Elanora Country Club Chefs Grab Top Award

Chef teams from around NSW have again highlighted the high quality of food being served in our registered clubs, with their victories in the state leg of the club industry’s prestigious annual chef competition.The team from the Elanora Country Club is celebrating after winning the 2011 Clubs NSW Chef’s Table award for the second time.Elanora Country Club's executive chef Christopher Devine and sous chef Paul Sanders received the 2011 Clubs NSW Chef’s Table award at the annual Awards for Excellence gala last night with their menu that included terrine of Ocean Trout and Balmain Bug tails on a shaved fennel salad with a Pernod, champagne and saffron vinaigrette, followed by veal zurichoise served on an onion and bacon roesti with sauté Swiss brown and button mushrooms, with freshly shelled peas and a cepe cream sauce. Dessert was Granny Smith apple parfait topped with apple granita served with honeycomb tuiles, with bitter chocolate, milk ice cream and champagne foam.The club scored the best entrée and overall winner, adding to their silver and gold awards won over the past five years of the seven-year competition.Other winners were:Chefs Table winner and best entree - Elanora Country Club - Chefs Table best dessert - Mooney Mooney Club on the Hawkesbury - Best club restaurant - Sydney Rowing Club - Best casual dining venue, small club - Sydney Rowing Club. - Best casual dining venue, medium club - Club Rivers - Best casual dining venue, large club - Dapto Leagues Club - Best main dish - City Tattersalls ClubRead original story