When a team of Japan's finest chefs goes head-to-head with more than 1,000 chefs from around the world starting this week in Erfurt, Germany, it will be relying on U.S. beef to bring home the gold medal.
The International Exhibition of Culinary Art 2012 is a world-class event held every four years, in which more than 1,000 cooks and confectioners from 33 countries compete for medals and the Olympic championship title.