The statewide chef
competition highlighting the best of the state’s food, agriculture and culinary
talent hits the road in March, and the event is coming to Asheville, NC. It’s
the only contest where THE DINERS get to judge. Diners who buy tickets will
also be contributing to our local charitable partner, the Downtown Welcome
Table. Reservations
for each night of food and fun are available at www.competitiondining.com.
Asheville,
NC (Feb. 5, 2014) The Got To Be NC Competition Dining Series, Fire on the Rock,
announces the participating chefs in the competition. The seven competitive
dinners will be hosted at the Lioncrest at Biltmore located at 1 Lodge Street,
Asheville, NC; http://www.biltmore.com/groups-weddings/occasions/venues/lioncrest.
The
series begins on March 10 and concludes on March 31. Chefs from across western
NC were invited to apply for the competition. The final eight contenders were
announced today during the Media Day Kick-Off Party hosted at Highland Brewing
Company. The preliminary match-ups are listed below with each chef heading a
team of three:
March
10: Vidalia, Boone (Samuel Ratchford) vs. Strada Italiano, Asheville (Anthony Cerrato)
March
11: ISIS Restaurant and Music Hall, Asheville (Mike Mahoney) vs. Season’s at
Highland Lake Inn & Resort, Flat Rock (Michelle Bailey)
March
17: Gamekeeper Restaurant & Bar, Boone (Edwin Bloodworth) vs. Ambrozia Bar
& Bistro, Asheville (Sam Etheridge)
March
18: King James Public House, Asheville (Steven Goff) vs. Lexington Avenue
Brewery, Asheville (Michael Fisera)
March
24: Battle between winner of March 10 and March 11 (semifinals)
March
25: Battle between winner of March 17 and March 18 (semifinals)
March
31: Battle between winner of March 24 and March 25 (finals)
Fire on the Rock also announced a new partnership
with the Downtown Welcome Table based in Asheville, NC. The Downtown
Welcome Table serves lunch at the Haywood Street Congregation every Wednesday
to hundreds of community members in need. Inspired by the Asheville restaurants
that have come together to support the Downtown Welcome Table, Fire on the Rock
will support this organization during this series. For every ticket sold at
Fire on the Rock events, the Got To Be NC Competition Dining Series will donate
a meal to the Downtown Welcome Table for a person in need. In addition, dining
guests will also have the option of making additional monetary donations when
they purchase tickets to Fire on the Rock.
The Got To Be NC Competition Dining Series is part of a larger
movement. Because we are all chefs, farmers, or diners, our mission is
to connect and celebrate this community through a dynamic, entertaining
experience.
Sponsors include the
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Pate
Dawson-Southern Foods, Certified Angus Beef®, Pepsi Bottling Ventures,
and the NC Wine & Grape Council.
HOW
IT WORKS:
Paying guests will savor each course in a blind tasting alongside a panel of
culinary and celebrity judges in a series of seven dinner competitions. Each
evening, two restaurants “battle” it out side-by-side in a single elimination
format. Guests savor a six-course menu (three dishes from each chef without
knowing whose food they’re tasting) created around a “featured” ingredient. For
each dinner, the ingredient will come from a North Carolina farmer or artisan
producer. The featured ingredient is revealed to the chefs only an hour before
they start cooking, and it must be used in each of the three courses.
Diners,
alongside culinary and guest judges, will rate each dish and determine who
moves on to the next round and who goes home. At stake in each series is a
grand prize of $2,000, a handmade chef knife by Ironman Forge in Charlotte, and
the coveted “Red Chef Jacket.” The runner-up receives $500. Reservations for
dinners cost $59 excluding beverage, tax and tip. Reservations for the
semi-finals and final are $69. Diners can attend as many dinners as they like. Reservations
open now at www.competitiondining.com. Hurry. Reservations
go fast.
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For
more information,
contact Kristen Baughman at (919) 750-5712 mobile or kbaughman@pdco.com (PR Specialist)
or
www.competitiondining.com offers event
dates, ticket sales, and bios on participating chefs
www.facebook.com/competitiondining offers daily
news and updates, photos of chef dishes and more
www.youtube.com/user/CompDiningNC shares videos
of the winner after each competition, video bios on each chef and more
www.Twitter.com/compdiningnc uses the
hashtag #compdiningnc to enjoy the fun, ongoing conversation
www.Instagram.com/compdiningnc shares photos of the chefs, dishes and more
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