Culinard And Kitchen on George To Host August 22 Wine Dinner With Food Network & Host Of 2013 World Food Championships Chef Ben Vaughn

MOBILE, Ala., Aug. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College in Mobile, and Kitchen on George restaurant will host a dinner by Food Network star Chef Ben Vaughn Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Vaughn, who is host of the Food Network's television show "Health Inspectors," and this year's World Food Championships in Las Vegas, will direct Culinard students in preparing a four-course dinner. The event will be held at Kitchen on George in the historic Oakleigh neighborhood.

Vaughn will direct students of Culinard in preparing a menu that will include:

Amuse Bouche Tomato Salad--Peeled Summer Tomatoes, Brulee Feta cheese, Brussel Sprouts, smart flour Shortbread Cookie Croutons, Burton's maple Gastrique
Course 1  Maple Leaf Farms Duck Confit, Barely Smoked Wild Mushroom Ragout,
Creamy Low Country Grits, Thyme Pan Jus
Course 2  Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast with Duck Bacon Marmalade, Sweet Potato Dauphinoise, Farmers Market Ratatouille
Course 3  Peach Cobbler - Warm Peach Compote, Griddled Brioche, Clotted Cream, Maple Leaf Farms Duck Rendered Caramel, Salted Duck Crackling

About Chef Ben Vaughn--Vaughn has wrangled snakes from dining rooms and chased rats from cellars while hosting the hit show "Health Inspectors" on Food Network. Along with hosting the highest-stakes food competition on the planet, The World Food Championships, he is developing a television series airing in the spring of 2014.

About Virginia College and Education Corporation of America

Birmingham, Ala.-based Education Corporation of America is a leader in the post-secondary career school market with current enrollment of over 19,000 students. Holdings include Virginia College, founded in 1983, a private institution of higher education with locations in 25 different cities in the following states: Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Virginia College also offers classes online via www.vconline.edu and operates Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College. ECA also owns and operates the New England College of Business and Finance in Massachusetts, Golf Academy of America schools in California, Arizona, South Carolina, Texas and Florida as well as Ecotech Institute in Colorado.

ECA schools are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) which is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). For more information, contact Diane Worthington at [email protected].

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