Ninth Annual Culinary Institute of America's Menu Innovation with Potatoes Seminar

Bringing culinary experts from around the country and providing them with inspiration and innovation to create new potato menu items was the focus of the ninth annual Culinary Institute of America's Menu Innovation with Potatoes Seminar.

United States Potato Board Public Relations Manager Meredith Myers shares

Myers: "We brought a record-setting 20 elite executive and R and D chefs from restaurants, retail chains, and food service distributors from across the country. They were there basically to come and rediscover the power of potatoes on their menus. It is just really wonderful opportunity for these chefs to see potatoes in a new light. They are consistently amazed by the innovative and healthier-for you dishes they can create with potatoes once they go beyond thinking of potatoes in the traditional vein of fried, baked or mashed."

With chefs attending from Outback Steakhouse, retailers Krogers and Safeway to name a few -- the quality of the seminar and the potatoes innovations shared at the seminar really impressed participants.

Myers: "What is great is on all of their evaluations they all summed up the program as excellent. One of the attendees actually said that this was one of the best culinary programs he has ever been involved in."

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