What's better than eating?

Cooking - and then eating!

Before a live audience at last week's Kosherfest, three chefs from three top NYC area kosher restaurants prepared a cooked dish using a mystery ingredient that was revealed just before the counter started ticking - choosing any other items they wanted from an array of fruits and vegetables and seasonings that were assembled up front near the prep tables.

Chopping, blending, cutting, and then plating their way through the contest, were:

Chef Seth Warshaw of ETC Steakhouse in Teaneck, NJ
Chef Moshe Wendel of Pardes Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY
Chef Craig Solomon of Ariel's of Englewood in Englewood, NJ

Society wouldn't function if we didn't have judges:

Chef Philippe Kaemmerle, Lead Pastry Chef, The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts
Chaim Szmidt, Writer, Photographer, and Blogger, The Kosher Scene
Jack Silberstein, Director of Culinary & Business Operations, Jack's Gourmet

Chef Seth Warshaw won top prize, but each of the contestants demonstrated agility and the ability to think on their feet - and chefs do spend lots of time standing.

The competition was presented by the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts along with Jack's Gourmet, both of Brooklyn.

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Judah S. Harris | Photojournalist, New York, is a photographer, filmmaker, speaker and writer. He photographs family celebrations and a wide range of corporate, organizational and editorial projects in the US, Israel and other countries.

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