Chef Trevor Johnson
Winner of the 1st annual Reno Paella Cookoff 9/20/20
Dave Preston
Guru of the Good Life
Thank you Dave for the great info on our 1st annual Paella Cookoff in Reno! You can hear Dave's broadcast on KOH AM780 every Saturday at 11am!
2020 Teams
Team Bella Italia
Team Bella Italia
Team Bella Italia
Chef Giuseppe and Nico Sunseri from Reno, NV plan to cook in their outdoor kitchen over a wood fire!
Team Frankie Kuhn
Team Bella Italia
Team Bella Italia
Chef Frankie Kuhn will be a one man show as he plans to take on the challenge by himself! He will be alongside the Chorizo Chums at the RPC HQ.
Chorizo Chums
Team Bella Italia
Chorizo Chums
Scott Farmer, Donnie Howe and Jeff Taylor are 3 amateurs who are going to try their best to create a great paella and get some socarrat going!
Carter Crew
Team Baserritarra
Chorizo Chums
Chef Daniel will be firing it up in North Reno and won't tell us his secret yet.
Team Baserritarra
Team Baserritarra
Team Baserritarra
From Reno Nevada! Team Baserritarra looks to be one of the favored contenders! This team is the real deal! Way to represent the Basque community!
Team Cheezesteak
Team Baserritarra
Team Baserritarra
The Johnson family from Phoenix AZ is bragging about their socarrat skills and hopes to take the title from afar. They are making a Southwest Style paella and will use elk among other local ingredients!
Chef Trevor and the Valencianas
Chef Trevor and the Valencianas
Chef Trevor and the Valencianas
Trevor is team #2 from the Johnson crew in AZ cooking a traditional paella from Valencia!
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Here were the rules
DATE: September 20th, 2020.
This will be the first ever (VIRTUAL) paella street cooking competition!
RULES BELOW HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE REMOTE VENUES
This combat cooking competition is hosted by Battle Born Beer and G&S Packaging Solutions the Reno area's premier artisan butcher.
RULES:
Teams must cook outdoors and will provide their own custom cooking set ups. These may include gas, charcoal, wood or any other cooking method. All cooking must take place in an outdoor setting, but some prep may be done in advance or using enclosed kitchens if needed. You must have access to internet as the competition will be judged during the event by video (Zoom call) check-ins by our famous judge, Chef Dave Preston, Nevada's Guru of the Goodlife!
Competitors must sign up with the email submission below and state their team name, general location (you don't have to be in Reno to compete) and submit their menu listing (as their paella might appear in description) Please include extended ingredient listing and features. The style or concept of their paella should be stated as well.
Chef Dave Preston will judge on the following criteria via a live ZOOM call with all of the participants:
4pm start time teams will present their:
style/concept (0-5pts)
ingredients (0-5pts)
technique (0-5pts)
size (0-3pts)
6pm finish time teams will be judged on:
presentation (0-5pts),
socarrat (0-5pts)
Zoom check in 3pm
Zoom check in and start 4pm
Zoom final judging 6pm
Award - 6:30pm
Winner gets their name engraved on the stainless paella pan from Spain plus the honor of being the winner of the 1st Annual Reno Paella Cookoff! This beautiful pan has already been purchased and is awaiting your name to be engraved on it and will be mailed out immediately to the winner!!!!
CHEF TREVOR JOHNSON OF PHOENIX, AZ WON THE TROPHY!
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Reno Paella Cookoff
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