DonRocks Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Neither Maryland nor Delaware has ever won the Mid-Atlantic category. Until tonight. Congratulations to Spike Gjerde - in my opinion, this award is well-deserved. Ironically, I had some tomato sauce just last night that I bought at Parts & Labor fully 18 months ago. Irony: Three years ago, people (including me) complained that Maricel Presilla got the NYC vote (Cucharamama is between the west exits of the Holland and Lincoln tunnels) - this year, I guarantee it was the absence of DC chefs on the ballot, and the DC judges' votes, that won the award for Spike Gjerde. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Very cool for Chef Gjerde and WK! Don, what's your take on the Furstenberg snub? The NYC winner there doesn't have as long a resume but maybe was seen as more innovative? Or, maybe just a function of how the judging does tend to be NY-centric, which you or someone wrote about recently here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Very cool for Chef Gjerde and WK! Don, what's your take on the Furstenberg snub? The NYC winner there doesn't have as long a resume but maybe was seen as more innovative? Or, maybe just a function of how the judging does tend to be NY-centric, which you or someone wrote about recently here? Mark got to the final 5 in the United States after not having had a bakery for ten years, and after having been open only one year - I see that as an honor; not a snub. However, the awards do tend to be skewed strongly towards New York City, as judges cannot (legally) vote for Mark unless they've had his product before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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