Well, it's been almost a month since we held the 2019 BCC. And I must say, it was a pleasure hosting it this year. We had a total of 4 teams of chefs and a dozen or so judges. The fare was very internationally represented. We had a great turnout and plan on doing this again next year.
We held the competition at an undisclosed location that was not revealed until a day before the event. We chose Ranger Creek Airstrip off of Highway 410, near Mount Rainier National Park. Our teams of chefs and judges started to arrive Friday evening, but the majority descended upon the competition grounds on mid-day Saturday.
Just so no one got lost, we displayed our banner at the event site.

The weather was true Northwest sketch. We had a basic mixture of rain, sun and wind. But all in all, it was fairly tame. Carrie and I set up the welcome tent with contestant's name tags with lanyards and tent cards with their presentation displayed.



The judges were also provided name tags and lanyards so that our new folks could put faces with names. The judges were also provided a complete menu with the cooking team's names and a scoring cards. As shown above.
Winners were competing for custom bamboo cutting boards with the competition logo and date on it along with the placement and NWOL logo.
A big shout out to Burley Industries of Boise, Idaho for donating the custom made First Place cutting board. Also, West Coast Laser Design for providing the second and third place cutting boards along with the laser engraving on all the boards.
Rain cover was necessary and a big thank you to all that brought rain shelter.

Anastasia Davidoff, Gabe Engler and Jamie Engler started their prep work for their meal coming all the way from Russia! Anastasia looks very excited to start the cooking process.

Gabe, Anastasia and Jamie start the ball rolling to get their meal complete in time for judging.

The Davidoff-Engler Team attempt to sway the judges with a dose of White Russian shots!

More 2019 NWOL BCC story to come!!
Dan
WOW, what an amazingly fun weekend that was. Would do it again in a heartbeat! Thanks so much Dan and Carrie for hosting this event. Still haven't found an appropriate location for the cutting board yet. It's far too beautiful to use!
Finally, the awards ceremony under a dark wet evening. Everyone did a great job presenting and sharing their culinary skills. It was a great event and we are hoping to get this event even bigger next year!
The Winner's Circle
Sit back and enjoy the grand Finale!
Taking a little break before the final round of food presentation.
I will save one of the best for last, because honestly, these kids really did a fantastic job of keeping it simple and bring home cooking out to the field.
Mark & Vicki came prepared to win with an amazing array of clam chowder, two types of sour dough bread, french fries and for desert, blue berry cream cheese deep fried turn overs with sour dough crust.
Absolutely amazing...
Moving on to team 3, Matthew Ruegsegger and co-chef, "Anchor" the chef dog. Matthew is a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard. Matthew put together and amazing seared ahi tuna with a smoked hatch chili sriracha sauce and Caprese salad. Matthew was very meticulous about his presentation. What a great performance!
Getting back to Team Davidoff/Engler. Their presentation was spectacular!
The presentation from Russia. Beautiful, really.
I have to say that the pickled smoked herring was pretty amazing.
What a great family unit.
Zack and Angela giving us the download on their ingredients.
Next up on deck was the team of Zack & Angela Frick of Puyallup, WA.
Team Frick sincerely brought their game faces to this competition. Their fare was two incredible flavors of sliders and meticulously cut corn fries. Corn Fries with Chipotle cream sauce, Blackberry and bourbon onion slider. Green apple garlic slaw with white cheddar slider. Amazing!
The magical sliders in process below!
If you have never had corn fries before, we highly recommend them! Delicious...
Corn Fries cooked in this.....
If this isn't making you hungry, well just standby for the next installment!!!