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Article: Chef sharpens cutlery for Culinary Olympics in Berlin Cooking for the gold
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 21, 1996
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Tracy Burhop's Olympic dream is poached in citrus fennel broth
and served with sour cream and chive fishtail crackers.
Burhop didn't train to jump the highest or run the fastest. His
pursuit of the gold requires precision knife skills and the ability
to create taste sensations in a glass-enclosed kitchen while judges
scrutinize every move.
Forget Atlanta. This Milwaukee chef is heading to Berlin,
Germany, for the 1996 Culinary Olympics in September.
"It's four years of training coming together for one week,"
Burhop, 34, said of the world's most prestigious and exhaustive
culinary competition Sept. 8-12. "It's been a dream and truly an
honor to be associated with these gentlemen."
Burhop, ...