Yes, there is in fact a Culinary Olympics which takes place every four yours in Frankfurt, Germany and more recently in Eufort, Germany. It is a competition amongst approximately 39 countries bringing about 2000 chefs together to compete for the world championship. We also compete in Singapore, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, England, Ireland and Japan to name some other places. The United States Team was sponsored by six major companies (Kraft Foods, Mondovy Wines, Uncle Ben's Rice, Tyson Chicken, etc.) and we had a budget of $2.5 million for each team. I have 39 interntional gold medals and a very large number of trophies, awards, placques and other medals. Sorry, I'm not bragging but you asked for more information. Teams are formed by chefs who compete across the country and every four years there are tryouts for the US Team of which five chefs (four chefs and one pastry chef) out of about 200 major competitors win a place on the team. You are on the team for four years ~ all expenses paid.
