Live Cooking Demonstration ~
Every wanted to know the some of the restaurant trade secrets? visit live cooking seminars under the main tent each day.
PGF Chef Daniel J. Rothman hosts a culinary collaborative of garlic tips and food fun. This year the chef is planning to create roasted garlic sushi, with veggies only and have the audience participate. A very hands on fun time.
PGF Chef Daniel J. Rothman hosts a culinary collaborative of garlic tips and food fun. This year the chef is planning to create roasted garlic sushi, with veggies only and have the audience participate. A very hands on fun time.
2018 Chef Bio

Pocono Garlic Festival Official Resident Chef, Dan J. Rothman, is a graduate of Johnson & Whales College with 30 years of experience in the industry he focuses on seasonal American cuisine. A well rounded chef who began his career at Tavern on the Green then worked in New Orleans, Palm Beach and then New Jersey to open the critically acclaimed Stage Left in New Brunswick. Locally he has opened a Brewpub near the Delaware Water Gap in PA, but has returned to Foragers Market of Brooklyn NY doing recipe development, culinary training and store openings. In 2012 he founded our local chapter of Slow Food Pocono Mountains where I serve as Chairman. Dan was just honored by Happening Magazine as one of the 2014 Green Leaders in the Poconos
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Second Annual Garlic "Chopped" Celebrity Chef Competition from 2015
Four hand picked local chefs will call on their culinary skills as they face off against one another to prepare a spectacular two-course meal consisting of an appetizer & entree with GARLIC as the theme. The catch? In each round, they have to use all the ingredients the Pocono Garlic Festival Farmers provides them, however unlikely they might be (Chocolate Covered Garlic, anyone?). At the end of each course, a panel of four guest judges "chops" one chef who fails to measure up in terms of taste, presentation and creativity.

CROWNED THE 2015 WINNER!
Executive Chef Chris Mullin’s food is pure erotica.Blakeslee Inn and Restaurant in Blakeslee PA Her restaurants strives in serving
traditional seasonal local farmed food. The Classic restaurant is French-inspired fine dining. Chef Chris Mullin of Ashley has spent most of
his 11-year career manning the kitchen at the Blakeslee Inn. He worked six years as a sous chef before taking the top spot about 2yrs ago.
Blakeslee Inn & Restaurant,• PA Route 940 Blakeslee Inn, PA • 570 424 0804 • www.blakesleeinn.com
Executive Chef Chris Mullin’s food is pure erotica.Blakeslee Inn and Restaurant in Blakeslee PA Her restaurants strives in serving
traditional seasonal local farmed food. The Classic restaurant is French-inspired fine dining. Chef Chris Mullin of Ashley has spent most of
his 11-year career manning the kitchen at the Blakeslee Inn. He worked six years as a sous chef before taking the top spot about 2yrs ago.
Blakeslee Inn & Restaurant,• PA Route 940 Blakeslee Inn, PA • 570 424 0804 • www.blakesleeinn.com

CROWNED THE 2014 WINNER!
Executive Chef Aimee Patel is co owner and operator of Mikuna Kitchen of East Stroudsburg, PA Her restaurants strives in serving traditional seasonal local farmed food. A graduate of the Culinary Arts Pennsylvania Culinary Institute
Mikuna Kitchen • 2291 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, PA • (570) 646-1100 • www.mikunakitchen.com
Executive Chef Aimee Patel is co owner and operator of Mikuna Kitchen of East Stroudsburg, PA Her restaurants strives in serving traditional seasonal local farmed food. A graduate of the Culinary Arts Pennsylvania Culinary Institute
Mikuna Kitchen • 2291 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, PA • (570) 646-1100 • www.mikunakitchen.com