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TWO CALIFORNIA REGIONAL FINALISTS WIN $1,000, MOVE ON TO FINALS OF FOSTER FARMS COOKING CONTEST
Congratulations to Alexandria Boswell of La Jolla and Rebekkah Leber of Hayward
8/27/2010
SACRAMENTO – Californians Alexandria Boswell and Rebekkah Leber today were named Regional Finalists in the California Regional Finals of the first-ever Foster Farms West Coast Chicken Cooking Contest held at Le Cordon Bleu in Sacramento. Each of these Regional Finalists won a $1,000 cash prize and will now compete at the Finals in person on September 17, 2010, at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in California’s Napa Valley. A $10,000 grand prize and one-year supply* of fresh Foster Farms chicken will be awarded to the contest’s grand prize winner.
During today’s Regional Competition, judges Adrienne Bankert, anchor on KCRA-TV Niesha Lofing, contributor to The Sacramento Bee and Georgeanne Brennan, feature food writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, selected Boswell’s Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts and Leber’s Panko-Crusted Lemon Butter Chicken with Israeli Couscous Salad as their top picks based on their recipes’ use of fresh, local ingredients, including Foster Farms locally-grown chicken. For complete recipes visit
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Boswell and Leber beat out more than 2,000 home, amateur and professional chefs residing in California, Oregon and Washington who submitted their prized, original chicken recipes for consideration. Recipes featured fresh Foster Farms chicken and were inspired by local ingredients as a testament to Foster Farms’ commitment to foods that are fresh, locally-grown and always natural.
“These recipes really caught our eye,” said Ira Brill, director of communications for Foster Farms. “Both Alexandria and Rebekkah were able to pair great-tasting chicken with ingredients central to California cuisine in their recipes. We look forward to hosting them at the finals in just a few weeks.”
For more than 70 years, Foster Farms has been providing fresh chicken to West Coast consumers. The company remains family owned by the Foster family, and holds true to its commitment to fresh and natural poultry grown local to each region: All chicken sold in Northern California is grown in Northern California and all chicken sold in Southern California is grown there on Foster Farms-owned farms.
About Foster Farms Since 1939, West Coast families have depended on Foster Farms for premium quality chicken and turkey products. Family-owned and operated, the company continues its legacy of excellence and commitment to quality established by its founders, Max and Verda Foster. Foster Farms specializes in fresh, all natural chicken and turkey products free of preservatives, additives or injected sodium enhancers. Based in California’s Central Valley, with ranches also in the Pacific Northwest, the company’s fresh chicken and turkey are produced in or near each region served. Foster Farms also produces delicious pre-marinated, ready-to-cook and fully cooked products that meet the quality and convenience needs of today’s home cooks, retailers, warehouse clubs and foodservice customers. The company’s commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and people is a source of great pride, and, a longtime family tradition.
-30-* Grand Prize winner will receive 104 $10 vouchers good for fresh Foster Farms chicken.
Editor’s Note: For interviews with contestants, contest and recipe photos, etc. contact Fineman PR at 415-392-1000 or mkellner@finemanpr.com.
