It's Iron Fork time in Nashville!
For the third straight year, the Nashville Scene is putting on its own version of Iron Chef here in Music City. The Iron Fork competition, which goes down the night of April 21st at the Country Music Hall of Fame, will feature five top chefs from the Nashville area competing in culinary battle. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Second Harvest Food Bank and Manna-Food Security Partners.
This year’s participants are Chris Cunningham from Sunset Grill, Andy Hunter from Acorn Restaurant, Hal M. Holden-Bache from Eastland Café, Jason McConnell from 55 South, Sol, and Red Pony Restaurant, and defending champion Jeremy Barlow from Tayst. All five chefs will have to cook two different dishes, twice each – once for presentation, and once for the judges. They’ll also have contend with a secret ingredient, announced only 10 minutes before the competition begins, that must be worked into their recipes. Whoever wins over the panel made up of local foodies and celebrities will win and a full cookware set from Le Creuset
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If you’re interested in watching the battle for yourself instead of reading about it here after the fact, all the while enjoying free cocktails and samples of award-winning cuisine, you can pick up tickets for the event here. They’re $30 until April 14, after which they’ll go up to $40. For the more enterprising among you, there is an alternative: win your tickets from EastNashvilleBlog.com! We’re giving away a pair of tickets to Iron Fork, and all you have to do to win them is complete two easy steps:
1. Follow us on Twitter. If you don’t already have an account, you can sign up for one in no time flat.
2. Send us a message on Twitter telling us about your favorite food in East Nashville and why you love it. For instance, your message might read like this: “@eastnashblog My favorite East Nashville food is Mas Tacos Por Favor because I like my fish tacos on wheels.” The rules: you can only win if you’re on our Twitter follower list when the contest closes, and all entries are limited to one single tweet of 140 characters per account – so, no spilling over into multiple tweets.
Maybe it’s a particular local restaurant, maybe it’s grilling out with friends on Sundays, or maybe it’s the food from the garden in your backyard – whatever your favorite grub is on the East side, we want to know! But make sure to tell us soon – the contest closes at midnight, Saturday, April 17th, at which point we’ll poll our staff in a highly unscientific manner and give away tickets for the winner and a friend to attend Iron Fork.
So what are you waiting for? The contest starts … now!
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