You don't want to miss these tasty happenings in Shockoe!

Saturday, August 14
3rd Annual Shockoe Chef Showdown
17th Street Farmers' Market, Free admission, 11am-4pm
Calling all Culinary Masters from the Slip to the Bottom and beyond! So, you think you have what it takes to compete for title of Top Chef in Richmond's River District? This event will pit the Savory-savvy Gurus from Shockoe Slip against the Flavor-chic Experts of Shockoe Bottom, with some local homegrown culinary talent thrown into the pot to spice things up a bit! Competition will be hot with three dish categories to enter: Meat-based dish, Vegetarian-based dish, and Dessert! But you know what they say... "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen..." and get down to the 17th Street Farmers' Market for the very first Shockoe Chef Showdown!

This year's event will have two categories; Restaurant Signature Dishes (11:00am-2:00pm) which will be judged by the people's choice on ballet slips we will provide. We will have two categories to choose from: (1) Entrees and (2) Desserts
Starting at 2:00pm, The Chef Show Down (Secret Ingredients Basket Showcase) will take place. Each chef will be provided with seven secret ingredients in a basket and allowed for use two additional ingredients of their choice (usually some type of protein) along with spices, salt & pepper. They will have one-hour to plan, prep, cook and present their dish to a panel of three judges.

At 3:30pm, we will present all of the winners from both contests with their trophies.

Last year we had nine restaurants participate in the Show Down portion with a first and second place trophy for each category including the entrees and desserts for our restaurant participants to display. This year we expect more!

For more info, call 804-646-0477.