For the past five years, Campus Dining Services at Stony Brook University has held an annual Iron Chef Competition. This competition pairs four teams of students with Campus Dining’s lead cooks to test their culinary skills. It is similar to the Food Network’s Iron Chef America, right down to the challenge of incorporating a mystery ingredient.
With its high ceilings and hardwood floors, the Union ballroom was converted into a veritable arena for Campus Dining’s second annual Iron Chef Competition, in which four teams of culinary whiz-kids...