World Chef Championship

Ben HardyTwo Indianapolis chefs working just south of Broad Ripple are one step closer to being named winners of the World Food Championships.Team Craig Baker, who owns Bent Rail Brewery, and Ben Hardy of Gallery Pastry Shop took the No. 1 spot in the best chef category at the event's semi-finals Saturday night in Orange Beach, Ala.The win qualifies them to vie for the title of World Food Champion at finals in April at a location to be announced.What you didn't know: Chef Craig Baker shares family food stories Nov. 14More winners: Milktooth makes Eater's essential restaurants listBacon worth a trophy: Beef bacon made in Indianapolis is a BLT game changer. Ben HardyRunning behind and forced to use plain cream cheese as a main ingredient in the semi-finals ending round, the pair created a lightly sweetened, white chocolate napoleon.

They served it with a cream cheese-filled macaron and strawberries macerated in honey and lime. Basil and a pinch of salt seasoned the dish.' We were in eighth place going into the top 10 and today we won,' Baker said.Wood Food Championships, produced by MMA Creative, is a tournament in which chefs earn points for each match, starting at the local level. Chefs and celebrities judge the entries. Live for speed download for pc. Ben HardyBaker, who also owns The Local in Westfield, won points for wins at Indy's 2017 Return of the Mac mac and cheese festival and a Culinary Fight Club taco battle in Chicago as well as showings in the 2016 World Food Championships seafood boil in Alabama. He brought Hardy to Alabama as a teammate, but the men are sharing the title and winnings, a $10,000 package of cash and prizes.In Orange Beach, Baker and Hardy fought through two previous rounds with recipes honoring Indiana. Cajun/Creole-seasoned paella with scallops, mussels and Indiana's own Maple Leaf Farms duck and Red Gold Tomatoes conquered the first-round.

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Ben HardyNext up was steak oscar. The duo served seared filet with crab, apple butter steak sauce, pickled apples and butternut squash and walnut puree. The beef and produce were from Indiana.His fifth year at the competition, Baker was pumped about the victory. 'Are you kidding me? My first year, I got 23rd,' he said, adding that he ranked 16th once and sixth twice.This was Hardy's first time at World Food Championships. 'I'm giddy,' he said.Chefs to share stories of food and familyJoin Indy's award-winning chefs Tuesday for an entertaining night of food-focused storytelling.Chefs Craig L. Baker, of Bent Rail Brewery, and Alan Sternberg, of Cerulean, will be among chefs, foodies and home cooks telling stories of 'Food and Family: Stories from the kitchen and beyond,' at IndyFringe Basile Theater, 719 E.

Clair St. Local food trucks also have been invited to sell treats before the show.Doors open at 6 p.m. Storytelling begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available at Indystar.com/storytellers.The IndyStar Storytellers Project is part of a USA Today Network effort that has coordinated more than 150 nights of true stories, told live, across 22 cities.Follow IndyStar food writer Liz Biro on Twitter: @lizbiro, Instagram: @lizbiro, and on Facebook. Call her at (317) 444-6264.