FSD Chefs Immersion at Johnson & Wales, Charlotte: Snapshots of culinary collaboration at playFSD Chefs Immersion at Johnson & Wales, Charlotte: Snapshots of culinary collaboration at play

Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina, has a classroom area named for Emeril Lagasse, an alumni of the school and an icon in the culinary world. This was the backdrop for the most recent FSD Chefs Immersion tour, an experience in which onsite chefs meet, eat and create some boundary-pushing dishes with new products, sharing techniques, know-how, ideas and kitchen banter as the event unfolds, kickin' the creativity up a notch, to paraphrase Lagasse. In this Chefs Immersion, a talented group of chefs from colleges and universities in the Southeast region took time out of their nonstop schedules for a day of innovation, inspiration, and a lot of cooking. These chefs worked together to create new and exciting menu innovations using products supplied by the program’s Title Sponsor, Unilever Food Solutions as well as supporting sponsors, Irresistible Foods Group and Mountaire Farms. Recipes were documented by recipe management software company, Jamix.