Fiery Foods Show edition of the 505 Food Fights.
Above and left: Fiery Foods Show edition of the 505 Food Fights. Bottom right: Sponsor Daniel Gilpatrick of Shamrock Foods, competitor Carmen Rodriguez, and Director of 505 Food Fights Mike White.
How do you choose which ingredients for each food fight? What’s your favorite ingredient combination you’ve thrown at the competing chefs? Ingredients are often categorized by giving competitors a protein, a produce or dairy item, and a culinary curveball. I often source inspiration from others by asking them to randomly name items within the categories and I combine them in unexpected ways. The curveball is usually the category people most fear, having been any number of things from canned fruit cocktail to a child’s birthday cake to flaming hot Cheetos. Other times the protein is most feared when it’s something extreme, such as whole beef heart, chicken livers, or belt fish. Who will be competing in the next competition? The Regular Season of 505 Food Fights will resume in mid-2020, featuring several new and returning chefs from Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe. Two-time champion Dominic Valenzuela will lead the pack with the biggest target on his back. What charities will you be donating to in 2020? 22
edible New Mexico | SPRING 2020
We again will be donating exclusively to local New Mexico charities: The Kitchen Kids, Rebels with a Cause, New Mexico Chapter of American Suicide Prevention, Hands Across Time New Mexico, NM Dental Care in your Home, New Mexico Autism Society, Roadrunner Food Bank, Watermelon Mountain Ranch, Street Food Institute, St. Felix Food Pantry, Storehouse New Mexico, New Mexico Hospitality Industry Education Foundation, the SANE collaborative, New Mexico Make-a-Wish Foundation, SAFE house NM and many more. Is there anything else you’d like to share with edible readers? Please support New Mexico chefs! We have some of the most talented chefs in the entire country right here. They have been putting their talents out there and donating their time in order to raise money for New Mexico charities. It’s my personal passion to raise as much money and give as much time and resources back to New Mexico communities as we possibly can. Find more information about upcoming 505 Food Fights at highpointgrill.com.
