When most purists talk about "real" cooking competitions, they mean the Culinary Olympics, the Bocuse d'Or, or lesser known contests organized by national foundations such as the American Culinary Federation.
With today's chefs generally having little or no formal education in vegetarian cuisine, the mainstream food service industry is struggling to cost effectively address vegetarian cuisine on their menus with perceived value and protein innovation.
Tuesday was the opening of the Bocuse d'Or, the two-day, biannual global culinary contest founded by the 82-year-old master, Paul Bocuse, and consider...