Special Events

Terminix Sets the Table as Local Chefs Square Off at Bug Cooking Bout at CMOM!

Saturday, July 24, 10am-12pm

Terminix will crown a champion critter-cooker at its "Bug Cookoff" at The Children's Museum of Memphis. The event, which is included with admission to the museum, will feature two traditional chefs and a bug chef from Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans battling in an "Iron Chef" style competition, using bugs as the main ingredients. Terminix will host three chefs at the event: Zack Lemann, entomologist, Audubon Insectarium; Scott DeLarme, executive chef, Owen Brennan's; and Jason Severs, chef and owner, BARI Ristorante e Enoteca. The emcee for the event will be Ben Vaughn, chef and owner of Grace Restaurant Memphis and Au Fond Farmtable. Two Memphis chefs and a professional entomologist will compete in two cooking sessions in the format of the Food Network's "Iron Chef" series. The contestants will be given the same ingredients and an insect from which they must create a dish that will be judged on site to determine a winner. The first session will feature the preparation of an insect-based entrée, while the second will consist of dessert concoctions made from bugs and traditional cooking ingredients. The cooking competition is a special program for "Harry's Big Adventure: My Bug World!", an exhibit presented by Terminix that takes visitors on a unique journey through the habitats, sights, sounds and social structures of bugs. "Harry's Big Adventure: My Bug World!" will be at The Children's Museum of Memphis through August 22.