The people over at Philly TNT, described as a “latte art competition open to all! Usually held the last Thursday of each month at rotating Philadelphia coffee houses, the throwdown brings professional and home baristas together in the spirit of community and friendly competition” are hosting their July throwdown at La Colombe (1414 South Penn [...]
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Philly TNT Presents The Latte Art Throwdown
Aired July 21st, 2011 on Coffee, Events, Uncategorized and competitions.1 CommentPhilly’s First Annual Vendy Awards Is Tomorrow
Aired July 8th, 2011 on Events, Street Food and competitions.0 CommentsWe told you about it way back in May, but Philly’s First Annual Vendy Awards take place tomorrow at the Piazza. The even benefits The Food Trust, and there are few things better than great food for a great cause. The eight finalists competing tomorrow were the top vote-getters among dozens of vendors nominated through [...]
Upcoming Season Of Hell’s Kitchen To Feature Three Area Chefs
Aired June 28th, 2011 on Celebrity Chefs, Chefs, TV and competitions.0 CommentsOn the upcoming 9th season of Hell’s Kitchen, premiering July 18th on Fox, Gordon Ramsay will be screaming at three area chefs. The local contestants are Gina Melcher, a restaurant consultant from Cape May, NJ; Chino Chang, an executive chef from Hatboro; and Monterray Keys, a line cook from Darby. Those three will face off [...]
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Nick Suarez and Theo Peck (with a sponsorship from Brooklyn Brewery) are bringing their “Food Experiments” series, started in 2009, to Philadelphia for the Philly Cheese Experiment. Over twenty amateur chefs will be competing to make the best cheese dishes to win cash, prizes, and a spot in the Food Experiments All Stars Competition in [...]
Philadelphia’s First Annual Vendy Awards
Aired May 23rd, 2011 on Awards, Street Food and competitions.0 CommentsOn July 9th, from 3-7PM at Piazza at Schmidts, the 1st Annual Philadelphia Vendy Awards will pit the city’s best street vendors against each other. The event will benefit The Food Trust, a nonprofit that strives to make healthy food available to all. Last year, three Philadelphia vendors participated in the New York Vendys, where [...]
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Many Burgers Enter, Only One Will Survive
Aired May 23rd, 2011 on Burgers, Events and competitions.0 CommentsThe Philadelphia Burger Brawl is a charity burger cook-off to benefit the William M. Meredith Elementary School. It all goes down June 4th, at the Meredith Elementary School Yard (725 S. 5th Street), and all proceeds go to the school. Tickets are $60 and in addition to tasting and voting on undoubtedly delicious burgers (including [...]
Attn. Chili Ninjas: A Full Plate’s 1st Annual Chili Cook-Off
Aired May 17th, 2011 on Events and competitions.0 CommentsAfter five years with their successful Rib Cook-Off, applications (for pro and amateur teams) are now being accepted for the inaugural edition A Full Plate‘s Chili Cook-Off. Pick up an application at A Full Plate Cafe, call 215-627-4068 with inquires, or email: info@afullplate.net.
Food & Wine Lets You Decide
Aired February 16th, 2011 on Celebrity Chefs, Polls, Props Is Due and competitions.0 CommentsFood & Wine magazine’s 13-year-running Best New Chef competition has a new category this year aimed at getting the people’s choice. A “People’s Best New Chef” competition is open where patrons can vote for their favorite chefs. The magazine nominated ten chefs per each of ten regions of the country, with four Philly chefs making [...]
Wing Bowl Vet Hammers Massive Corned Beef Thing In Just Six Minutes At Delicatessen
Aired February 2nd, 2011 on Deli, Phoodies, competitions and video.0 CommentsGluttonous Maximus – Pastrami Eating Contest at DelicatessenUploaded by Woodshopfilms. – Full seasons and entire episodes online. Whoa.
Homebrewers: If you think you have the right brewin’ arsenal and skills to get the Yards folk to believe your stuff is their stuff, bring it on down to their first-ever homebrewing competition, entitled The Karma Factor. During two independent rounds of tasting — held on Feb. 5 at Humleville Inn and Feb. 12 at [...]
At least it wasn’t when I was there this past year.
