Updated information: TIME TO VOTE!
Check out this Chef Line Up and Vote, Vote, Vote!
Ben Diaz – Rosa Mexicano Los Angeles
Felix Nappoly – Hyatt Regency Long Beach
Kevin Roberts (aka Food Dude) – Paleo Brio Healthy Kitchen Restaurant
Richie (Richard Hirshen) – Mooney Family Farm LLC
Steve Kling – StillWater Spirits & Sounds
Whitney Werner – Roast Deli & Market
Paul Cao – Burntzilla, Burnt Crumbs, Burnt Crumbs – Irvine
Abraham Arreaga – Working Class Kitchen
Bert Agor – King’s Hawaiian
Peter Avedissian – Bake UM
Max Schlutz – Sessions West Coast Deli – Hb, Sessions West Coast Deli
Steven Agosto – Kelsey’s Bar & Grill @ Pechanga Resort & Casino, Pechanga Resort & Casino
Now vote for your pick through July 17th! Visit facebook.com
Submit your best sandwich by July 10 featuring locally sourced ingredients (could be any or all; cheese, meat, bread, sauce, etc). After a Facebook (and show management) vote (July 12 – 17), the top three will be invited to face-off against one another onsite at the Western Foodservice Hospitality Expo Rapid Fire Challenge, Monday, August 28, 2017. The Chefs will prepare samples for three judges and mini samples for the first 50 guests in the audience. The winner receives $1,000, bragging rights for the Best Sandwich in Southern California and the title of Rapid Fire Challenge Champion and press exposure to over 100 media outlets including the LA Times, Huffington Post, Great Taste Magazine, local television affiliates as well as 10,000 of your industry peers!
Meet the Judges
Recipe Submission Due Date: July 10, 2017
Social Media Voting: July 12 – 17, 2017
Western Foodservice Hospitality Expo Rapid Fire Challenge: August 28, 2017
Visit www.westernfoodexpo.com to submit your entry video.
Western Foodservice Hospitality Expo: August 27 – 29, 2017
Complementary Show Registration – www.urban-expo.com
