Manhattan Beach’s mayor wins Blue Zone’s Cook-Off at Abigaile
Mayors Mike Gin and Wayne Powell compete in the Blue Zones Mayor’s Cook-Off last week at Abigaile. Photo As a grand finale to the Blue Zone Project’s Mayor’s Challenge, the mayors of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach teamed up with a chef from their city to compete in the Mayor’s Cook-Off at Abigaile Restaurant Jan. 9. Modeled after Iron Chef, the competition required each mayor/chef duo to create a healthy, vegetarian dish in 30 minutes or less highlighting a secret ingredient that was revealed right before the clock started. The hosts unveiled the ingredient – green lentils – and the pairs set to work, grabbing fresh ingredients from a bounty of produce and grains at their disposal and cooking on table-top stoves in front of a panel of judges and a crowd of about 200 local foodies. When time ran out, the hosts yelled, “Hands up! Utensils down!,” the catch phrase from another cooking show, Top Chef, and each mayor was asked to present and explain their dish to the judges, who graded the teams based on presentation, taste, and teamwork. Manhattan Beach Mayor Wayne Powell and Chef Chris Garasic (Zinc @ Shade Hotel) came out on top, winning both the teamwork award…
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