{"id":26522,"date":"2022-06-01T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=26522"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:44:19","slug":"maryland-invites-chefs-to-submit-recipes-for-marylands-best-chef-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2022\/06\/01\/maryland-invites-chefs-to-submit-recipes-for-marylands-best-chef-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Invites Chefs to Submit Recipes for Maryland\u2019s Best Chef Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Event will Feature Local Products to Celebrate Buy Local Challenge Week<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 1, 2022)<\/b> \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is inviting chefs using local Maryland ingredients to submit original recipes for the Governor\u2019s Buy Local Cookout, being held at MDA in Annapolis on July 21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MDA is partnering with the Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) in this competition featuring Maryland agriculture and seafood products. <\/span>Recipes must be submitted by July 6 <\/b>and include products from at least one Maryland farmer, waterman, or other producer. Chefs are encouraged to submit simple, but creative recipes featuring at least one local vegetable\\fruit or blue catfish and showcase ways the average Maryland family can prepare delicious, nutritious meals with locally produced food at home. RAM will honor two winning chefs, one for blue catfish and one for fruits\\vegetables, with a \u2018Golden Ticket\u2019 to the World Food Championships in Dallas. <\/span>Chefs are also invited to celebrate Maryland\u2019s farmers, watermen and the resilient restaurants of the state in a cookout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAgriculture and seafood play a major role in Maryland\u2019s history and heritage, and I enjoy seeing new dishes that honor that tradition,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cWe also are taking this occasion to honor our state\u2019s restaurants who adapted during the pandemic and continue in their recovery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A team representing chefs, farmers, watermen and consumers will choose the winning recipes. Attendees at the event will also pick a winner for a People\u2019s Choice award. All chefs selected to attend the cookout will be given a $200 stipend to offset the cost of participating.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The cookout marks a milestone for Maryland\u2019s Best Buy Local Program. The state agriculture and seafood brand is now 21 years old, and showcases the state\u2019s farmers and watermen and their products to consumers in the state and beyond. MDA will also showcase its programs at the cookout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chefs should note that recipes and bios of team members may be published in MDA\u2019s <\/span>2022 Maryland Buy Local Cookout Recipes <\/span><\/i>cookbook. Complete rules of entry, application, and additional information about RAM\u2019s other chef\u2019s competitions are available on the\u00a0department’s website<\/a> or RAM\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter <\/span>@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Event will Feature Local Products to Celebrate Buy Local Challenge Week ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 1, 2022) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is inviting chefs using local Maryland ingredients to submit original recipes for the Governor\u2019s Buy Local Cookout, being held at MDA in Annapolis on July 21.\u00a0  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26522"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26538,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26522\/revisions\/26538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}