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...premier chef's competition, which ended on Jan. 28 in Lyons, France, the Estonians transformed the cheeks - a required ingredient this year - into pot-au-feu, the Brazilians stuffed potatoes with them, and the Malaysians spiced them up into rendang. But the U.S. competitors, 28-year-old Timothy Hollingsworth and his assistant, Adina Guest, braised the meat until it was silky, set it on a tiny round of baby turnip, and topped it with a floret of broccolini. Smuggled through customs, the vegetables came straight from the garden of the famed French Laundry restaurant in Napa, California, where...
...Keller, chef at the French Laundry, signed on when he was approached by none other than Bocuse himself. "When Monsieur Bocuse asks you, you say 'Yes, Chef,' " he explains. Keller transformed his father's old house, located next door to the Napa Valley restaurant, into a training center for Hollingsworth and Guest, and together with New York City?based four-star chef and honorary Bocuse president Daniel Boulud, raised $500,000 for the team. Their aim, Boulud says, was "to show what amazing food we cook...
...team certainly hoped for change. Hollingsworth and Guest spent nearly five months training for the Lyons event, motivated, Hollingsworth says, "by the sense that the U.S. is always the underdog. A lot of Europeans still think that American cuisine is hamburgers and hotdogs. That just makes me want to strive harder." At their kitchen in California, they ran time trials, tinkering with everything from the garnish on their pistachio-crusted cod to the shape of their beef filet (in the end, it went from square to round), and learning to move past each other in a graceful ballet...
...American team placed sixth, tying its best-ever result from 2003. Norway, Sweden and France - the teams that always do well - maintained their hold. As his girlfriend, Kate Laughlin, waited with tears in her eyes, Hollingsworth said he was proud of his team but had a hunch why they had not placed higher: "What we do is more modern. It's not in the style of Bocuse d'Or. American food is a little more refreshing...
...team certainly hoped for change. It has never placed higher than sixth place, but this year's degree of preparation - as well as its all-star leadership - seemed to bode well for Hollingsworth and Guest. Bocuse himself even said he hoped the U.S. would win. As supporters chanted "Yes we can" from the stands, the two chefs remained focused on their cooking, daring to break into smiles only when their platters had been paraded past the judges. In the end, Hollingsworth said he was proud of what his team accomplished, but that he thinks he understands why they didn...