The Alabama Wildlife Federation held its annual cookoff on September 18th at the Birmingham Zoo. There were around 20 teams that competed this year in the event which has 3 categories which included Wild Game, Fish, and Fowl.
Ted's Restaurant entered the event and competed in the wild game and the fish categories. We grilled deer tenderloin and served it with a blackberry sauce for the game category. In the fish category we fried catfish and served it covered in a cajun crawfish cream sauce.
At the end of the night's event attended by over 1000 visitors, Ted's Restaurant took 1st place in the Wild Game category with our grilled deer tenderloin covered in blackberry sauce. We also took 2nd place in presentation based on the way that dish looked visually to the judges.
Our team was made up of Tasos Touloupis, owner of Ted's Restaurant, Jeff Latham with Porter Capital, and myself. We were all very excited about taking the Big Win at the event and expanding our style of cooking to include the Wild Game Competition.
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