Chicago may have Abe Froman the Sausage King, but Charlotte has me, the Chicken King!
Back in early March I wrote about my entry into my very first cooking competition in a post entitled Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner. Well, I’m pleased to report that yesterday my dish, Braciole di Pollo, was awarded the grand prize in the Perdue Verifiably Good Video Contest.
The risk I took in making a dish that couldn’t be labeled “quick” or “easy” and certainly required more than five ingredients paid off in a big way. My prize consisted of a $500 cash award, a year worth of free Perdue chicken (in the form of coupons) and, of course, bragging rights in the great state of North Carolina.
In all seriousness I’m humbled that my dish was chosen as the winner. I felt confident when I submitted my entry that I did the best that I could and was thrilled just to have a chance to win when it was announced that I was a finalist.
I’d like to thank Perdue for holding this contest, the judges for their graciousness and kind words about my video and Luke Armour with Fleishman Hillard for giving me the heads up. Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t congratulate my fellow finalists who certainly provided tough competition in this contest.
If you are interested in checking out the finalist videos, then check out the Perdue Verifiably Good contest site.
If you’d like the recipe, then hop on over to peaches en risotto where I’ve got the full details, as well as a few presentation ideas.
My win has inspired me to seek out other contests like this that I can enter. Who knows I could end up on the Cooking Channel with my own show someday.
Then again, I could always hang up the apron and retire with a perfect record 
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Heck yeah you should have your own cooking show! I saw that chicken dish video. It's fantastic looking. I'm glad to hear you're doing these contests because to goo people come good things. Keep it up, and congratulations on the win!
Go for it dude!!!
That's freaking awesome – congratulations!
Well deserved. I'm thrilled for you. Congrats!
Congrats, man! This is great news & I really needed the pick me up today. I am so happy for you and proud to call you friend.
That is awesome. I can't imagine how excited you must be to win a cooking contest. I would be dancing in the streets. I am really happy for you, and I bet your man Michael Symon would be proud too.
Congratulations! I'm so excited for you!
So when are you coming to my house to make it for me?
Way to go PJ! That is all kinds of awesome.
I can pick up a pretty mean roasted chicken from the store and be proud of myself so you must be sky high.
Thanks Ketih, that is very kind.
You'll have to help me come up with a catch phrase. BAM! is worn out.
Thanks, man. I pretty pumped.
Thanks, Ron. I appreciate that.
Thank you, the feeling is the same here.
Thanks, I'm hoping he'll have me as a guest on his new show
Thanks, is 6 o'clock good?
Hahaha. Thank you. I'm pretty excited. Plus now I can buy all the baby gear I need for #2!
Try something like…
POPOZAO!!!
Dude you want me to go all Federline? I thought we were friends?
So I'm a few days away but this is awesome! I will need to consult you on my next recipes. I'm trying my hat at cooking more and more.
Thank you, it was pretty cool to win it all. Good luck with things and don't hesitate to ask if I can help in any way.
P.J., you're a hard man to reach. Your contact link is broken. Just wanted to let you know that your video and the news about your win is posted at my Charlotte Observer food blog. You can get there via http://www.charlotteobserver.com/food and look for “I'll Bite.” Feel free to post a link to it if you'd like. And congratulations. Nice knife skills.
Kathleen, thanks so much for your comment, the post and your link. I really appreciate your kind words. Also, thanks for pointing out my contact page. It is now fixed. pj
Dude, that is AWESOME! I’m really proud of you, man. That’s so freakin’ cool! It looks really good. I was at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago last week and guess who I got to hang with? Chef Ludo Lefebvre. He had heard about the Steely Dad M.I. Sandwich
Dude, that is AWESOME! I'm really proud of you, man. That's so freakin' cool! It looks really good. I was at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago last week and guess who I got to hang with? Chef Ludo Lefebvre. He had heard about the Steely Dad M.I. Sandwich
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