{"id":19096,"date":"2018-06-15T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T02:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19096"},"modified":"2018-06-15T21:13:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T02:13:26","slug":"pics-from-this-years-celebrity-chef-cookoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19096","title":{"rendered":"Pics From This Year’s Celebrity & Chef Cookoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wichita Orpheum’s Celebrity & Chef Cookoff<\/a> was held almost a month earlier than usual this year. As luck would have it, I happened to be in town so Brian and I were fortunate enough to be able to attend. I was so happy because it’s one of Brian’s all-time favorite fundraising events. And, this year our VP of Customer Operations Jeff Beasley was one of the competitors. <\/p>\n

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He was paired with 6S Steakhouse<\/a>‘s Kayson Chong and their team was dubbed “The New Guys.” Presumably because they’re both somewhat new in town. <\/p>\n

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Reverie Coffee<\/a>‘s Stephanie Hand teamed up with Roger Scholfield. Their team was called “The Cookie Monsters” because Stephanie enjoys baking cookies and Roger enjoys eating them. <\/p>\n

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Team “Bon Appetit Artistes” consisted of Sienna Tuscan Steakhouse<\/a>‘s Josh Rathbun and Mark Arts<\/a>‘ Katy Dorrah. <\/p>\n

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District VI City Council Member Cindy Claycomb teamed up with Woodfire Grille<\/a>‘s Jennifer Reifschneider, who happened to win last year’s event. Their team was known as “The Boss Ladies.”<\/p>\n

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Next there’s “The Cut Ups” team of Ben George from SAVOR at Intrust Bank Arena and Bill Gardner of Gardner Design. <\/p>\n

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Lastly, there’s Cynthia Wilson of Parsnipity Cafe and Lumpiapalooza<\/a>, Jennifer Ray, owner of the Monarch<\/a>. Their team was known as “The Downtown Divas.”<\/p>\n

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Jeff and Kayson looked like they were having a blast up on the stage. <\/p>\n

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Everyone was cooking up a storm up there. <\/p>\n

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We really enjoyed watching all the celebrities and chefs cook their hearts out that night. Defending champion Jennifer Reifscheider was looking for a repeat but it was not to be. The big winners that evening were Stephanie Hand for “best use of the main ingredient” and overall winner Josh Rathbun. <\/p>\n

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The craziest part of the evening was that Brian and I almost didn’t get in. I forgot to check my mailbox earlier and didn’t realize I was supposed to have tickets for the event. Luckily for us, Jimmy Washington came to our rescue and got us through the door without our tickets. You can do things like that when you’re a big shot. I found my tickets in my mailbox days later. <\/p>\n

I’m usually out of town Monday through Thursday so I’m used to only checking my work mailbox on Fridays. The event was on a Tuesday night. I didn’t realize that I had tickets because I forgot to check my mailbox on Monday and<\/em> Tuesday. I’m such a dingbat, I know. I haven’t forgotten to check my mailbox since!<\/p>\n

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Anyway, here are a few more photos from the event. <\/p>\n

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Here’s a picture of our great looking group. From left, starting with the lovely lady next to me, Erica and Jimmy Martinez, Jeff and Flo Beasley, Evette and Jimmy Washington, Bridget and Glenn Bowman, Don Sherman, and, of course, Brian front and center. He is the ultimate group selfie picture taker. <\/p>\n

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Obligatory selfie, just cause. <\/p>\n

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This is us earlier that night when were trying to figure out how to get in without our tickets and we ran into my friend from Leadership Wichita, Jessica Dunbar. We are very lucky that we still got to attend the event despite the whole ticket situation. I would have been really sad to miss Jeff’s Celebrity & Chef Cookoff debut. Plus, it’s such a fun event. I hope we get to go again next year. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned for the next post! GNG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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