Home chefs across America are being challenged to show off their culinary talents in the new “Ted’s Secret Ingredient Showdown” contest, sponsored by Ted’s Montana Grill.
Ted’s Secret Ingredient Showdown runs from April 5 to May 30, 2010. During this time, a new secret ingredient will be revealed by Ted’s Montana Grill every two weeks at www.tedsmontanagrill.com. Amateur chefs are challenged to use their culinary creativity to create an original appetizer, entrée or dessert, using the featured ingredient.
Think your recipe has what it takes? Submit it, along with a photo of the dish, or a one-to five-minute video of you preparing the dish. Entries can be submitted via the Secret Ingredient Showdown website. Entries are eligible for judging, with all entrants eligible to win an assortment of random prizes, such as free food, monogrammed chefs’ coats or aprons and other Ted’s memorabilia. Fans can view sample cooking entries each week via the contest’s YouTube channel.
One winner will be selected for each of the ingredient categories with judging based on four criteria: taste, originality, ease of execution and marketability. Each winner will receive a set of All-Clad cookware and Ted’s Montana Grill gift cards, from $250 to $500. Then, a judging panel will review the four ingredient category winners in a “Chef Showdown” to choose the true winning recipe. The grand prize winner’s dish will receive a featured place on the Ted’s Montana Grill menu for a select period of time and this winning chef also will receive the grand prize–a culinary weekend in New York City and free food at Ted’s Montana Grill for a year.
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Participants must be 18 or older and a U.S. resident to enter the Ted’s Secret Ingredient Showdown. One entry per person, per ingredient category allowed. Contest ends May 30, 2010.
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