NYIT Hosts Sixth Annual Iron Chef Competition
Competitors Represent Police Departments that Serve NYIT's Main New York Locations
Old Westbury, NY (10/30/2018) — What do you get when you bring together 20 police officers with excellent chopping skills and celebrity chef Tom Schaudel? The NYIT Cast Iron Chef Competition. For the sixth year, officers representing Old Brookville, Old Westbury, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and New York City, cooked up tasty dishes at the annual event. The departments serve NYIT's main New York locations.
The competition, modeled after shows like Chopped and Iron Chef, was held on October 25 at NYIT de Seversky Mansion. Five teams of four officers were challenged with creating an appetizer and an entrée with a basket of secret ingredients including ginger beer, dried wild mushrooms, canned chipotle peppers, beef jerky, black garlic, whole rabbit, pumpkin seeds, buttermilk, shrimp, and grits.
After opening remarks from Leonard Aubrey, vice president of finance and operations, chief financial officer, and treasurer at NYIT, and Robert Rizzuto, director of Dining Services, everyone was treated to a performance by the Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipes & Drums. Next, the teams rushed to their stations and began cooking.
Schaudel and Rizzuto served as emcees of the event. The dishes were judged by NYIT's Jerry Balentine, D.O., vice president for medical affairs and global health; Hallie Zwibel, D.O., assistant professor and director of sports medicine; and Nada Anid, Ph.D., vice president of Strategic Communications and External Affairs. The judges scored each team using criteria like execution, timing, creativity, flavor, texture, and presentation. And the event was captured by student photographer Devin Blandino, a member of the class of 2021, who hails from Saddle Brook, N.J.
After the scores were tallied, it was the Suffolk County team that took home first place. But all teams walked away with a prize -- NYIT presented a $2,000 check to each team to a charity of their choice.
About NYIT
NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 9,000 students worldwide, including at its campuses in New York City (Manhattan) and Long Island (Old Westbury) in New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia.
NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, give all qualified students access to opportunity, and support research and scholarship that benefit the larger world. More than 100,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu .
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MEMBERS OF THE OLD BROOKVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DISCUSS THE MENU.
SUFFOLK COUNTY TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE COMPETITION.
THE CHEFS ADD THE FINISHING TOUCHES BEFORE PRESENTING THEIR DISH TO THE JUDGES.
