For the past few wintry weeks, I’ve been reminiscing about my mom’s home cooking. Coming from an Israeli/European/Jewish home, I yearn for a rather specific variety of comfort food–one that is hard to find around this area. So when I found out that COOK owner Audrey Claire Taichman was going to be one of the judges at an all-kosher Jewish cooking competition I was very excited. It was as if someone had heard my prayers and decided to create this event with the sole purpose of satisfying my own personal hunger.

I joined Audrey for the January 23rd Bubby’s Cook Off officially to document the event so that you (our trusty followers) could get a glimpse of what went down….but let’s be honest, I went for the food.

If you’re a Fooboozer, you already know that Guillermo Pernot of Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar took first place at the cook with a hummus shawarma with a tangy lemon sauce, but there were plenty more flavors to this event and 5 other talented chefs that attended who you don’t see cooking together on just any occasion:

• Jean-Marie Lacroix of Brûlée Catering
• Mike Deganis of Alla Spina
• Jayson Grossberg of Cescaphe
• Shane Cash of Rat’s Restaurant
• Yehuda Sichel of Citron & Rose

Competition was stiff, which made the judges’ job difficult! So without further ado, here are some magic moments. Enjoy!