From Deseret News archives:
Ready for prime time: Utah cooks appear on Food Network series
In fact, it is your next-door neighbor, and her recipe might win $25,000. Who knew?
"Just the thought that you'll be competing on a national TV show is a mind-blowing concept," said Elaine Jones of Salt Lake City, one of the three Utah finalists on the "Ultimate Recipe Showdown," a new Food Network program that will air Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
The six-episode series features "everyday folks competing in a kitchen stadiumlike arena to pit their best dishes against one another," according to the Food Network's press release.
The first episode shows Amparo Alam of Syracuse cooking her Rotisserie Chicken with Fried Yucca Root.
Later segments feature Erin Renouf Mylroie of St. George baking Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake with Toffee and Toasted Almonds, and Jones competing with Mediterranean Pasta with Lamb Meatballs.
Another finalist, Anne Tegtmeier of Windsor, Conn., has a Utah tie. Seven years ago, Tegtmeier was reunited with her birth mother, Donna Kelly, a Utah County prosecutor. The two co-authored a cookbook, "101 Things to Do With Tofu" (Gibbs Smith, $9.95).
"It was just as exciting and a nail-biting, cliff-hanging thriller as you would think," Kelly said.
The Food Network had viewers send in their "ultimate recipe." Nine finalists were selected in each of six categories: chicken, burgers, comfort foods, cakes, pasta and cookies. For each episode, one category of finalists prepared their dishes in front of a studio audience, and a panel of food experts sampled all the dishes to choose the $25,000 winner of each episode.
Winners' recipes will also be featured on future menus of the T.G.I. Friday's restaurant chain.
Although the show was filmed several months ago, contestants and Food Network staffers have kept mum about the results, so as not to spoil the suspense for viewers.
This was Alam's first recipe contest. The 51-year-old mother of two said it was, "More than perfect. It was very exciting."
A native of Lima, Peru, she submitted a Peruvian recipe, "because I'm proud of where I came from, and nothing in the world compares to our food. I love to have friends over, and I would get so many compliments on the food. Peruvian cuisine is spicy with a lot of variety and wonderful condiments."
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