-Punta Gorda, Fla.
-It's 98.4 here in South Florida.
That's 0.4 less than the mark achieved at the final exhibition before Thanksgiving last year, but it leaves the chefs feeling plenty confident.
"Not precisely what we wanted," said Jim McAllister, a furrowing frown breaking splitsecondly through his smile. "We feel we're in a good place, but we'll have lots of ground to cover come Nov. 22...more so than last year."
In 2011, Feast Fest scored 98.8 at the Edelyn exhibition and then 99.0 on Thanksgiving.
"We want to top that 99," McAllister said.
Lisa Choi swept home the Most Valuable Chef award; she also got the MVC at the second Edelyn contest in 2011. "A real rocking performance we had here today," Choi said, elated and hoisting her gold-plated MVC trophy. "I'm excited."
William Vanderbilt, Jim Dall, and Arthur Ayeiy, visiting Punta Gorda and watching the exhibition as a stop on their 10-day, 31-city tour, said through a spokesperson that it was "astounding to see the beauty of the collaborative effort put forth by our chefs here in this exhibition to attain a spectacular 98.4 rating."
The points leaderboard here at Edelyn:
Choi - 41 & MVC
McAllister - 41
Avi - 38
Wholehreh - 37
Jahswheich - 34
Pasik - 34
J. Stephan - 33
Pierce-Mulleone - 31
Mettling - 31
Law - 29
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