August 2007 - Competition is piping hot in the Second Annual CAVIT GOURMET PIZZA CLASSIC, which is set to draw to a dramatic finale on Sunday,
August 12, 2007 at Peasant Restaurant in New York City. Hosted by Cavit Collection wines in conjunction with Cooking Light magazine, this year’s Classic attracted nearly 15,000 entries from Cavit fans and home pizza cooks around the country, who submitted their favorite gourmet pizza recipes to vie for a chance to win the title "America’s Best Gourmet Pizza" and an all-expense-paid trip for two to Italy.
Chef
Billy of Cooking
Light had the difficult task of paring down this abundance of mouth-watering recipes to just five finalists, who will prepare their recipes live on camera later this month before a panel of three expert judges. Joining Chef Billy on the judging panel is Cesare Casella, acclaimed Italian chef, media personality, cookbook author and owner of the famed Beppe and Maremma restaurants in NYC, as well as Chris Gatto, executive chef for Uno Chicago Grill, a family of 200 restaurants across the U.S. highly regarded for their classic deep dish pizza style.
The judges will taste each pie,
together with suggested Cavit wine
pairings, and select the Grand
Prize Winner that day.
And
the finalists are…
Jessie
Grearson, Falmouth, Maine
Pesto
Pizza with Feta, Fresh Tomatoes & Artichoke
Hearts
Kathi
Jones-Del Monte, Rochester,
NY
Shrimp
Florentine Pizza
David
Levy, Rydal, PA
Triple
Play/ Triple Onion & Triple
Cheese Pizza
Yvonne
Buijs-Mancuso, Friday Harbor,
WA
Sun-dried
Tomato Pesto Pizza with Goat
Cheese, Pine Nuts & Caramelized
Onion
Joseph & Mary
Sayers, Rye, NH
Four
Cheese & Prosciutto on Whole
Wheat Dough with Zesty Topping
The Cavit Gourmet Pizza Classic
is a nationally advertised annual
event sponsored by Cavit, the northern
Italian winemaker that is the source
of America’s #1 Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir wines.* For more information and complete official rules, and to view last year’s
winning recipe, visit http://www.cavitcollection.com/html/make_interesting_top3.asp.
The Cavit Collection is imported
by Palm Bay International, Boca
Raton, FL.
*Nielsen 52 weeks ending 6-30-07
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