Top Chefs Compete In Cancer-fighting Cooking Challenge For National Nutrition Month

Top North Texas chefs compete successful cancer-fighting cooking situation for National Nutrition Month

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Three apical chefs faced disconnected successful Dallas Thursday greeting successful a "Chopped" style competition, creating fiber-packed, cancer-fighting dishes successful ceremony of National Nutrition Month.

Hosted by nan American Cancer Society, nan arena highlighted nan powerful domiciled nutrition plays successful crab prevention and treatment. Among nan competitors were Jon Bonnell of Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine successful Fort Worth, Andrew Trollinger pinch nan Dallas Cowboys, and Jonathan Stirnweis of Wolfgang Puck Catering.

Each cook was challenged to trade a crockery utilizing healthy, full ingredients. Their creations were judged successful 3 categories: Healthiest, Most Creative, and Best Overall. 

Bonnell took location nan apical prize for his pecan-crusted food pinch rice.

"This 1 intends a batch to me," Bonnell said. "I mislaid my mother to crab successful 2018, and I mislaid my father-in-law to colon crab conscionable past year. Healthy eating, patient ingredients, being capable to amended everyone, show them really to navigator utilizing amended stuff—it speaks from nan bosom for us."

Jeff Fehlis, executive vice president of nan American Cancer Society, said these kinds of events are captious successful raising awareness.

"Nutrition is specified a cardinal portion of crab prevention, but besides arsenic you are navigating a crab journey," Fehlis said. "And today, we sewage to travel successful and spot nan magic of what chefs create."

The title took spot astatine Hope Lodge successful Dallas, wherever crab patients and their families besides had nan chance to sensation nan dishes too, and formed their votes.

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