Pike Place Market Fruit Festival

I had the great honor of judging the "Iron Chef" like competition at the Pike Place Market recently. The two competing chefs were Ron Anderson of Ettas and Josh Green of The Virgina Inn. The competition began with the unveiling of a secret ingredient which was a local cornish game hen and Chukkar Cherries from the market. Both chefs were given $25 and 20 minutes to purchase additional menu items from farmers at the Pike Place Market, and both made delicious dishes.

In addition to me, the other judges were Keren Brown, Seattle's Frantic Foodie and Julie Filips the site developer at Allrecipes.com. Check out the Allrecipes.com website sometime soon for the recipes which Julie offered to post. The winner, after a tough and difficult deliberation was Ron of Ettas. It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun. I'll be there again next year, for sure!