From left to right: Rea Frey Holguin, Maya Henderson, Mark Beier, Valerie Bolon and Heather Crosby
Yes, yes, we are announcing the Top 5 Finalists for the YumUniverse 1st Birthday Recipe Contest today, we just want to show you what was behind this difficult decision. Look for the Top 5 Finalists after lunchtime (T-minus 3 hours)!
DAY ONE:
I started out by setting up a long table full of the ingredients that we needed like citrus…
… and veggies.
Then some fun stuff like these straws and cookie cutters…
… and Russian dolly measuring cups.
Then Team YU arrived (everyone but Kathy, she was my Day Two sidekick)!
We started the day by selecting recipes from a pile of 23.
We each picked a spot in the kitchen to set up a station so we could get down to business.
Here is where former Top Chef contestant Val Bolon got busy.
And YU Contributor Rea Frey Holguin picked a spot by the Darth Vadar cookie jar.
This was my spot.
And Maya Henderson, plant-based foodie and wellness expert was right next to me.
This is our new YumUniverse contributor Mark Beier! Look for an interview with him soon. He is a chef and fitness expert that will be sharing all kinds of tips and fitness suggestions with YU soon.
This is Mark’s postage stamp of a station. He rocked it.
We cooked. We tasted.
Tasted some more.
And again.
We smiled a lot. We had fun.
We made a mess.
We worked storage miracles.
And everyone left happy, beyond full with decisions to be made.
DAY TWO:
Contributors Kathy Beymer and Val Bolon helped me knock out the rest of the recipes.
Again, we made a mess.
But this time we had a little angel to taste with us—Kathy’s beautiful daughter Elise.
Who do you think will be in the Top 5? Check back after lunch to see the finalists!
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5 Comments to “Mission Impossible: Judging the YumUniverse 1st Birthday Recipe Contest”
This is so cool!
Looks like a lot of fun! I can imagine it was really hard to pick the finalists. Everything looks so tasty. So who cleaned up the mess?
It was a true team effort. We made a mess together and we cleaned it up together. Most importantly, we had a great time!
Jenné, I haven’t stopped making your pineapple almond balls – they are my new favorite thing!
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