Statewide Chef Competition Comes Back to the Queen
City Starting March 22
The Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, a single-elimination
tournament highlighting
the best of the state’s food, agriculture and culinary talent, will pit 24 highly
competitive chefs against each other in its upcoming dual-bracket regional
tournament. For the first time in competition history, the local series will
feature two separate brackets that will each name a champion. All of the 22
interactive battles will be hosted in Charlotte from March 22 through
May 19, and tickets are now available at www.competitiondining.com/events/city.
In every Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series dinner event, two chef
teams battle it out preparing three courses each centered on a featured North
Carolina ingredient that is revealed only an hour before they start cooking
that day. Ticketed dinner guests savor a full-service, six-course meal without
knowing which chef prepared which dishes. Unlike any other cooking competition,
attendees vote on each course using a free app, and ultimately help determine
who moves on to the next battle round and who goes home.
Charlotte series competitors were randomly assigned to the two brackets.
Eight returning competitors received a bye to automatically advance to the second
round. The preliminary match-up battles include:
Bracket One:
Bracket Two:
“This year’s Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series’ City tournament brings
some exciting new surprises thanks to the impressive level of culinary talent
in the area and overwhelming interest we received from some of the most
competitive chefs in the state,” said Jimmy Crippen, Competition Dining Series
founder and host. “We’re thrilled to debut our first-ever double-header bracket in Charlotte and share even
more of our fun, interactive culinary experiences. With an additional seven
events this year, more people will see for themselves that the Got to Be NC
Competition Dining Series is unlike any other dinner experience in the country!”
During 2015, the Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series is hosting
bracketed tournaments in three regions of the state: Raleigh, Winston-Salem,
and the two brackets in Charlotte. The winner of each receives a grand prize of
$2,000, a handmade chef knife by Ironman Forge and the coveted “Red Chef
Jacket.” Additionally, all four winners move on to compete in the battle of
champions at the end of the year.
All Charlotte events are held at Bonterra Dining & Wine Room, located at 1829
Cleveland Ave in Charlotte. Tickets to attend a preliminary battle cost $55
each, excluding beverage, tax and service fee. Tickets to attend a quarterfinal,
semifinal or final battle (scheduled April 12 through May 19) range from $59 to
$75 each, excluding beverage, tax and service fee. Guests can attend as many
dinners as they like and tickets must be purchased by midnight the day before a
battle. Reservations are open now at
www.competitiondining.com/events/city.
About The Got to
Be NC Competition Dining Series
The Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series is sponsored by the NC
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Pate Dawson-Southern Foods,
Certified Angus Beef®, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, Libbey, ALSCO, NC Egg
Association, Hits Technology, Joyce Farms and local partners in each region of
the state. The goal of the series is to celebrate local North Carolina products
and agriculture, and to showcase the culinary ingenuity and talent across the
state. For more information, visit www.competitiondining.com or get in on the
conversation at www.facebook.com/competitiondining and @CompDiningNC on Twitter or Instagram.
