Army Reserve Pfc. Daniel Arshadnia puts the heat on some vegetbales at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Tuesday, March 2. Arshadnia, from Lawrence, N.Y., is assigned to the 841st Engineer Battalion based in Miami, Fla....

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker pours cake batter onto a pan during the U.S. Army Culinary Arts Team tryout at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., Feb. 28, 2010. The USACAT members will represent the Army during the W...

Spc. Daniel Arshadnia prepares his entry in the contemporary category event with a chicken dish at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., March 7, 2010. Arshadnia scored the first gold medal for the Army Reserve team preparing...

Army Reserve Sgt. Patrick Alveranga, right, gives instructions to his apprentice, Spc. Paul Harmon, Jr. during the Military Chef of the Year event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., Feb. 28, 2010. The Military Chef of t...

Army Reserve Cpl. Karah Williams, left, and Spc. Daniel Arshadnia plate up during the Student Team Skills event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., March 10. Williams, from Sarcosie, Mo., is assigned to the 414th Militar...

Army Reserve Sgt. Patrick Alveranga turns over a cut of veal during the Contemporary Category event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Alveranga is member of the 841st Engineer Battalion in ...

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker has some fun with his vegetables during the Nutrional Hot Food Challenge event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Monday, March 1. The Nutrional Hot Food Challenge event is a two-...

Spc. Daniel Arshadnia during the Field Kitchen (Bistro style) event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Thursday, March 4, 2010.

The Field Kitchen category is comprised of a five member team that prepares a three-cour...

Army Reserve Sgt. Patrick Alveranga heats up the kitchen during the Contemporary Category event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

Alveranga, from Homestead, Fla., is assigned to the 841st ...

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker, peels a mushroom during the U.S. Army Culinary Arts Team tryout at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. The USACAT members will represent the Army during the Wo...

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker prepares main dish in the contemporary category at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Friday, March 5, 2010.

Parker prepared butter poached lobster with braised kale, sweet corn spo...

Army Reserve Sgt. Patrick Alveranga, foreground, skims the top of lamb stock in the team's kitchen at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

Alveranga, from Homestead, Fla., is assigned to the 841s...

Spc. Daniel Arshadnia prepares his entry in the contemporary category event with a chicken dish at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Sunday, March 7, 2010.

Arshadnia scored the first gold medal for the Army Reserve tea...

Army Reserve Spc. Daniel Arshadnia, right, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Jesse R. Cross, Quartermaster General of the Army, at the conclusion of the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Friday, March 12, 2010.

Arshadnia is a m...

Army Reserve Sgt. Patrick Alveranga, right, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Jesse R. Cross, Quartermaster General of the Army, at the conclusion of the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Friday, March 12, 2010.

Alvarenga is a ...

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker, right, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Jesse R. Cross, Quartermaster General of the Army, at the conclusion of the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Friday, March 12, 2010.

Parker is a m...

(L-R) Army Reserve Spc. Jeffrey Vaughan, Sgt. Trent Skinner and Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker, were named to the U.S. Army Culinary Arts Team at the conclusion of the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Friday, March 12, 2010.


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