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In the most exciting race ever, the sixth annual Iron Chef Elm City Challenge of the Champions April 28 crowned Chef Prasad Chirnomula of Thali, Thali Too and Oaxaca Kitchen, the champ. Proceeds from the competition, which I produced for Gateway Community College and Visit New Haven, benefit scholarships for culinary arts and hospitality management students at the college. The sold-out audience enjoyed the showdown at HADCO, the Viking Center of New England, in Wallingford. The secret ingredient for this year’s cook-off was Torrington-based Holly’s Oatmeal. Chef Prasad and competitors, Arturo Franco-Camacho of Waterhouse, Tacuba and Seawich Sandwich Shop in Branford and Ben Gaffney of Atticus Bookstore-Cafe in New Haven, quickly got into action, making appetizers, entrees and desserts. To see the rest of this column and Chef Prasad's entree recipe, please click on this link

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It was a fierce but friendly competition on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at HADCO, the Viking Center  The enthusiastic audience (it was a sold out event) were cheering on the talented chefs.Arturo Franco-Camacho of Tacuba, Waterhouse and Seawich Sandwich Shop; Ben Gaffney of Atticus Bookstore Cafe; and Prasad Chirnomula of Thali, Thali Too and Oaxaca Kitchen were all past winners of Iron Chef Elm City. The chefs had to use year's "secret ingredient" which was Holly's Oatmeal, in their appetizer, entree and dessert.  The Elm City Market provided the pantry for the chefs.For more on the event and recipes using the "secret ingredient, "check out my column in the May 8 New Haven Register. 

                                           The winner

The Judges: Jane Stern of "Roadfood"  Jocelyn Ruggiero aka Foodie Fatale and Sarah Breckenridge, Web Editor of Fine Cooking.

Chef Arturo Franco-Camacho, Emcee Jocelyn Maminta of News

Channel 8,, Chef Prasad Chirnomula, and Chef Ben Gaffney.

Gateway Community College culinary arts and hospitality management students assisted at the the competition. Proceeds from the event provide scholarships for culinary arts and hospitality management students.

                    The "Secret Ingredient"

Check out my food column in today's New Haven Register.

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If food is meant to be shared, then so should the recipe. Don’t you think it is a great compliment to be asked for a recipe you prepared that friends and family enjoyed? I enjoy hearing about how they came upon that recipe, especially if it has been handed down from generation to generation. Those handwritten recipes on index cards, passed through a family are especially precious, knowing that a loved one, perhaps long gone, wrote it. Whether they are an old clipping from a newspaper, from an online food blog or an original handwritten or typed recipe, they are all recipes worth sharing. To see the rest of this column and recipes, please click here.

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Check out my column in today's New Haven Register

Check out my food column in this week's New Haven Register