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It was quite a night at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre – with foodies

Published 7:00 am Monday, September 24, 2012

Masterful emcee, chef Tom Douglas.
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Masterful emcee, chef Tom Douglas.
Masterful emcee, chef Tom Douglas.
Looking forward to taking on next year's competition.
It was a close race and a good time was had by all.
And the winners are...Seth Caswell of Emmer & Rye and his sous chef for the night, student Josh Bristow-Schimmel from the Art Institute of Seattle.
A judge deliberates.
Another Chef Showdown creation.
A tasty second course from the Chef Showdown.
Emcee Tom Douglas eggs on chef Seth Caswell.
Showing off some mad knife skills.
The night's secret ingredient? Lamb.
Jason Stratton of Spinasse and sous chef for the night, student Sara Harvey from the Art Institute of Seattle kick off the Chef Showdown.
The marquee at the historic Paramount Theatre.
Brent Pellegrini, son of Angelo Pellegrini, presents the Pellegrini Award to Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance Founder Chris Curtis.
Innovation Award winners Brian McCracken and Dana Tough from Spur.
Stylin' Seattle Weekly editor-in-chic, Mark Fefer.
Sky City's nettle soup.
Rows upon rows of Trophy cupcakes made up a surprising cupcake dress!
Packed house, amazing crowd.
Wild Ginger's Otak Otak. Salmon in coconut red curry, wrapped in a banana leaf packet, steamed then grilled.
Fresh Spring Rolls from Green Leaf.
Libations abounded.
A lineup of gorgeous tastes from Spinasse.

It was quite a night at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre – with foodies of all types converging to talk about, taste and sip selections from some of Seattle’s finest restaurants. More than 1,000 attended the sold out event – benefiting The Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance – featuring a live “Chef Showdown” emceed by Seattle culinary legend, Tom Douglas, and the presentation of Seattle Weekly’s Sustainability, Innovation and Pelligrini awards. In the end, an amazing time was had by all and nary a crumb remained.

Photos by Luke Probasco, Sofie Dalgaard, Zibby Wilder.

Published on April 15, 2010

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