Tony’s chef Austin Waiter, left, and Scott Sulma, general manager, demonstrate the use of a duck press as they prepare Dry Aged Duck Ala Presse.

About YYY Since its establishment in 1979, the Young Chef Young Waiter competition has continued to promote hospitality as a career of choice, a profession and a vocation.

North Bay chef, waiter and mixologist win world hospitality contest Three young professionals in the culinary world from Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino brought home the gold and a $15,000 prize.

Contestant Marcus Youn plates a dish during the chef competition of Young Chef Young Waiter USA in 2023 at the CIA at Copia. Youn would go on to win first place in the USA competition and second ...