Who Was Named the Best of the Best at WBC Competition?

Let’s get to the winners in a minute! If you know anything about me at all- It’s all about the food for me… So Let’s look at the food that was the center of attention at the Worcester’s Best Chef Event!

Worcesters Best Chef- Food!

I did not have the opportunity to set up a studio or use any of my special lighting. I was in the back of the kitchen trying to stay out of the way of the chef’s who were literately scrambling to create these amazing dishes for the judges…

Worcester's Best Chef Dessert!

Worcester's Best Chef Scollop

Worcester's Best Chef Fish

Worcester's Best Chef Sushi Presentation is Everything

Worcester's Best Chef Close up of Sushi

And then there were the winners…

Worcester's Best Chef Winner of the Iron Chef competition: Chef Andrew LaHaye, Sterling Country Club

People's Choice Winner: Chef Laddavanh “Anna” Bouphavichith, Yama Zakura

Cedar Street Restaurant, Sturbridge, Chef William Nemeroff, Korean BBQ Beef Skewer

Asian Category: Chef Wilson Wang, Baba Sushi (Worcester)

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Custom Photography for Your Special Events

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- it’s all about the light!!

When a photographer is hired to photograph a special event they better know what kind of lighting will work best in any situation. Event photography is a fairly unique type of photography that has a unique skill set. It’s different set of skills than from a studio photographer or portrait photographer. Event photographers understand what kind of light may be needed in environments where lighting is uncontrolled. Outdoors, arenas, and halls are just some examples of places with all kinds of mixed lighting. You either need to know how to work with the light available by using it to your advantage or how to create your own lighting to overpower what is there.

We also pride ourselves on asking a lot of questions before an event to understand the framework of that affair. What’s the most important thing the client wants captured in photos? Sometimes it’s more important to capture the crowd’s reaction rather than the main person speaking behind a podium. So some of it comes from experience, some maybe a bit of gut reaction. The same is true for entertainment, corporate events or how to capture the action of a sport.

Below is a video put together from the photography Scott Erb and Donna Dufault did the evening of the Worcester’s Best Chef event. The photos we took that night were then put together as a video to be used as a promo piece for upcoming Worcester Best Chef events. Please note that there were two photographers capturing moments from that evening. When there is a large event like this one was – it’s always a good idea to have two people covering it photographically. Two perspectives adds a lot of value – and we can be in more places with more opportunities for capturing the event more fully. Plus it was a food event- and we love doing food photography!

 

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Photographing at Worcester’s Best Chef Competition

 

Serving a Plate to the Judges

Photographing the Worcester’s Best Chef event was surprisingly less work than we thought it would be. We had a blast! This event packed in everything you could possible want in a fun evening. We tasted many different wines, saw live performances from talent folks, were surrounded by beautiful works of art, got fantastic massages AND got an amazing sampling of extraordinary foods from many many different restaurants… Here are some of out favorite photos from the evening!

 

Worcester Technical High School

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