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tomfilm5 writes --> It started with 16 High Country chefs competing in head-to-head culinary battles where YOU, the dining public, decided who would make it to the finals. The prelims were held at Crippen's Restaurant and nearly 500 hungry patrons came out to support their favorite chefs. The winners from each heat advanced to the Blue Ridge Wine & Food Festival. The final battle for the championship included Bill Greene and Dominic Geraghty, with the judges giving both chefs a TIED SCORE! Thanks to the record turnout this year, the event raised close to $2000 for the Fire Department. Thanks again to everyone who participated in this event! THE CHEFS: Jordan Allen/Pssghetti's Michael Barbato/The Manor House Sam Beasley/Casa Rustica Danny Bock/Canyon's Guy Branaman/Broyhill Inn Will Burrell/Glidewell's Marietta DeBriere Michael Foreman/Restaurant G Dominic Geraghty/Hound Ears Club Ken Gordon/The Gamekeeper Bill Greene/Artisanal Jamie Jyda/Green Park Inn Andrew Long/Storie St. Grille Charles Nelson/The Table at Crestwood Guy Thomas/Meadowbrook Inn James Welch/Crippen's THE HOSTS: Jimmy Crippen Gary Smith Robert Miller Kent Graham THE JUDGES: John Batchelor Susan Dosier Natalie Kelly Brown & Carla Hall Lyons VIDEO BY: Tom Santay SPONSORED BY: Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce NC Dept. of Agriculture Queen City Viking Blowing Rock Fire and Rescue

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