Meet the winners of the NCRLA Chef Showdown
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>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M OUTSIDE OUR STUDIOS AT
NORTH CAROLINA'S CULINARIRY
COMPETITION OF THE YEAR.
IT CAME TO A CLOSE AND I'M SO
EXCITED TO SHARE THE WINNERS OF
THE CHEF SHOWDOWN.
SHE WORKED VERY HARD TO WIN
THIS COVETED PRIZE.
I'M GOING LET THEM INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES AND TELL ME WHAT IT
IS THAT YOU CREATEED THAT MADE
YOU THE WINNER.
>> I DID SOME RAISED BEEF.
>> HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH
THIS?
>> I CHANGE IT AND CHANGE IT
WITHIN THE COMBINES OF OUR
COMPETITION.
>> Reporter: LET'S GET TO OUR
BAKER OF THE YEAR.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR DISH.
>> I'M JAMIE TURNER.
I'M THE BAKERY CHEF OF THE
YEAR.
IT IS APPLE AND PEAR UPSIDE
DOWN AND SWEET CORN ICE CREAM.
>> Reporter: MY GOSH.
THAT SOUNDS SO DELIGHTFUL.
DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS?
>> I STARTED WITH MY EASY BAKE
OVEN AT TEN YEARS OLD.
I WAS COOKING BY THE LIGHTBULB.
BUT THIS DISH, WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ELEMENT
EXPLODED IN YOUR MOUTH.
WE JUST WENT COMPONENT BY
COMPONENT AND TWEAKED AND IT
WAS A LABOR OF LOVE.
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW HOW MAD I
AM THAT THEY DID NOT BRING ANY
OF THIS IN THIS MORNING.
BUT IT IS ALL GOOD.
MIXOLOGIST OF THE YEAR.
WHAT IS YOUR COCKTAIL.
>> THIS IS GI IN AND HONEY
AND LAVENDER STRIP IN IT T AND
WE HAVE A LITTLE LEMON JUICE
AND TOPPED WITH A LITTLE
CHOCOLATE.
>> THAT SOUNDS SO FRESHENING
TOO.
>> IT IS TO HAVE A DESSERT
COCKTAIL THAT WILL NOT BE TOO
SWEET.
>> Reporter: YOU TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY.
YOU'RE NOT JUST THROWING
SOMETHING TOGETHER?
>> SOMETIMES WE ARE.
>> Reporter: AND DISTILLERY OF
THE YEAR.
THIS HAS TO BE A BIG HONOR
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT
ONES.
>> WE MAKE AN AMERICAN GIN WHEN
IS WHAT JOHN USED IN HIS
COCKTAIL LAST NIGHT.
WE'RE PROUD OF THE PRODUCT THAT
WE MICKEY WOULD NOT BE HERE IF
IT WAS NOT FOR JOHNNY TONIGHT
OR TODAY.
HE IS THE REASON THAT WE CON.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU USE LOCAL
PRODUCTS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE
THAT MIGHT BE INTIMIDATED ABOUT
JOINING THE COMPETITION AND
THINKING THERE IS SO MANY
FANTASTIC CHEFS AND FANTASTIC
MIXOLOGISTS, BUT THEY SHOULD.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HELP TO
INSPIRE THEM?
>> THIS SHOW HELPED ME GROW AS
A PASTRY FEEDBACK.
TO GET FEEDBACK FROM.
JUDGES IN ROUND ONE AND ROUND
TWO, HELPED ME WIN ROUND THREE.
I WOULD SAY THIS COMPETITION IS
SOMETHING TO TRY.
>> Reporter: YOU HEAR IT HEAR.
I KNOW YOU ALL OWE ME DRINKS
AND FOOD AND WE'RE ALL BFFS.