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Annual Boca Raton Bowl Great Chefs Tailgate Showcase & College Spirit Night Served Up Tailgate-Inspired Food, Fans, Fun To Benefit Spirit of Giving

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Boca Raton Bowl Tailgate Showcase Chefs

Evening Yielded More Chef Stations, Expert Judges,
Culinary Winners, Boca Raton Bowl Supporters to Kickoff Ticket Sales In Anticipation of Palm Beach County’s Only Collegiate Bowl Game

Boasting more crowd-pleasing culinary diversity, chef stations, and “fan-fare”, the Boca Raton Bowl’s third annual Great Chefs Tailgate Showcase & College Spirit Night officially kicked off a strong wave of Palm Beach County pride for the County’s own NCAA-sanctioned college football bowl game. It did so while driving ticket sales and raising $14,000 in funds to Spirit of Giving’s annual holiday gift drive.

Held at the Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel, more than 22 of the area’s popular restaurant, country club, hotel, catering and celebrity chefs served up 30 signature and traditional tailgate-inspired entries. The panel of expert judges – made up of “foodie and family” media and bloggers, ESPN and “hometown tailgate” authorities – were certainly challenged this year. The judges were Sun Sentinel Food & Dining Critic Michael Mayo, Local Mom Scoop blogger Heather McMechan, The South Florida Sage blogger Holli Lapes, My South Florida Today blogger Justin Tompkins, Stepping Out Florida blogger Deby Goldfarb and Food & Florida and JanNorris.com blogger Jan Norris.

Boca Raton Resort & Club: Judges’ MVP Award

With more than 450 in attendance, the casual “game on” networking and pride-rallying event included plenty of college football camaraderie. Guests came out wearing their own alma mater colors and jerseys, mingled with ESPN on-air personalities and cast their own “People’s Choice” votes for their favorite chef and cocktail entries. According to event organizers, 100% of ticket sales and winning silent auction bids benefited the Boca Raton Bowl’s charity partner Spirit of Giving.

And the winners are…

While the real winners were the children benefiting from Spirit of Giving’s annual holiday gift drive, the culinary winners who spent the last few weeks “heating up” their creative cookery to put a “new spin” on tailgate classics were:

Michael Mayo (Sun Sentinel Food & Dining Critic), Deby Goldfarb, (Stepping Out Florida), Holli Lapes (The South Florida Sage blogger), Heather McMechan, (Local Mom Scoop) blogger Justin Tompkins,(My South Florida Today) Jan Norris, (Food & Florida and JanNorris.com )

 

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