By Lia Chang
Master Sculptor Jimmy Zhang Features Chinese Zodiac Food Showcase at Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Award winning Culinary Artist Chef Jimmy Zhang featured a Chinese zodiac culinary art showcase in celebration of the Year of the Ox at the 5th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Organized by Chinese Restaurant News, the Top 100 Chinese Restaurants Awards Show recognizes, cultivates and preserves the best in Chinese cuisine. Award winning Chef Martin Yan and Theresa Lin Cheng hosted the show and announced the winners.
Chef Jimmy Zhang is founder of Art Chef, Inc and is recognized as one of the best Chinese culinary produce artists. Zhang can transform carrots into mice, taro roots into birds or a sweet potato into a stallion. Zhang sculpts food into scenes from a fairy tale. Chef Zhang is an amazing talent, said Betty Xie, Editor in chief, Chinese Restaurant News.
Located in the Bay Area since 1998, Art Chef, Inc has been actively promoting the intricate Chinese art of fruit and vegetable carvings to the general public as well as the food service industry in the US. For more information, please go to www.artchef.com.

