"SA/PA Menu Contest National Tournament"
We will hold the Niigata/Nagano Block Tournament!

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We will hold the "SA/PA Menu Contest National Tournament" Niigata/Nagano Block Tournament!

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October 29, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
Nex-area Company Limited
Niigata Branch

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), in collaboration with NEXCO CENTRAL and NEXCO WEST, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the "SA/PA Menu Contest National Tournament" on December 22 (Tuesday), Hattori Nutrition College ( It will be held for the first time in Sendagaya, Tokyo.

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata) and Nexeria East Niigata Branch (Chuo-ku, Niigata) hold Niigata/Nagano block tournaments for 8 stores including restaurants in the service area (SA) in Niigata/Nagano prefecture. , Compete for the national competition. The block competition top 1 work will appear in the national competition.

Please note that the works exhibited at this tournament are on sale from October 1, 2015, so please enjoy them.

1 Date and time

From Thursday, November 5, 2015 10:30 to 14:30

2 venue

Niigata Cooking College
(8-8 Higashisachi-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata City)

3 Participation area

Aganogawa SA (Out-bound line)
Hokuriku Expressway: Yoneyama SA (upper and lower lines)
Kan-Etsu Expressway: Echigo Kawaguchi SA (upper and lower lines)
Joshin-Etsu Expressway: Tobu Yunomaru SA (upper and lower lines)
Nagano Expressway: Samurai SA (Out-bound line)

8 stores in total

4 concept

A menu that uses local ingredients to showcase the charm of the region

5 For those who wish to interview

We will have a tasting of the menu on the day, so please come and visit us.
If you would like to collect information, please call the following inquiries in advance. This contest is not open to the general public.

6 Reference

[The schedule of the day]
Reception from 10:00 to 10:30
10:30-10:45 Opening Ceremony
10:50-11:30 Cooking of works (11:00-Visit)
11:30-12:30 Work screening and tasting
12:40-13:30 Work presentation
13:30~14:10 Selection Committee
14:10-14:30 Award ceremony, Closing ceremony

[Chairman and Auditor] *Title omitted

Summary	Full name	Position, etc.
Judge Chief	Kazuyuki Aoshima	Shunsai Kappo “Biraju” shopkeeper (Former Professor at Tokyo Culinary College)
judge	Ikuko Yoshida	Niigata cook technical school principal
judge	Toyoaki Ishizaka	Principal, Nagano Cooking Confectionery College
judge	Nakayama Eiko	President and Chief Executive Officer Town Information Magazine "Monthly Nagano Komachi"
judge	Emiko Watanabe	Niigata Nippo Inc. Editorial Bureau General Affairs
judge	Fujiwara Rie	TV Shinshu announcer
judge	Aoi Morohashi	TV Niigata announcer

[Profile of Judge Chairman Kazuyuki Aoshima]
After studying Japanese cuisine, he worked as a teacher at Tokyo Chef College for a long time.
Former national certification skill evaluation test committee. He has also appeared in numerous TV programs.

Niigata/Nagano block competition exhibition menu 8 works

Image image of Okuaga Gozen [1,000 yen] — Aganogawa SA (Out-bound line)

Image image of Echigo Umi Kaido [1,700 yen] — Yoneyama SA (In-bound line)

Image of Echigo's four seasons [1,850 yen] — Echigo Kawaguchi SA (In-bound line)

Image of Echigofu Nori Udon [1,300 yen] — Echigo Kawaguchi SA (Out-bound line)

Image of Shinshu Rokubunzen [1,800 yen] — Tobu Yunomaru SA (In-bound line)

Image of Chikuma River's murmuring [1,580 yen] — Tobu Yunomaru SA (Out-bound line)

Image of TSUKI [1,500 yen] — Samurai SA (Out-bound line)

*All prices include tax

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"SA/PA Menu Contest National Tournament"We will hold the Niigata/Nagano Block Tournament!