The Military Hospitality Alliance hosts the 2003

Find out more about the Military Hospitality Alliance's (MHA) excellent benefits now!

Free services and programs for our members and friends below:

   MEDALS, PLAQUES, PRIZES, EDUCATION, CAMARADERIE

     Active duty and reserves military are invited to compete in the MHA MILITARY COOKING COMPETITION & BATTLE in 2003!  It's sure to be an amazing event and filled with exciting, stocked prizes for the champion branch of service.  The HOT FOOD MYSTERY BASKET style competition puts all of the services on a even playing field.  Teams show up and cook a hot meal/menu of their own design.  NO ONE knows what will be in the mystery basket so there is no practicing beforehand for months or years.  There is also no designing of huge show pieces for months before hand, either.  It truly is a full blown battle to see who can really cook the best.  

    The OFFICIAL local rules of competition and how mystery boxes look and work are right here, live, in .Adobe pdf   format.  Click and take a look!  

Our Mission

    -To advance the profession of cooking within the military by providing a venue to demonstrate your knowledge and talents against people with a similar background.
     To provide incentive for growth by exposing motivated people to others with similar initiative, offering them a venue in which to advance their craft.
     To have you meet civilian and military chefs, observe the judged competitions, learn from them, and decide if you want to go to that level next.
     To do this in a setting that is fun, focuses on the taste of the food, builds on the positive spirit of service competition, and does not require prior knowledge of culinary competition rules and procedures – anyone can do it. 

The Cost

     Competition Fee – FREE thanks to the generosity of the MHA. 
    

Teams Explained

     Enter as a team - All 5 people are from your ship or base, or are friends from other ships/bases who want to compete with you.  All MUST be from the same branch of service.  One person is designated as the Team Captain to coordinate the details for the team.
     Enter on your own - Individuals wishing to participate, but who don't have enough from their ship or base for a team, are encouraged to sign up.  You will be assigned to a team of people from your same branch of service, on-site.  Additional people from the same base or ship will be put on the same team.

Hotel Reservations

     Coming soon as location is finalized.  Military per diem rates available.

Military Hospitality Alliance (MHA)

    The MHA is newly formed in 2002 and has grown to over 1000 members in less than a few months time.  The MHA is a child corporation of the oldest food association in the history of the United States of America - the International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA).  First formed in 1901, IFSEA has thousands of members all over the world in branches from Taiwan to Japan to the European Union and all over America.  Their focus is on networking and charitable acts.  For the past, almost 50 years, IFSEA has held contracts with the six American branches of the Armed Forces and annually has expended close to $50,000.00 USD on trophies, plaques, awards, educational seminars, free conference fees, meals and room and board in support of the US Military Food Service Award Programs.  IFSEA also fields global travelers to ships at sea, submarines under the ocean, to forts, camps and bases and flying onto aircraft carriers to conduct inspections in determining who the annual winners will be.  A variety of top level, Certified Food Executives (CFE) take vacation from their jobs for weeks to support America's military.

Contact Information

Websites

          The MHA is at www.MHAifsea.com

This website has a url of www.go.to/thebattle

Telephone and FAX

001-503-492-0729 for critical information from Director of the Conference, Chef Wally Davenport

Postal address

C/O Chef Wally Davenport-Director of the Conference

18005 NE Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR 97230-6803 , USA

Electronic mail

Immediate Information from Director of the conference and battle, Chef Wally Davenport: wllydvnprt@worldnet.att.net

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