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Ten Competitors Earn Golden Tickets at Scottsdale Sizzlin' Showdown

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Posted Oct 29, 2014
Ten Competitors Earn Golden Tickets at Scottsdale Sizzlin' Showdown Winners of the Scottsdale Sizzlin’ Showdown, a Super Regional qualifier for the World Food Championships, proved that they could literally stand the heat in the kitchen. As temperatures hovered in the 90s, more than 30 competitors and local celebrity chefs showcased their talents and temperature tolerance in an attempt to win one of the final 10 Golden Tickets to the ultimate food fight in Las Vegas, which will be held in November.

The showdown, a featured event at the Fourth Annual Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Horses and Horsepower™, challenged home chefs and pro chefs to prove their talent in three key categories: cheese, seafood and sandwich.

The top three competitors in each category of the showdown won a cash prize ($1000, $500 and $250 respectively) plus qualification and free entry into the World Food Championships. The grand prize for winning the 400 competitor, 9-category World Food Championships is $100,000.

Results from the competition were as follows:

Seafood Competition
1st Place Gregory Wiener, Phoenix, AZ (Executive Chef the Buttes Marriott Resort)
2nd Place Frank Long, Strawberry, AZ
3rd Place Pa Jallow, Queen Creek, AZ (Student at Le Cordon Bleu Scottsdale)

Cheese Competition
1st Place Heather Bohannan, Phoenix, AZ (Student at Le Cordon Bleu Scottdale)
2nd Place Heather Walker, Scottsdale, AZ
3rd Place Adam Allison, Phoenix, AZ (Frank Food Truck)

Sandwich Competition
1st Place Merry Graham, Newhall, CA
2nd Place Matt Nosal, Scottsdale, AZ (Comfort Cravings)
3rd Place Matt Boling, Tucson, AZ (Beyond Bread)

Additional Golden Tickets were awarded at the event for extraordinary performances. Winners included:
Valerie Thodde, Scottsdale, AZ (Burgers N’ Fries)
Brad Schwaner, Peoria, AZ
Lynn Hooker, Mesa, AZ
Lizzy Williams, Phoenix, AZ (Student at Arizona Culinary Institute)


The Scottsdale Sizzlin’ Showdown also featured notable celebrity chefs from the local culinary scene in a one-on-one challenge using Kenmore equipment on the Shamrock Stage. The chef showdowns included Eddie Matney, chef/owner of Eddie’s House versus Michael DeMaria, chef/owner of M Culinary Concepts; Jon-Paul Hutchins, executive chef at Le Cordon Bleu Scottsdale versus Pietro Vitelli, executive sous chef for M Culinary Concepts; and Lee Hillson, executive sous chef for the Phoenician versus Jon Clancy, executive chef for Levy Restaurants.

 CHEESE Competitor Overall Score Execution Appearance Taste
1 Heather Bohannan (LCB) 85 34 34 34
2 Heather Walker 81.625 33 34 32
3 Adam Allison (Frank Food Truck) 75.375 31 32 29
4 Merry Graham 74.125 30 31 29
5 Lizzy Williams (ACI) 73.125 30 25 30
6 Gregg Milliken 70.625 29 24 29
7 Natascha Warden 66.125 28 31 24
           
 SANDWICH Competitor Overall Score Execution Appearance Taste
1 Merry Graham 82.875 33 34 33
2 Matt Nosal (Comfort Cravings) 82.8333 33 32 33
3 Matt Boling (Beyond Bread) 80.875 34 33 31
4 Valerie Thodde (Burgers N' Fries) 80.75 33 35 31
5 Brad Schwaner 80.5 32 33 32
6 Dave Spengler (Vermont Sandwich Co.) 79.625 33 32 31
7 Stan Tandon (Tikka Revolution) 79.125 32 33 31
8 Conner Goad (ACI) 77.3333 32 30 31
9 Noel Leach (Oma's Place) 76.625 33 34 28
10 Diana Santospago (Maine Lobster Lady) 76.5 32 36 28
11 Tim Cobb (Luncha Libre) 75 31 31 29
12 Chad Hupp (LCB) 73.6667 30 34 29
13 Larissa Hooper (LCB) 72.1667 30 31 29
           
 SEAFOOD Competitor Overall Score Execution Appearance Taste
1 Gregory Wiener (Top of the Rock) 94.125 38 39 37
2 Frank Long (Strawberry BBQ Company) 92.875 35 36 39
3 Pa Jallow (LCB) 86.75 35 33 35
4 Lynn Hooker 85.125 34 31 35
5 Stacey Carson (NOSH Arizona) 80.5 34 32 31
6 Natascha Warden 79.125 32 33 31
7 Joseph Chee (ACI) 77.625 33 30 30
8 Gregg Milliken 77.25 32 28 31
9 Shawna Sue Patten (LCB) 75.875 32 31 29
10 River Luce (LCB) 69.625 29 28 27




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