| | Executive Chef Elizabeth Goel of Los Angeles based Bite Catering Couture wins silver medal in closest contest in Food Network Challenge history. Bite Catering Couture specializes in catering Signature Bite-sized tasting menus for weddings, parties, and special events in Los Angeles. Chef Elizabeth's team finished a mere 0.6 points (of 100) from the first prize and $10,000. | Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2008 -- Executive Chef Elizabeth Todd Goel of Bite Catering Couture led one of four teams on Food Network Challenge: Big Bash Caterers, which premiered Sunday, August 24th on Food Network, competing for a $10,000 prize. | |  | Executive Chef Elizabeth Goel, Bite Catering Couture | Seeing the presentation, tasting it, everything is really dead on. Great flavors!  | Executive Chef Elizabeth Goel placed 2nd in a tight competition with veteran chefs of the catering industry. The margin of victory was a razor-thin 0.6 points of 100. The competition featured 4 teams of caterers feeding 75 guests in a party for the Colorado Ballet. | Chef Elizabeth brought a menu appropriate to a ballet, featuring a number of Bite Catering Couture's signature miniature catered foods: creole crab cakes, caprese salad skewers, Nutcracker cones, and Nutcracker "Sweet" (espresso chocolate bonbons and caramel nut pie). Guests referred to the combination as "Food on point." | "The (caprese salad skewer) is a little work of art. It's delicate, like a ballerina. So its really appealing," commented judge Lisa Snider, Executive Director of the Colorado Ballet. | Judge Chris Siversen, Executive Chef of Bridgewaters summarized, "Seeing the presentation, tasting it, everything is really dead on. Great flavors!" | Bite Catering Couture was honored to have our Executive Chef and signature bites in competition against some of the best caterers in the country. As a new Los Angeles catering company, we look forward to introducing our unique, stylish approach to high-quality catered foods for weddings, special events, and parties in Los Angeles. | Food Network Challenge airs Sundays at 8pm ET/PT. For more information, additional air times and contest recipes, please visit FoodNetwork.com | Please visit Bite Catering Couture of Los Angeles at www.bitecatering.net for pictures, sample menus, client reviews, recipes, and more. Bite Catering Couture is a premier caterer in Los Angeles with a signature line of bite-sized miniature foods in addition to full-service catering. Our approach to parties, weddings, and special events is to bring a tasting menu of Bites, allowing guests a greater variety of flavors and the opportunity to participate in more conversations than a sit-down only event. | For more information on Bite Catering Couture: www.bitecatering.net | ### |