The summer heat is here and it is time for a Cook-Off series. Food truck cuisine is one of the hottest trends around the country and it has been elevated with many classically trained chefs creating culinary masterpieces in their mobile kitchens. Watch four Orlando food truck chefs battle it out in the “Fill the Grill in $20/20 Minute Challenge”. Each chef will have 20 minutes to shop, with a $20 budget, and have 20 minutes to cook up their creations. This will be a weekly series held at the Whole Foods Market in Phillip’s Crossing, on Thursday evenings at 7pm, and open to the public. The chefs’ dishes will be judged by a panel and the winning chefs will move on to the final cook-off round.
Support your favorite local food truck chef and cheer them on each Thursday:
July 12: Chef Catarina Triacca of Gastro Truck vs. Chef Bryce Balluff of Fork in the Road
July 19: Chef Tony Adams of Big Wheel Truck vs. Chef Bruno Fonseca of Five Gastronomy
July 26: The two finalists will battle in the final cook-off
Whole Foods Market – Phillips Crossing
8003 Turkey Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32819
Check out the full details below in the Press Release and see you all there! Join me each week and lets support our local food truck chefs!
WHOLE FOODS MARKET – PHILLIP’S CROSSING HOSTS
FOOD TRUCK CHEF SUMMER COOK-OFF
Local Chefs Fill the Grill in $20/20 Minute Challenge
Foodies, grilling aficionados and food truck lovers are invited to Whole Foods Market – Phillip’s Crossing this summer to feel the heat during the food truck chef Fill the Grill cook-off. Renowned food truck chefs Catarina Triacca (Gastro Trina Truck), Bryce Balluff (Fork in the Road), Tony Adams (Big Wheel Provisions) and Bruno Fonseca (Five Gastronomy) will be given $20 and 20 minutes to speed shop for ingredients; then, the chefs will have an additional 20 minutes to prepare a delicious, affordable and creative summer meal using only a grill. The first battle takes place on Thursday, July 12 followed by round two on Thursday, July 19; the finals are set to take place on Thursday, July 26. All challenges will begin at 7:00 p.m., are free and open to the public. An esteemed panel of judges will determine which chef goes to the next round. Recipes created by challenge winners will be posted online for home cooks to download for free.
2012 Participating Chefs, Dates/Times Follows:
Thursday, July 12: Catarina Triacca of Gastro Trina Truck vs. Bryce Balluff of Fork in the Road
Thursday, July 19: Tony Adams of Big Wheel Provisions vs. Bruno Fonseca of Five Gastronomy
Thursday, July 26: The two finalists will battle in the final cook-off
Whole Foods Market – Phillips Crossing is located at 8003 Turkey Lake Road in Orlando.
Telephone: (407) 355-7100.
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