DENVER, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoma is known for delicious food, great wine and beautiful scenery. In 2009, Sonoma will also be known for inventive beef recipes. The 28th National Beef Cook-Off will come to California in late September, during the peak of the area's beautiful harvest season to host both a Home Cook competition and a Chef/Media Challenge. Home cooks nationwide, and local professional restaurant chefs working in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento metropolitan area counties are encouraged to showcase their "Sonoma-Style" by entering their original, newly developed best beef recipes by March 31, 2009.
"Sonoma is the perfect location for this year's Cook-Off, as it sets the stage for home cooks and professional restaurant chefs to tap into their culinary inspiration and create their best beef dishes," said Sherry Hill, Cook-Off Program Manager for the American National CattleWomen, Inc., the beef industry organization which presents the National Beef Cook-Off on behalf of the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the Federation of State Beef Councils. The Beef Checkoff Program along with contest sponsors Raley's Bel Air and Nob Hill Foods, the official grocer of the 2009 National Beef Cook-Off, Korbel-Kenwood Vineyards, and Kunde Vineyards are bringing the best competition yet to Sonoma.
Home cooks from across the country can submit their original beef recipes that have a simple approach reflecting the Sonoma-Style diet, using few ingredients that compliment the beef while adding color, texture and flavor to the dish.
Recipe entries should shine with great taste, health and convenience and
should yield four to six servings. Fifteen home cook finalists will be
selected to compete in the Mediterranean-like climate that is Sonoma,
California, for prizes totaling $70,000 on September 23, 2009. One grand
prize winner will receive $25,000, three category winners will each receive
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