Mountain Fresh Top Chef Challenge

Chefs from Mt Hotham and Dinner Plain are set to compete in the 2010 Top Chef Challenge creating their own Mountain Fresh Dish using regional produce.

Visit participating venues to sample the dish and critique the chef's dishes and receive a FREE glass of red wine from festival sponsor All Saint's. Everyone who votes will be entered into the Mountain Fresh prize draw* while the winning chef receives the prestigious title of Top Chef 2010.

Participating chefs:

• Kurt Adam – Jack Frost, Mt Hotham                     
• Lindsay Hynes – The General, Mt Hotham
• Jimmy McHugh – Swindlers, Mt Hotham   
• Pablo De Pasquale – The White Room, Mt Hotham                                    
• Ashley Cadwell – Fountains, Mt Hotham
• Robbie Smith – Zirkys, Mt Hotham
• Jake ‘Mex' Evans – Avalanche, Mt Hotham
• Head Chef – Graze, Dinner Plain
• Hamish Nugent – Tsubo, Dinner Plain                  

*Prize Draw – Win a goodie bag of wine and produce from festival sponsors Alpine Valley Vignerons and North East Valleys Food & Wine (value $250). To go in the running fill in your Top Chef Challenge critique form or a Mountain Fresh Festival visitor survey at participating venues.

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