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This year’s 25th Annual Chef Challenge presented by MCG Workforce Solutions was held on Thursday, April 3, 2025.

We are incredibly grateful to our chef participants, volunteers, sponsors, inkind and silent auction donors,
and wonderful supporters who came out to the event.


Thank you to our 25th Annual Chef Challenge Winners & Participants!

Winners

Salvation Army (Best Entrée) (People's Choice)

BBQ Ribs & Seafood Étouffée
A Southern feast featuring slow-cooked BBQ ribs
alongside a rich crawfish and shrimp étouffée

Bay Gourmet Catering & Crown Hall (Best Appetizer)

Applewood Bacon-Wrapped Duck Bites
Rich, succulent duck wrapped in smoky applewood bacon

Jerusalem Cafe (Best Vegetarian)

House-made Hummus
Simmered chickpeas with tahini, lemon, and garlic,
drizzled with olive oil and served with hot sauce and pita

Girl Meets Kitchen (Best Dessert)

Apple Fritter Bread Pudding
Finished with a caramel bourbon sauce

Other Chef Participants (still winners in our book)

A Gathering Place
ACF Metro Mobile Chefs & Cooks Association
The Battle House Hotel

Bill E's Bacon
Cammie's Old Dutch Ice Cream
Coastal Alabama Community College
Flour Girls

Hall's Sausage
Islander's Restaurant and Bar
Mary's Southern Cooking
Naman's Catering
The Noble South
Nothing Bundt Cakes

OVG Hospitality
Peach Cobbler Factory

Renaissance Riverview Plaza
Sweet Crees
Tony Tejas Salsa

Thank you to our 25th Annual Chef Challenge Sponsors!

Epicurean Sponsor

Epicurean

VIP Reception Sponsor

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Bon Vivant Sponsors

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Connoisseur Sponsors

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Gourmet Sponsors

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Bistreaux Sponsors

Alabama Crown Distributors
Austal USA
Blazer Boats
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Bryant Bank
Century Bank
China Doll/Dixie Lily Foods
Ellison Smith Creative
Greer's Markets
Infirmary Health
Luxe Pop Events
Mosquito Joe of Gulf Coast Alabama
New Horizons Credit Union
Payroll Vault
The Radcliff-Schatzman Group at Morgan Stanley
RKD Group, LLC
Springhill Toyota

Foodie Sponsors

Alston Refrigeration Company, Inc.
Carolina Handling
Columbia Southern University
Franklin Primary Health Center
John & Linda Merting
Leavell Investment Management
Penske Truck Leasing
Plessala Gynecology & Fertility
Port City Industrial
Raymond Carolina
Thermo King of Mobile
Tyndall Federal Credit Union
United Bank

Media & Print Sponsors

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Backpack Match Sponsors

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Thanks to the generosity of supporters and Backpack Match Sponsors,
we more than doubled our event goal of providing weekend meals to 100 children.

You can still help make a difference for the 25-26 school year.
Every $180 sponsorship feeds one child for an entire school year.
Use the button below to sponsor a child.

Sponsor a Backpack

If you would like more information on how to get involved with next year's event, please contact Tonia Camardella at (251) 653-1617, ext. 141 or email us at events@feedingthegulfcoast.org.