Muncie Chef Selected for Competition

The Horizon Convention Center's Executive Chef, Austin Smith. Photo providedThe Horizon Convention Center's Executive Chef, Austin Smith. Photo provided

By: Joann McKinney, President/CEO, Horizon Convention Center—

Muncie, IN—The Horizon Convention Center is proud to announce Executive Chef Austin Smith was chosen to compete in the 2019 Taste of Piazza Chef Competition. The competition will take place at the 2019 Taste of Piazza Food Show on Thursday, August 22nd at Banker’s Life Field House in downtown Indianapolis.

One of only 4 chefs chosen out of 35 applicants, Smith will compete against three other Indiana chefs in a mystery box cooking challenge. The winning chef will have the opportunity to compete at the 2019 World Food Championship to be held in October in Dallas, Texas. Smith, a native of Muncie, has been with the Horizon Convention Center since June 2018.