Hello, Chicago foodies!
Please help us, and Top Chef Stephanie Izard, pick our FINAL Virtual Kitchen Stadium winner.
Today we have our three finalists from our Virtual Kitchen Stadium contest. Every weekend for the last three weeks, Chef Izard has been announcing 3 secret ingredients. On Monday morning, possible chef-testants emailed RedEye their creations and recipes. The winners from each week are posted below.
Now for the final round.
While Chef Izard is working on a celebration for all of the contestants, only one aspiring chef will be able to cook with her at one of her highly coveted Wandering Goat dinners.
Which chef will it be? Chef Izard will decide, but vote in the poll below to help her make her decision!
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And the final winners of Virtual Kitchen Stadium are...
Round 1: Apples, olives and basil
This week's winner was Joel Toledo's Baked Apples with Italian Sausage and Olive-Basil Focaccia Stuffing. See the other entries.
This week's winner was Joel Toledo's Baked Apples with Italian Sausage and Olive-Basil Focaccia Stuffing. See the other entries.
Round 2: Ground pork, Camembert cheese, Haricots verts
The winner was Mimi Ceralde's Banh Mi with Quick Pickled Haricots Verts. See the other entries.
Round 3: Celery root, Pears, Mushrooms.
This week's winner was Dave Dear's Celery Root Duxelle and Pear stuffed quail with Farro Mushroom "Risotto." See all the entries.
So, who do you think should be the winner? Chef Izard will pick by Wednesday, but weigh in here at the poll (which closes at 1 p.m. Wednesday), or in the comments! Chef Izard reads through all of the responses.
A look back at Virtual Kitchen Stadium 1, hosted by Rick Bayless. Here's our appearance on WGN, and our very first post.
The winner was Mimi Ceralde's Banh Mi with Quick Pickled Haricots Verts. See the other entries.
Round 3: Celery root, Pears, Mushrooms.
This week's winner was Dave Dear's Celery Root Duxelle and Pear stuffed quail with Farro Mushroom "Risotto." See all the entries.
So, who do you think should be the winner? Chef Izard will pick by Wednesday, but weigh in here at the poll (which closes at 1 p.m. Wednesday), or in the comments! Chef Izard reads through all of the responses.
A look back at Virtual Kitchen Stadium 1, hosted by Rick Bayless. Here's our appearance on WGN, and our very first post.
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GourmetLawyer said:
I'm going with Dave's quail. The picture is tantalizing and I love farro
Shawn_ Boogie said:
I love Vietnamese cuisine and I think that Mimi's banh mi takes classic cuisine in a BOLD new direction.
jbean08 said:
I'm going with Joel's stuffed baked apples. It's creative and very much reminds me of the holidays! Curious tho... if I had a pork stuffed apple a day, would that keep the doctor away too?
Scott Kleinberg said:
Look at that. 3 comments, 3 different choices. Thanks for your thoughts. What does everyone else think?
krisusa said:
oh my god!!this is a one tough competition. I love and always love the asian and french fusion like "Banh Mi"..Hope she wins!!.
Big Mac said:
Ill go for Banh Mi" for Mimi. Great contrast of flavors..lovely concept
Stephanie Izard said:
so many amazing dishes over the past three weeks! thank you to everyone who participated! i am truly inspired :)
Mad Munchkin said:
I vote for the stuffed quail though the baked apples looked great also. With all the great creations throughout the three weeks I cannot possibly vote for a glorified meatball hero. Sorry Mimi.
Ice said:
Surprisingly, I cater for Mimi..She has great idea, simple and quick and easy. I like the fact that the whole concept of taking asian inspired food to european food was a good trick. Anyways, goodluck to all finals..At least you made it!!
Bex said:
Yea, I'm ruling out anything that involves quail... which leaves Joel's apples. Is quail even sustainable?
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