Area chefs get your knives and pans ready for a cooking showdown. During
the last three years, the fire on the rock chef's challenge has become one of
the Blue Ridge wine festival's most popular events...So popular that this year's
chef's challenge will feature a series of preliminary rounds in March to
determine the final eight contestants to compete in April. This competition is
to take place at Crippen's country inn and restaurant each Tuesday and
Wednesday at 6:30 p-m during the month of March. Two chefs from area
restaurants will go head to head or knife to board to battle it out for six
rounds of culinary clashing...and what's even more exciting is that members of
the public will judge each competition. Guests will be given a scoring sheet
with the same guidelines used by professional food critics. They will not know
which chef prepared their dish. Challenges have been randomly drawn and will be
judged equally, regardless of their home restaurant's style. Chefs will be limited
to only the ingredients provided, which are all raw products. The winner of
each battle will advance and compete in the 2009 fire on the rock chef's
challenge during the Blue Ridge food and wine festival, which will be held from
Thursday to Sunday, April 16th to the 19th. Call Crippen's at
828-295-3487 or email reservations @ Crippens dot com to secure a reservation.
For challenge guidelines, go to Crippens dot com.
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