News and Updates from the Community

Congratulations to the winners of CholentFest ’16!

Eydel Ladle Trophy:

• Prize: $50 kitchen supplies gift card
• Winner: The Meatiest Cholent by Maurice Goldstein and Marc Zegen

People’s Choice Award:

• Prize: $50 kitchen supplies gift card
• Winner: Vitameatavegamin by Alan Schwartz 

Honorary Mention for Best Nontraditional Cholent:

• Winner: Cholent. Deconstructed by Ke$het & Gavriel Bellino

Thank you to everyone who made the event possible!

• Rabbi Gavriel Bellino and Cori Ann Robinson for their tireless help in producing the event. 
• All the chefs (listed below) who shared their delicious and innovative cholents with us. And an extra special thanks to all the chefs who decorated their tables.
• Our esteemed judges: David Hammer, Julia Salant, Tzachi Goldstein
• Tali Zilberman for handing out tickets.
• Leora Walter for engraving the trophy.
• Mike Miles for publicizing the event.
• Haim Shechtman for coordination.
• Eli Szus for sponsoring supplies and prizes and producing the event.
• Shimmy and everyone for tasting all the cholents and voting for their favorites.
• Everyone who helped with the setup and cleanup.

Thanks to all of the chefs:

• 2ND AVENUE CHOLENT BY CHONI BELLINO
• CHOLENT. DECONSTRUCTED. BY KE$HET & GAVRIEL BELLINO 
• STRAIGHT OUTTA KOPRZYWNICA BY TRACY FOGEL 
• THE MEATIEST CHOLENT BY MAURICE GOLDSTEIN & MARC ZEGEN
• CHULENT OF CHAMPIONS!! BY RHONDA MALKIN
• CHARIOT OF FIRE BY HARRIS MARKS
• MILE HIGH MAGIC BY MIKE MILES
• C. W. A. BY CORI ANN ROBINSON
• SHALENT BOURGUIGNON ALEPPINE BY CANDY ROTH
• CHINCHOLENT BY HAIM SCHECHTMAN
• VITAMEATAVEGAMIN BY ALAN SCHWARTZ
• SMOKE SIGNALS BY ELI SZUS
• JEREMY AND ANNIE’S PURE CHULENT BY JEREMY & ANNIE WATMAN
• ANKLEBREAKER BY DAVID WAXMAN