Veggie Conquest

VC3 was the battle of the cranberry desserts!

All the chefs worked really hard and created amazing dishes. The scores were really close, in some cases only 1 point difference! Here are the competitors!

Honorable mention:

Jennifer Lynskey’s Cran Velvet Cake

Alicia Kachmar’s Double Cranberry Cinnamon Oatmeal Nut Bars

Michael Croland’s Swedish-Style Charoset

Christine Tyler’s Almond Crusted Chocolate Cranberry Mousse

Second Place:

Mike Lieberman’s Cranbanapple Parfait
(Mike’s video of his prep work)

First Place and Taster’s Choice:

Yuko Tonohira’s Rice Crepe with Cran-Ginger Sauce

VC3 was held at Not Fade Away Gallery. The images on display (and for sale) are amazing and it provided a beautiful atmosphere for our event!

The wonderfully talented and handsome Joshua Katcher was our MC for the night.

DJ Lil Ray provided tunes!

VC3 judges; Fran Costigan, Sharon Valencik, and Mattie Hagedorn. Founder and organizer Jessica Mahady, MC Joshua Katcher.

We had wonderful second course dishes made by talented volunteers using Match Vegan Meats and veggies!

We also had delicious raw ice cream provided by Raw Ice Cream Company.

Gone Pie Vegan Bakery brought some of its newest great product… crystallized ginger!

Thank you to all of the sponsors, volunteers, chefs, judges and tasters!!

Looking forward to VC4 in 2010!