The 2020 Chefs included:
Dr. Rich Mitchell assisted by his brother-in-law Tom Bueckers. Winners of the main dish category, they featured Knackwurst with German Potato Salad and Maple Cream Cake with candied sausage
The team representing the Austin Public School District, who called themselves “Not Your Average Lunch Ladies,” won the dessert category with a Savory Maple Sausage Bread Pudding topped with Maple Sauce. Their main dish, Ooey Gooey Five Cheese Sausage Macaroni and Cheese was ooey and gooey and scrumptious.
Veteran Wade Kolander served homemade sausage eggrolls with a choice of dipping sauces, spicy and sweet. His dessert, a sausage cake with espresso drizzle, was both unique and delicious!
The Peppered Cow Team from Albert Lea, self-proclaimed culinary gypsies, served homemade sausage pierogis atop sautéed cabbage and fennel and a delicious traditional Carrot Cake enriched with untraditional sweet Italian sausage.
Finally, Austin native, now LaCrosse resident, Joel Morrison brought Schuby’s Neighborhood Butcher to town to compete for the first time. Their Vietnamese Lemongrass Sausage Meatball paired with Curried Carrot Puree added an international flair to the night. And they even cooked apricot bread pudding in a sausage casing and then topped it with a whiskey and caramel glaze. “They didn’t put sausage in the dessert…they put dessert in the sausage [casing]…” the team was proud to announce.
Dr. Rich Mitchell assisted by his brother-in-law Tom Bueckers. Winners of the main dish category, they featured Knackwurst with German Potato Salad and Maple Cream Cake with candied sausage
The team representing the Austin Public School District, who called themselves “Not Your Average Lunch Ladies,” won the dessert category with a Savory Maple Sausage Bread Pudding topped with Maple Sauce. Their main dish, Ooey Gooey Five Cheese Sausage Macaroni and Cheese was ooey and gooey and scrumptious.
Veteran Wade Kolander served homemade sausage eggrolls with a choice of dipping sauces, spicy and sweet. His dessert, a sausage cake with espresso drizzle, was both unique and delicious!
The Peppered Cow Team from Albert Lea, self-proclaimed culinary gypsies, served homemade sausage pierogis atop sautéed cabbage and fennel and a delicious traditional Carrot Cake enriched with untraditional sweet Italian sausage.
Finally, Austin native, now LaCrosse resident, Joel Morrison brought Schuby’s Neighborhood Butcher to town to compete for the first time. Their Vietnamese Lemongrass Sausage Meatball paired with Curried Carrot Puree added an international flair to the night. And they even cooked apricot bread pudding in a sausage casing and then topped it with a whiskey and caramel glaze. “They didn’t put sausage in the dessert…they put dessert in the sausage [casing]…” the team was proud to announce.
Enjoy photos of past events below