held at the New York Wine & Culinary Center

Below are the three heats, the Professional Chefs and their amateur teams that have worked together on the 13th of September to determine which team will move forward to the Finals on September 19th. We like to call these “The Brackets.”  Each of these teams are talented, creative and devoted to using and promoting the very best product available ~ the bounty of the Finger Lakes! The judging was difficult – to say the least – But three teams will be moving forward to the Finals!

Join us on Sunday, September 19th at the New York Wine & Culinary Center in Canandaigua, NY to learn (Live Streaming in case you can’t join us in person) who will be named the Slice Dice and Spice NY 2010 Champion.

HEAT NUMBER ONE

12:30

September 13, 2010

Chef Deb Whiting WINNER OF HEAT ONE

Red Newt Bistro Hector

David Whiting Red Newt Winery

Rebekah Lamoreaux Watkins Glen Chamber

Denise Chaapel Sweet Expressions

Chef Debbie Meritsky

Black Sheep Inn Hammondsport

Marc Rotman Black Sheep Inn

Joely Zerbey Ever Green Farms

Bill Ohlerich Foodie

Chef Brad Gray

The Inn on the Lake Canandaigua

Tyler Phillips Foodie

Dale Fennie Foodie

Marc Miller Foodie

HEAT NUMBER TWO

4:00

September 13, 2010

Chef Bob Layman

The Cellar Restaurant Owego

Christine McAfee Willow Creek Farms

Maria Coco Canandaigua National Bank

Sandy Layman The Cellar Restaurant

Chef Craig Wilson

Union Block Italian Bistro Hammondsport

Andrew Copp Server

Thunder Mountain

Susan Stafford Foodie

Chef Carl Bray WINNER OF HEAT TWO

Geneva on the Lake Geneva

Dennis Ferlito Bejo Seeds

Karen Miltner Democrat and Chronicle

Matt Wittmeyer Canandaigua Magazine

HEAT NUMBER THREE

6:30

September 13, 2010

Chef Tim Knowles

Questa Lasagna Mt. Morris

Chuck DiPasquale Mt. Morris Supervisor

Ian Coyle Livingston County Administrator

Liz Winter Canandaigua BID

Chef Sean Agate

DiVINE Kitchen & Bar Seneca Falls

Laura Devine Foodie

Janet Koller Wegmans Old World Cheese Shop

Sue Schmeer LL Bean

Chef Paul Midgley WINNER OF HEAT THREE

Manlius Onondaga County

Sharon Nagle Firefly Farm

Jim Roger Rochester Public Market and Savor Life

Chan Kaopuiki Foodie

Congratulations to all ~ on a Job Well Done!