{"id":1185,"date":"2019-06-17T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamind2019dev.solutions4ebiz.com\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2019-12-19T10:15:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:15:13","slug":"lt-gov-suzanne-crouch-announces-culinary-crossroads-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/?p=1185","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch announces Culinary Crossroads initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch announced today that a talented and diverse group of Hoosier culinary professionals and amateur home cooks will compete in the 2019 World Food Championships<\/a> in Dallas, Texas this October 16-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indiana Office of Tourism Development<\/a> will participate as a sponsor of Team Indiana. Additional sponsors and financial supporters of Team Indiana include: Indiana Grown<\/a>, ClusterTruck<\/a>, Red Gold<\/a>, Piazza Produce<\/a>, Central Restaurant Products<\/a>, Indiana Kitchen-Premium Pork Products<\/a> and Agency Worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Indiana is the first initiative for Culinary Crossroads, a new and ongoing branding campaign focused on raising awareness of the personalities, products, services and attractions that comprise Indiana\u2019s culinary landscape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeam Indiana features a wide selection of the most creative and talented chefs and home cooks our state has to offer,\u201d Crouch said. \u201cTheir participation in the rapidly expanding world of food sport, and specifically the World Food Championships, will introduce the Culinary Crossroads brand to the international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the 2019 World Food Championships in October, Team Indiana will take their show on the road, hosting public events across the state this summer, including activities at the Indiana State Fair this August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crouch is focused on the important role Team Indiana and the Culinary Crossroads branding effort will play in attracting the skilled professionals needed to fuel Indiana\u2019s growing economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are blessed with a phenomenal community of chefs, farmers, ranchers and food retailers throughout Indiana,\u201d Crouch said. \u201cRaising awareness of these talented individuals and organizations is a critical ingredient in making our state a tremendous place to live, work and play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crouch said that as the state develops the Culinary Crossroads brand, it will continue to share stories with consumers around the country and provide this information to Indiana businesses to assist in their respective talent recruitment efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indianapolis chefs Craig Baker of Nostalgia Catering and Cindy Hawkins of Circle City Sweets<\/a> will play leading roles for Team Indiana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndiana\u2019s food culture has matured significantly over the past decade and we\u2019re proud as members of Team Indiana to showcase a diverse array of chefs and cooks from across the state at the World Food Championships,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great honor and opportunity to take our team members\u2019 shared passion for food and use it to promote all that Indiana has to offer,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cTeam Indiana is a collaborative effort and we are very thankful for all the support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch announced today that a talented and diverse group of Hoosier culinary professionals and amateur home cooks will compete in the 2019 World Food Championships in Dallas, Texas this October 16-20. The Indiana Office of Tourism Development will participate as a sponsor of Team Indiana. Additional sponsors and financial supporters of Team Indiana include: Indiana Grown, ClusterTruck, Red Gold, Piazza […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[31,34,14],"tags":[35,36,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamindiana.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}