| | |  Entertainment | Restaurants & Dining | February 2009 
Carbohydrate Lovers Unite
 Laura Gelezunas - PVNN
| | A hungry and generous crowd raised $15,000 pesos for the Puerto Vallarta Red Cross at the 3rd Annual Chili and Pasta Cook Off at La Huerta Grill on February 14th. (Video Diva Productions) | |
The crowd couldn't enough of the good eats. With over 15 choices of pasta and chili the decision for the best took on a competitive edge.
"We had sweet but spicy chili. I liked the hot and spicy a little bit better," says Penny Riehm, Sample Queen, "We had a great time, enjoyed our great friends in Mexico."
The third annual Chili and Pasta cook off took place at La Huerta Grill in Paso Ancho on February 14, 2009. Everyone's taste buds were on alert.
"We sampled several different types of chilis and several different types of pastas and one of my jobs was to make a judgment on what was possibly the best and which was probably not the best," says John Vanderende, Cook Off Judge. "There were three judges and we couldn't always agree because some of the chilis were spicy, and that's not my thing, and some of the pastas were a little different, to say the least."
Over 135 spooned up the area's best concoctions and just under $15,000 pesos were raised for the Puerto Vallarta Red Cross. The money is marked for ambulance improvements.
"We organized this event cause we were impressed with the all the good things about the Red Cross and what they do for everybody," says Doug Tiedeman, the Event Organizer, My wife and I just love putting this event together. I'm very happy with the crowd turn out, everyone is eating away, the competition is really good, everybody is having a blast, and we're getting lots of compliments."
Most of the entries were slurped up by the hungry and generous crowd. Organizers hope next year's event will draw even more people.
Here are the winners:
Judges Choice
1st - Se๑or Sweeney
2nd - Trish Ressler
3rd - Karen Martineau
Hot Pasta
1st - Karen Martineau
2nd - Doris Helm
3rd - Rocio Garcia
Cold Pasta
1st - La Huerta Grill
2nd - Spaghetti Factory
Most Unique
1st - La Huerta Grill
2nd - Alaska's Diner
3rd - Blake's Sports Bar & Restaurant
People's Choice - Pasta
1st - Cathy Tiedeman
2nd - Karen Martineau
3rd - Rocio Garcia
People's Choice - Chili
1st - Trish Ressler
2nd - Se๑or Sweeney
3rd - Alaska's Diner
Organizers would also like to thank the following for donating additional pasta dishes:
The Deli
Hotel Las Palmas
Hotel Sheraton
For more information about the Puerto Vallarta Red Cross, please contact the director general, Uriel Castro, at (322) 222-4973.
 After having spent 10 years in the world of US broadcast news, Laura Gelezunas decided to unleash her skills on Puerto Vallarta by opening Video Diva Productions, a full-service, professional digital video company. Whether you're interested in a sales video, WEBmercial, music video, feature story, documentary, or corporate event video coverage, she has the experience, equipment and talent to coordinate a professional production. For more information, visit her website at |
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