Reigning Champions ‘Fabulous’ Floria Lee and ‘Gentleman’ Joe Menchetti Return to Defend Titles at the 6th Annual Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest will take place during the first-ever NYC Dumpling Festival, presented by Chef One, on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Sara D. Roosevelt Park in New York City. The event will be emceed by Jaden Hair, top Asian food blogger and author of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight’s Dinner. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Food Bank For New York City.
“Our annual dumpling eating contest has been so well-received by attendees we decided to expand the event into an entire festival dedicated to the dumpling,” said Terry Tang, CEO of Chef One Corp. “This year marks our 10th
anniversary manufacturing dumplings in NYC and we are thrilled to bring this first-of-its-kind event to our local community. Giving back to the community is one of our corporate missions and we are honored to work with one of the most important hunger-relief organizations to help fight hunger in New York City.”
In addition to the dumpling eating contest, the event will include cookbook signings with Chefs Wai Hon Chu, co-author of The Dumpling: A Seasonal Guide; and Jaden Hair, author of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight’s Dinner; an East Village Dumpling Tour and Dumpling Class by Wai Hon Chu; and family fun games. Guests and attendees will also be able to taste and experience dumplings from around the world with offerings such as gnocchi (Italy), tamale (Mexico), palitaw (Philippines), kuih koci (Malaysia), idli (India), bao (China), and pierogi (Poland).
Official Site: http://www.dumplingfestival.com
