff, and the local culinary community this year as Iron Chef. Print, digital, and social media requests flooded in. Social media impressions exploded. Special events and caterings became briskly attended with little to no effort. I look forward to defending my title as Iron Chef in the upcoming competition!”

 

To earn the right to compete in Iron Chef Tucson restaurants must participate in and win at Meet the Chefs. To participate in the event chefs must be either Executive, Head, or Owner Chef of a full-service restaurant within the Tucson metro area and develop or create portions of the menu for the restaurant. At the event restaurants will be judged on three categories: taste, creativity, and presentation/visual appeal. The restaurant that scores the highest according to a panel of three qualified judges will be named the Meet the Chef winner. Arizona Lotus Corp.’s General Manager Debbie Wagner says, “Arizona Lotus is excited to create this special event opportunity for Tucson Chefs to come together and show off their unique culinary skills and creative dishes to a large group of Tucson foodies. Join us for this always fun and delicious day of culinary experiences.”

 

If you are interested in participating at Meet the Chefs, please visit https://www.ironcheftucson.com/application/

For more information on all things Iron Chef Tucson, please visit https://ironcheftucson.com/

 

All Iron Chef Tucson Events are exclusively 21 years and older to attend.

 

The 2024 Iron Chef Tucson will be held on October 5th, 2024, at the beautiful Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita. This is the 16th Annual Tucson Competition and just like you see on the fun, fast‐paced hit television show, a surprise ingredient will be revealed, and the competing chefs will face off in a serious culinary battle. Our guest panel of judges will sample the end results and determine who will be crowned the 2024 Iron Chef Tucson, all in front of 500 + attendees. This day also includes a “Culinary Experience”, where products and services that cater to “foodie and culinary” clientele will be showcased. Tucson’s Arizona Lotus Corp. consists of seven stations; Spanish Adult Contemporary Exito 93.3 (KCMT-HD2), Adult Contemporary 94.9 MixFM (KMXZ-FM), Classic Rock 96.1 (KLPX-FM) , La Caliente 92.1 (KCMT-FM), La Buena 94.3 (KTKT-FM), Rock 102.1 (KFMA-FM), and ESPN Tucson 1490 (KFFN-AM). Lotus Corp. is one of the largest privately owned Radio Station Groups in the United States. Lotus Media was founded in 1962 by Howard A. Kalmenson, with the purchase of KWKW, one of Los Angeles’ original Spanish Language radio stations. Lotus currently owns 48 radio stations in Arizona, California, Washington and Nevada.

 

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