MARCH OF DIMES NAMES GOURMET GALA WINNERS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, March 11, 1993                   TAG: 9303110564
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-11   EDITION: METRO 
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MARCH OF DIMES NAMES GOURMET GALA WINNERS
Winners have been announced for the 11th annual March of Dimes Gourmet Gala, held Jan. 30 at the Roanoke Airport Marriott. The gala helped raise money for the Roanoke chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.
Nearly 250 people attended the black-tie event, which featured samplings of hors d'oeuvres, a gourmet dinner and a dance.
Culinary awards were presented to the following participants:

Renita and David Randolph were given the Doubleday Award by Chef Albert Schnarwyler of The Homestead for their Sushi - Virginia Style.

Lori and Steven Strauss received the All-Clad Culinary Classics Award for their Classic Israeli Blintzes.

The Corning Creative Cookery Award was presented to Norma and Carson Quarles for their recipe Massa Para Pasteis Fritos.

Linda and Joe Hopkins won the Food & Wine Magazine Award for overall excellence, for the Zesty Shrimp Antipasto they prepared.

Helen and Billy Vincent won the Best in Show Award for their Oysters Rockefeller Party Spread.

The American Regional Cuisine Award went to June and Bernard Goffen for ingredients indigenous to the locale, included in their recipe Cheese Burek.

A special judges' award was given to Lori and Stephen Couture for their Escargot Puffs.
Design awards winners were:

Susan and Hal Haliburton - Best in Show for their design of the Italian cooking station.

Judy McWhorter - second place for her design of the French cooking station.

The student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers at Virginia Tech - an award for the Japanese cooking station.

The design students from Radford University - the Originality-Creativity Award, the Student Award and the People's Choice Award for their original design of the Brazilian cooking station.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB