Dining News: 'The Pit' at TBD Fest Explained
October 02, 2014
TBD Fest is this weekend's much-hyped music festival in West Sac. While it's mostly about music, under the direction of Block Butcher Bar & LowBrau chef Michael Tuohy, 14 chefs will compete in The Pit, an open fire cooking competition.
Per the FOX 40 interview above, 14 chefs (including Tuohy) will cook 350 bites in just 3 hours. Two chefs will compete at a time in a Friendly Fire competition, with Tuohy and Grange Chef Oliver Ridgeway kicking it off on Friday. Two pairs total will compete on Friday, three pairs competing on Saturday and the remaining two rounding out the weekend on Sunday.
Here's the schedule for Friendly Fire, via the Sac Biz Journal.
Friday
- 3 to 6 p.m. Michael Tuohy of LowBrau and Block Butcher Bar vs. Oliver Ridgeway of Grange
- 7 to 10 p.m. Noah Zonca of Zonca's vs. Shannon McElroy of Federalist Public House
Saturday
- 12 to 3 p.m. Ian MacBride of Lucca vs. Carina Lampkin of Blackbird
- 4 to 7 p.m. Jason Kupper of Urban Heritage in Napa vs. Matt Brown of Forester Foods
- 8 to 11 p.m. Brian Mizner of Hook & Ladder vs. Mike Fagioni of Hawks
Sunday
- 12 to 3 p.m. Dennis Sydnor of Ten22 vs. Jason Azevedo of Mighty Tavern
- 4 to 7 p.m. Mike Thiemann and Matt Masera of Mother vs. Kurt Spataro of Paragary Restaurant Group
In addition, the Biz Journal reports there will be food trucks including Fusion Eats, Volks Waffle, Drewski’s, Krush Burger and Cruzin Crustacean.
Read the entire story in the Sac Biz Journal.
Tickets start at $69 per day, or $159 for all three days. Click here to get tickets.
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