Smiling as she cooks is Chef Pat Grieninger from Almost Home Catering. Grieninger prepared potato-cheese and cabbage perogies with brown butter sage sauce and carmelized onions. Helping Grieninger is Helen Camenisch.
Chef cook-off organizers and MHS board members spoke to the full house of foodies. MHS President Marie Mayor held a moment of silence for the late Tom Draper, who contributed his time, money and energy to the MHS. Shown are (l-r) Dave Carey, Mark Carter, P.D. Camenisch, Bonnie Hudson, Denny Hughes, Lee Revis-Plank, Mayor, Kevin Kelly and MHS Director Kimberly Fabbri.
Chef Kevin Reading from Abbott’s Grill serves Angie Thompson a lobster corn dog with King Cole succotash, okra and Totem Farm tomatoes with Fifer peach mustard.
The family of the late Harry Bonk, former chairman of Draper King Cole Cannery, were on hand for the cook-off. Shown are (l-r) Hunter Thompson, Patricia Bonk, Wayne Hawkins, Shauna Thompson and Angie Thompson.
Chef Mary Gaffney of A Different Kitchen serves up kim chi scalloped potatos to Sen. Ernie Lopez, R-Lewes, with the help of Chris Warren, center.
Chef Maurice Catlett from Matt’s Fish Camp in Lewes serves up a lobster corn dog with sweet corn mayo and Bennett’s peach jam to Fran McKenna.
Browsing the raffle items are Linda King, left, and Mary Ellen King.
Martine Downing from Lavender Fields shows her lemon cake with lavender sugar.
The Milton Historical Society held its Second Annual King Cole Celebrity Chef Cook-Off Sept 9 at the Milton Fire Hall. Six area chefs competed for the cash prize, with all proceeds benefiting the Milton Historical Society and the Lydia B. Cannon Museum.
The rules were that a vegetable canned by the King Cole Cannery had to be used. The Draper-King Cole Cannery in the 1800s was one of the largest employers in Milton.
