Pie Social 2011 Winners Announced
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And with good cause. Hundreds of pies were consumed Saturday afternoon in downtown Phoenix, as some of the best chefs in town squared off in an extraordinary display of pie love. Chocolate was big.
You joined in, too: Community bakers brought everything from caramel peanut and chocolate marshmallow pecan to cherry chocolate and sweet potato pies, as well as a lemon chess we're still trying to get the recipe for. (We'll pass it on to you later this week if we do.)
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| Gwen Ashley Walters, penandfork.com |
| The judging table. |
Oh wait, that's not what you're here for, is it? You want to know who won the celebrity baker competition! Read on.
Ten celebs baked their hearts out, and as was the case last year (when Justin Beckett's pecan/fig dominated) we had a stand-out (though the judges praised the entire spread, agreeing the bar was definitely raised this year).
Gwen Ashley Walters, penandfork.com
Pie Snob's winning pie.
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| Tedd Roundy |
| Virginia Senior's good looking pie. |
Wilbur also snagged the People's Choice award.
Thanks to our judges: Chow Bella's Carol Blonder; Matt Pool of Matt's Big Breakfast, Giant Coffee and The Roosevelt; Barbara Harris of Feeding Frenzy; Gwen Ashley Walters of Pen & Fork and Andrea White of the sadly-no-longer-local Saffron Kitchen.
And thanks to you, Chow Bella readers, for joining us. See you next year!
All the pie porn you can handle is here in our slideshow from Saturday's event.
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