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CHEF THROWDOWN
The annual Chef Throwdown is one of the most popular features of the Southern Delaware Wine, Food, & Music Festival. Included with admission, festival guests will have the opportunity to watch talented chefs go knife to knife in a high-energy, interactive, "CHOPPED" style cooking competition.
Presented with a mystery basket of ingredients they must use, competitors will showcase their skills, craftsmanship, and creativity as they prepare a complete dish for the judges in only 30 minutes.
Coastal Newcomers Cookoff: Lewes VS Rehoboth
JAVIAH VINO DEL MAR
THE HOSTS
STACY LAMOTTA
JIM KIRLIN
DAVID WHEELER,
THE MARKET ON 59 BALTIMORE
THE JUDGES
JOSH DERRY
PAM GEORGE
JUSTIN FISHER
2025 WINNER
Chef Team
Danio Souza &
Juan Hernandez
2023 WINNER
North vs South Women
Chef Tisha Dismuke
2022 WINNERS
Tied for 1st Place!
Chefs Ian Frank and Ryan Robinson
2021 WINNERS
Surfside vs. Turfside
Chefs Kathleen Hy, Frederick Lee, and John Speziale
2019 WINNERS
Battle of the Sexes
Chefs Bill Clifton, Raul Rodriguez, and Frank Dubinski
2018 WINNERS
Lewes vs Rehoboth
Chefs Jason Diettrick, Lion Gardner, and Nate Leonard
2017 WINNER
North vs South
Chef Doug Ruley
2016 WINNER
Inaugural Competition
Chef Doug Ruley
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