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In the 7 years of our charity event, 28 top chain chefs have earned the distinction of competing in our Texas Pete® Kitchen Hero Cook-Off. The purpose of this event is to support Share Our Strength, a No Kid Hungry program, as well as celebrate menu innovation. Texas Pete® honors these chefs and judges who have generated enough donations by Garner Foods®, the maker of Texas Pete®, to feed 700,000 hungry kids in America.
Check out our Hall of Heroes and watch how their inspired dishes earned them the distinction of our annual Grand Champion.
Here is our Texas Pete® Hall of Heroes.
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2013 Chef Participants |
Organization |
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Inspire Brands |
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Drew Patterson |
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center |
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Jeff Forrester |
Taco Bueno |
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Robert Pesch |
Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen |
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2014 Chef Participants |
Organization |
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Keith Brunell |
Nordstrom’s |
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Cameron Mitchell Restaurants |
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Alex McJessy |
Ohio State Univ. Culinary Student |
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Eric Ernest |
University of Southern California |
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2015 Chef Participants |
Organization |
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Sharon Lykins |
Denny’s |
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Maria Crump |
Chick-Fil-A |
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Steven Jesse Leon |
The Cheesecake Factory |
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Jason’s Deli |
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2016 Chef Participants |
Organization |
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Nick Pajor |
Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen |
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Perkins |
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Justin Fields |
Bonefish Grill |
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Peter Czizek, |
Long John Silvers |
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2017 Chef Participants |
Organization |
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Jamie Carawan |
Twin Peaks Restaurants |
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Culver’s |
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Anthony Audette |
Jack in the Box |
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John Baez |
Landry’s Specialty Restaurant Division |
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2017 Chef Participants |
Organization |
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David Stadtmiller |
Chili’s, Sr. Dir. Culinary Innovation |
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Todd Huppert |
Mgr. of Product Innovation, Capt. D’s |
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Scott Uehlein |
Sonic, VP Product Innovation and Dev. |
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Exec. Chef, Kitchen 1883/Kroger |
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2019 Chef Participans |
Organization |
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Ramon Solorzano (Champion) |
Garden Fresh Restaurants |
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Mike Turner |
Walk On’s Bistreaux & Bar |
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James Rogers |
Tony Roma’s |
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Luis Haro |
Logan’s Roadhouse |
Check out the 2019 Kitchen Hero Cook-Off Video.
A special thank you to the chefs and their chains who have cooperated with this worthy charity effort. If you are a multi-unit chain chef and would like to participate as a contestant in our annual competition, please contact Nikki Green, National Accounts Manager for Garner Foods at ngreen@garnerfoods.com.
