House of Blues Wins 2018 Anaheim Gardenwalk Chef Challenge

 

(Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos courtesy Nancy Newman Photography) The Anaheim GardenWalk hosted its second annual Chef Challenge Cook-off on Sunday, October 14th, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.  Sponsored by DiningOut Magazine, top chefs from seven notable Orange County restaurants competed for best-in-show honors with their signature dishes. Local high school students carefully selected from culinary arts programs throughout Orange County assisted the chefs.

House of Blues won the competition as voted by the public who attended the event. Anaheim GardenWalk donated $3,000 to benefit the California Restaurant Association Foundation’s (CRAF) high school culinary arts program in Orange County.   For information on this or future Anaheim GardenWalk events, visit //anaheimgardenwalk.com/events/.

(Nancy Newman Photography)

Bubba Gump signature  dish: Fire-Grilled Shrimp with oven-roasted fingerling potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, sautéed spinach, and lemon cream sauce (Nancy Newman Photography)

McCormick & Schmick’s Grille signature dish: Seared Sea Scallop with forbidden rice, burnt orange slaw, and a Peruvian pepper beurre blanc. (Nancy Newman Photography
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Sample signature dishes best GardenWalk chef.  Participants included House of Blues Anaheim, FiRE + iCE Interactive Grill + Bar, Grasslands Meat Market BBQ & Churrasco, California Pizza Kitchen, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., McCormick & Schmick’s Grille, Roy’s Restaurant.

House of Blues Brunch

Signature Dishes Included:

1. Voodoo Shrimp – House of Blues Restaurant and Bar
2. Asian salad with chicken, cabbage, alfalfa sprouts, spinach, bean sprouts, green onion, and orange ginger sesame dressing – FiRE + iCE Interactive Grill + Bar
3. Picanha Churrasco and greens with oven-roasted potatoes – Grasslands Meat Market BBQ & Churrasco
4. Chicken Milanese – California Pizza Kitchen
5. Shrimp extravaganza with sautéed jumbo shrimp and lobster pepper butter sauce over garlic herb crostini – Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
6. Yuzu Koshu Salmon Crunch Roll – Roy’s Restaurant
7. Seared sea scallop with forbidden rice, burnt orange slaw, and a Peruvian pepper beurre blanc – McCormick & Schmick’s Grille

The Chef Challenge, held at Anaheim GardenWalk on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017

Additional family-friendly activities  included live music, face painting, balloon twisting, henna tattoos, a photo booth and the center’s renowned “Art on the Walk” art exhibit.

WHEN: Sunday, October 14th,  2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
2 p.m. – Registration for Chef Challenge
2 p.m. – Art on the Walk and free family activities
3 p.m. – Chef Challenge begins
5:15 p.m. – Chef Challenge winner is announced

WHERE: Anaheim GardenWalk
Event Takes Place Property-Wide
400 West Disney Way
Anaheim, CA 92802
www.anaheimgardenwalk.com