KRISTEN: IF YOU ARE BIG INTO
COOKING THIS IS A COMPETITION
YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS, NINE
OF ALBUQUERQUE'S TALK -- TOP
CHEFS WILL DUKE IT OUT, IN A
COMPETITION.
THE EVENT BENEFITS EL RANCHITO
DE LOS NINOS, HERE TO TALK MORE
ABOUT IT IS ABBY AND GRACE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
CAUSE, FOR
THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR, WHAT
DO YOU DO?
EL RANCHITO DE LOS
NINOS IS A
CHILDREN'S HOME, WE ARE LOCATED
IN LOS LUNAS, WE TAKE KIDS
WHOSE
PARENTS CANNOT TAKE CARE OF
THEM, SOME COME FROM ABUSE AND
NEGLECT BACKGROUNDS, SOME COME
FROM PLACES WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS
ARE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEM,
MAYBE ELDERLY OR SICK.
WE KEEP BROTHERS AND SISTERS
TOGETHER, WE
ASK TO KEEP THAT
BOND SO THEY CAN GROW UP AND
STAY WITH US PAST THE AGE OF 18.
WE ARE NOT IN 18 OUT PROGRAM.
DAVID: --
KRISTEN: IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR THOSE WEB NEVER BEEN TO DUKE
IT OUT, WHAT
IS IT ABOUT?
IT SOUNDS LIKE YUMMY FOOD.
IT IS NINE LOCAL CHEFS FROM
HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE THAT ARE
GOING TO BE COMPETING.
THEY WILL BE MAKING -- SIX WILL
BE MAKING A SAVORY ENTREE AND
THREE WILL BE PASTRY CHEFS.
KRISTEN: THIS IS TOP-OF-THE-LINE
FANCY FOOD.
DO WE KNOW SOME OF THE CHEFS?
WE DO HAVE RETURNING
CHEFS,
CHEF DAVID, AND CHEF MICHAEL
FROM THE STANDARD DINER IS ONE
OF OUR PASTRY CHEFS.
WE HAVE CHEF ISRAEL, AND CHEF
ROWEL --RAUL FROM OHANA HUT.
NEW TO THE LINEUP IS
LEVEL FIVE
FROM THE CHOCO HOTEL.
SOME NEW PARTICIPANTS AND
RETURNING DEFENDERS.
KRISTEN: HOW CAN THE PUBLIC GET
INVOLVED, WE HAVE OUR CHEFS
DOING THE HARD STUFF, BUT HOW
CAN PEOPLE AT HOME GET INVOLVED?
THEY CAN BUY A VIP TICKET
FOR
$75 WHICH GETS YOU ENTRY INTO
THE EVENT 30 MINUTES EARLIER
THAN ANYONE ELSE, AND THE
PREMIUM TICKETS ARE $50.
KRISTEN: AND WE MENTION THERE IS
A PANEL OF JUDGES, DOES THE
PUBLIC GET TO EAT?
OF COURSE!
THE LIVE COOKING IS LIVE COOKING
OUT OF A BASKET OF INGREDIENTS
FOR THE JUDGES, BUT ALREADY
PREPARED FOR YOU THE CHEFS HAVE
PREPARED A SMALL SAMPLE BY ALL
OF THEM, TO GIVE YOU SOME TASTE
OF THEIR SIGNATURE DISHES FROM
THE RESTAURANT.
WE WILL HAVE BREWERIES
THEREFORE
A CRAFT BREW COMPETITION AND YOU
CAN SAMPLE BEER AT THE SAME
TIME.
KRISTEN: TEMPORARY COMPETITION
IS HAPPENING AGAIN THIS YEAR,
YOU DOUBLED INTO IT LAST YEAR.
WE HAD THREE LAST YEAR, THIS
YEAR WE WILL HAVE FIVE, WE ARE
EXCITED TO ADD MORE.
KRISTEN: IT SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH
FUN.
WHERE CAN WE GO FOR MORE
INFORMATION?
YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE
, OR
YOU CAN CALL US.
KRISTEN: LADIES, THANK YOU
FOR
JOINING US.