Embassy Chef Challenge!

We at Bisnow love to eat, and what better place to do it thanlast nightatCultural Tourism DCs 5thannual Embassy Chef Challengeat the Ronald Reagan Building. We snapped PR exec Jan Du Plain, philanthropist Annie Totah, and AUs Initiative for Russian Culture Chair Susan Lehrman.

In our book, the folks from Trinidad and Tobago wonbest costume. Here, the Embassys Adrianna Morgan is bookended by Car2Gos Tim Slayton and Adam Johnson.

A panel of celebrity judges and 400 guests enjoyed open bar while eating delicacies from around the world. By nights end, New Zealandwon. Here,Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman(one of the judges) is flanked by the State Departments Jennifer Nicholson, Lauren Bernstein, and Rosemary Pauli.

Silent and live auctions with culturally diverse food and adventure trips supported Cultural Tourism DCs free programs. Here, Washington Post food & travel editor Joe Yonan, Capital Spiceblogs Mike Bober, and 2012 Challenge Winner, Embassy of Hungary Chef Viktor Merenyi and his wife Zita Bolla Merenyi.

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