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CANARY CAFÉ’S CHEF MANSOUR GORJI PARTICIPATES IN
XVII ANNUAL CAESAR SALAD COMPETITION

WHAT:

Chef/Owner Mansour Gorji of Canary Café participates in the XVII Annual Caesar Salad Competition along with chefs from The Fairmont Hotel, Oceanaire, Kirby’s, Morton’s, Charlie Palmer, The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Shinsei, The French Room, Truluck’s and Sevy’s Grill. Vote for your favorite 2008 Caesar Salad Chef sponsored by the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food. For more information visit: www.aiwf.org.

 
WHEN:

Sunday, August 3, 2008
4:30-8:30 p.m.

 
WHERE:

The Fairmont Hotel – Renaissance ballroom
1717 N. Akard Street
Dallas, Texas

 
WHO:

Chef Gorji is the chef-owner of Canary Café in Addison, specializing in Mediterranean cuisine using fresh ingredients and simple techniques. Chef Gorji personally prepares each menu item five nights a week in his newly appointed upscale cafe. His award-winning Mediterranean fare features many dishes that incorporate his signature ingredient – the pomegranate. He was most recently honored as chef of the month in Whole Foods Market® and DHome magazine. Canary Café is rated the top 2008 Mediterranean restaurant in Dallas/Fort Worth by Zagat.

Chef Gorji has his own product line in Gorji Gourmet, which includes his award-winning sauces and primers and now hummus available for purchase at Canary Cafe, five area Whole Foods Market® and www.gorjigourmet.com. For two consecutive years, he received first place in the Texas Steak Cook-Off (2005, 2004), for his prime rib eye, which was seasoned with his Gorji Gourmet steak primer. His culinary creations have earned rave reviews from The Dallas Morning News, Texas Monthly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Business Journal.

The Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of The American Institute of Wine and Food celebrates over 20 years of enhancing life in the DFW community by cultivating our members and our unique food culture through educational programs, important scholarships and fun social activities. Our membership is diverse but shares the common bond of being wine and food enthusiasts and professionals dedicated to enhancing the quality of life through education about what we eat and drink.