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2015: What happens when you take the Asheville Wine & Food Festival’s "Asheville Scene Chefs Competition" and combine it with ELIXIR, the best MIXOLOGISTS competition in Asheville?
Now, what if you and your friends were the judges who determined which mixologists will compete in ELIXIR (August 20) and which chefs will compete in the Asheville Scene Chefs Challenge at the GRAND TASTING (August 22) (Tickets here)
Chefs and Mixologists competed at the MHCC Event Center in AMUSE on May 1st, and at ESSENCE on June 26 to determine which Mixologists will be competing at ELIXIR (MHCC Event Center) & which Chefs will be competing at the GRAND TASTING (US Cellular Center)
Read about all the Mixologists and Chefs here.
This event is free with General Admission or VIP tickets for the GRAND TASTING
Chef Hollie West - Sweet Monkey | Chef Steven Goff |
Chef Joe Mitchell - Chestnut & Corner Kitchen | Chef Ryan Kline - Buffalo Nickel |
Chef Jill Prescot founder of Ecole de Cuisine in Milwaukee & PBS show, "Jill Prescott's Ecole de Cuisine; Professional Cooking for the Home Chef
Chef Frank Brough - Chef de Cuisine from Disney
Chef Susi Gott Seguret – Founder of Seasonal School of Culinary Arts
Kenneth L. Richards is an editor, feature columnist, poet, winemaster, educator, and tour guide
Chef Ulfet Ozyabasligil Ralph Chef de Cuisine The Chefs - Garden & Culinary Vegetable Institute
James Fisher – Asheville Scene/Food & Entertainment Manager
Mixologists COMPETING at ELIXIR | |
Courtney Foster - 2014 Winner |
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Erin Hawley - MG Roads & Chai Pani | |
Leslie Sheehan - Grand Bohemian Red Stag | |
Noah Hermanson - Sunny Point Café | |
Justin Ferraby - Pulp | |
Spencer Schultz - Rhubarb Asheville | |
Stephen Wheeler - Buffalo Nickel |
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Kala Brooks - Top of the Monk |
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* Sunny Point Café - Noah Hermanson (will compete at ELIXIR) |
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* Pulp - Justin Ferraby (will compete at ELIXIR) |
* Chef Steve Goff (will compete at Asheville Scene Chefs Challenge) |
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Harrah's Cherokee Casino - Amanda McDougal | Strada Italiano | ||
Rhubarb Asheville - Spencer Schultz (will compete at ELIXIR) |
Mission Hospital - Chef Dustin Huisenga | ||
WXYZ LOUNGE - Jeff Daniels/Max Vega | Edison-Omni Grove Park Inn - Chef Jake Schmidt | ||
Rosetta's Kitchen | |||
ESSENCE MIXOLOGISTS ESSENCE CHEFS
* Buffalo Nickel Mixologist Stephen Wheeler (will compete at ELIXIR) |
* Chestnut Asheville - Chef Joe Scully (will be replaced by Chef Joe Mitchell who will compete at the Asheville Scene Chefs Challenge) |
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* Top of the Monk Mixologists Kala Brooks (will compete at ELIXIR) |
* Buffalo Nickel - Chef Ryan Kline (will compete at the Asheville Scene Chefs Challenge) |
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*MG Roads/Chai Pani Mixologist Erin Hawley |
Farm Burger - Chef Michael Aanonsen | |
* Red Stag Mixologist Leslie Sheehan (will compete at ELIXIR) |
Ambrozia Bar & Bistro - Chef Jaytee Watrous | |
Edison-OGPI Mixologist Elaina Raines | Grand Bohemian Hotel & Red Stag Grill - Chef Scott Ostrander | |
Nightbell - Mixologist Drew Hendrickson |
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Ambrozia Bar & Bistro Mixologists Caren Kemp
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DoubleTree Biltmore Mixologost Liz McCutcheon |