11-03-2025
Cooking for a Cause local chef competition
BINGHAMTON, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – Local chefs are going head-to-head in a live cooking competition, all to support local non-profits.
The first ever, Cooking for a Cause is coming to SUNY Broome's Culinary and Event Center in Binghamton on the first Sunday in April.
There will be three teams of two, each featuring a local chef, paired up with a celebrity.
Each team gets twenty minutes to prepare and plate an entree all using the same protein, which is pork tenderloin.
You can buy tickets to watch the competition in person.
There will also be other restaurants on site with tasting stations for attendees to try.
A committee member for the event, Candace Chapman, says the competition will be professionally judged, plus, people can vote for their on their favorite station.
'If anybody is still interested in a sponsorship or a vending station or a tasting station, there's still a little bit of time so get in touch with us. And our goal is to make this an annual event, have fun, celebrate our local restaurants, our local chefs, and just our huge culinary tradition here, in and around the greater Binghamton area,' says Chapman.
The money raised will be to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton and the Animal Care Sanctuary.
Just for attending, you'll be entered in a drawing for several prizes, such as tickets to the Dick's Sporting Goods Open, or tickets to a chef dinner in the Fall.
Tickets are $125 a piece and you can find them by looking up Cooking for a Cause on Facebook.
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