Restaurant Reviews

Chuck & Augie's Wins Silver Medal in the 2006 UConn Dining Services Annual Culinary Competition

On Friday, January 13, 2006 the Department of Dining Services held it's 6th Annual Culinary Competition at Putnam Dining Facility on the Storrs UConn campus. Six chefs from Chuck & Augie's restaurant entered the "BOILING POINT" competition: the Market Basket competition involving teams representing the different dining facilities within Dining Services. Each team is given a market basket containing surprise ingredients, and using staple ingredients from our pantry, have one and one half hours to prepare a minimum of one entrée and two side dishes for five people. Teams scored on sanitation, mise en place/organization, cooking techniques/skills, creativity/originality, and of course, taste. The surprise ingredient this year was venison.

Three chefs from Chuck & Augie's, Nathaniel Durr, Steve Bullock and Andre Dube, were given the honor of winning 2nd place for their creation of Venison Tossed with Red Peppers and Burgundy, Cinnamon Raisin Polenta, and Summer Vegetable Medley.