Grand Prize includes tickets to Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village at SOBEWFF® and $500
WHAT: Four amateur chefs from South Florida are ready to cook up some amazing dishes at the Festival Marketplace’s 2nd annual Festival Foodie Feud. The contest consists of three rounds of cooking – appetizer, main course and dessert – using a selection of mystery ingredients. One contestant will be eliminated after each round. The grand prize includes two tickets to the Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village featuring MasterCard Grand Tasting Tents KitchenAid® Culinary Demonstrations at the South Beach Wine Food Festival® on February 26 and $500 in cash.
The audience will have the opportunity to meet and take photos with our judges after the competition. There will also be an audience giveaway of a pair of tickets to the Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village at the SOBEWFF®.
JUDGES: John Offerdahl, former Dolphins player, restaurateur/owner of Offerdahl’s Café Grill, and creator of the annual SoFla event “Broward Health Gridiron Grill-Off Food Wine Festival” which benefits Offerdahl’s Hand-Off Foundation and its mission to “Feed the Needs of Kids in Crisis”.
Doreen Christensen, an award-winning senior columnist with the Sun-Sentinel covering consumer news in the newspaper’s Money section. Christensen also writes the Shop-O-Matic savings blog and produces Doreen’s Deals, a weekly video series.
Sef Gonzalez, better known as Burger Beast, a respected South Florida Food Blogger. His current project is the Burger Museum (the only one of its kind in the world) that just opened at Magic City Casino in Miami.
Comedian and Festival Marketplace spokesperson Lisa Corrao will MC the event.
CONTESTANTS: Diana Clapso, Pompano Beach
Christina Gardaphe, Deerfield Beach
Kenneth Smith, Miramar
Corina Osvat, Margate
WHEN: Saturday, February 11, 2017
12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Festival Marketplace Food Court
2900 West Sample Rd. Pompano Beach, FL 33073
(Just east of the Florida Turnpike, exit 69)
About Festival Marketplace
The Festival Marketplace features a convenient one-stop shopping and entertainment destination with more than 300 stores in 400,000-square-feet providing the finest one-of-a-kind boutique and name brand merchandise all at below-outlet prices. Fun, funky and fashionable products are showcased in a convenient village-style atmosphere under one air-conditioned roof. The ¼ mile-long Festival Marketplace also features a full-service hair and nail salon, Going Bananas Farmer’s Market, an International Food Court and the Hillsboro Antique Mall. Festival has served as a backdrop for national television contestant searches, celebrity appearances, concerts, charitable functions and numerous other special events.