Tucson Meet Yourself presents the TMY Iron Chef Competition featuring healthy ethnic foods on Friday, October 8th and Saturday October 9th from 4pm – 9pm. This fun competition is inspired by the love of nutritious foods from diverse ethnicities will follow the format of the famous Japanese “Iron Chef” culinary game show.
Our version will pit Iron Chef Teams from local high schools, colleges and culinary institutes, as well as professional Tucson Chefs, against one another, judged by chefs, celebrities and dieticians. Teams will have 60 minutes to prepare a two course meal of one salad or appetizer and one entrée including a starch or vegetable. Teams will be assigned an ethnic or cultural culinary theme. Menus will be judged on presentation, nutrition value, taste, texture and reflection of cultural heritage theme.