NCRLA Chef Showdown

2019 NCRLA Chef Showdown

Monday, September 30, 6 – 8:30 p.m.

The Angus Barn’s Bay 7, Durham, NC

NCRLA’s Chef Showdown is THE can’t miss culinary & mixologist competition of the year. Presented by Got to be NC Agriculture, 20 chefs & 6 distilleries/mixologists are challenged to use as many local NC ingredients as they can to create a dish and drink to earn them the top titles of NCRLA Chef of the Year, NCRLA Pastry Chef of the Year, and NCRLA Mixologist & Distillery of the Year.

Taste & sip your way through the competition, and judge yourself with our People’s Choice awards!

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Competing Chefs:

• Thomas Card, Counting House @ 21C Hotels
• Nicholas Chavez, Sedgefield Country Club
• Thomas Cuomo, Papa Shogun
• Amanda Ezzell, Ezzell’s Catering
• Steven Goff, Aux Bar
• Richard Gras, Omni Grove Park Inn
• Cory Haigler, Westin Hotel Charlotte
• Matthew Hannon, Ashten’s
• Gerald Hawkins, Pastry, Gaston Country Club
• Richard Miller, Butcher & Bull
• Adam Reed, Sante
• Brandon Shepard, Urban Street Eats
• Matthew Shepard, McNinch House Restaurant
• Ryan Stipp, Pastry, Omni Grove Park Inn
• Kyle Teears, Whiskey Kitchen
• Jamie Turner, Pastry, Earl’s Grocery & Soul Food Sessions
• Paul Verica, The Stanley
• Jake Vollmar, The Village at River Landing
• Tie Whittaker, Pastry, Buttermilk Boutique 
• Mary Jayne Wilson, Pastry, Amelie’s French Bakery

Competing Mixologists/Distilleries:

• Nicole Gubitosi, representing Lassiter Distilling Company
• Jimmy Huyhn, representing Copper Barrel Distillery
• Shannon Healy, representing Durham Distillery
• Hannah Forde-Smith, representing Mother Earth Spirits
• Johnny Burritt, representing Apothecary Beverage Company
• Amanda Phillips, representing TOPO Organic Spirits

Prior to the final event, chefs will be judged by a panel of professional judges in closed-door regional rounds. Final results will be announced at the NCRLA Chef Showdown final in Durham on September 30. The regional rounds will take place on Monday, August 12 @ Vidrio in Raleigh and Monday, August 19 @ Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.Competitors will be judged on the presentation and taste of their dish, as well as the best use of local North Carolina ingredients on each plate.

• Culinary Judges:
  • Chef Catherine Rabb – Instructor Johnson & Wales University – Charlotte and Co-Owner of Fenwicks Restaurant, Charlotte
  • Chef Geoff Blount – Baking and Pastry Arts Chair, International Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach at Horry-Georgetown Technical College
  • Tim Parrish – Domestic Marketing Manager, NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
  • Chef David Moore – Director of Operations for Cribb’s Restaurant Group and Owner of Phosphor Hospitality Consulting

• Mixologist & Distillery Judges:
  • Joe Nicol – 2018 NCRLA Mixologist of the Year, Asheville
  • Caroline Delaney – Co-founder, head taster and accountant, Muddy River Distillery, Belmont
  • Sarah Malik – Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management, Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte

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We’re looking forward to a great competition!

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