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[email protected] 125TH YEAR, 41TH ISSUE LITTLETON, N.H., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014 75¢ (USPS 315-760) All 3 contestants in local Chef’s Challenge chosen as finalists BY EDITH TUCKER “Spicy” Micro-greens,
[email protected] and Marinated Petit BETHLEHEM — The Golden Tomatoes. chefs’ scores were so Michel Peacock of tightly clustered that the the Littleton Food Coop three men who compet- placed second, and Lefty ed in Sunday evening’s Wunger of Lefty’s Kitch- 2014 Littleton Regional en Show, third. Chef’s Challenge held Richardson also at the Maplewood Golf won the People’s Club were asked by the Choice Award. Every three judges — Gary ticketholder had the op- Sheldon of East Conway, portunity to taste each Michael Beers of Franco- of the appetizers and nia and Matt Houghton soups prepared by the of Whitefield — to com- trio of chefs and their as- pete in the final North sistants and then to vote Country contest at 3 p.m. on their favorite in each on Sunday, Nov. 2, at the category. Mountain View Grand After the 2013 Chef’s in Whitefield. Challenge winner, Tra- Each chef was asked vis Giles, who teaches to prepare an appetiz- Culinary Arts at White er and a soup, using all Mountains Community local ingredients from College in Berlin, and area farms and brew- some of his students eries, except for spic- had prepared dinner es. The North Country with locally sourced Farmers Coop (NCFC), ingredients — served headquartered in Cole- to ticketholders by the brook, as well as the Lit- Maplewood staff under tleton Food Coop, both the aegis of Dana Weeks key elements in the local — NCFC executive di- food movement, spon- rector Julie Moran of PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER sored the contest.