Food and Wine Taste of Beverly Hills, Day 2
Posted on Sep 30, 2010 under Food and Travel News | No Comment
Interviewing Ted Allen at festival
On the second day of the festival, I interviewed Food Network’s “Chopped” host Ted Allen. It was hot as Hades and he was nice enough to spend a few minutes talking about “Chopped Champions” and some upcoming projects. You can view the interview at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpwV6M6Ib10.
I also got to interview Chef Roger Mooking, star of the Cooking Channel’s Everyday Exotic.
Interviewing Roger Mooking
You can view the interview with Roger at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rik9Pzrsb9A.
Cooking Channel food truck
We went to see the LG Cooking Competition, but on the way we stopped off and sampled some food.
mini hot dog
Salad
pork sandwich
The Bazaar chef
The Bazaar chef made an awesome mozzarella shooter. Really good.
mozzarella shooter
scallop
We headed over to the LG booth to watch “The Taste of Something Better” culinary competition. The event was held to determine “America’s Top Amateur Chef” with three finalists making it to the cookoff. Guest judges included Ted Allen, Tim Love, Ludo Lefebvre, and Michael Voltaggio. The event was hosted by Sissy Biggers, who provided a play by play as competitors Lou Kostura, Paula Mannino, and Brett Youmans took their places in the kitchen. After an hour, Pennsylvania’s Brett Youmans was named the winner with his orange scented lamb skewers, securing a trip to Seoul, South Korea, to compete in LG’s annual global cooking competition this fall.
Judges Ted Allen and Tim Love
LG contestants
Giving out the prize
The festival still had a day to go, but we were pretty full so we headed home. The event will be held again next year over Labor Day weekend.