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| Winners, 2012 Fairway Firefighters Cook-off, Paramus |
Fairway
Market has a long
history of supporting their local communities. For the last few years, the
Paramus location has held an annual firefighters food face-off, a charity event
where local firehouse teams compete against each other for the title of “Best
BBQ.” The Paramus events have been very
successful, and now the fun comes to Woodland Park!
On
Sunday, August 25, beginning at “high
noon,” five Passaic County firehouse teams will meet to throw down the
gauntlet, BBQ style. Participating firehouses include West
Paterson, Totowa, Little Falls, Wayne, and Hawthorne. Using food donated by Fairway,
the firefighters will
cook their tastiest ribs, burgers, and chicken or vegetable skewers. A secret
ingredient, which all teams will need to include in their burgers, will be
announced right before the contest begins.
The judges, with the
envious job of trying to pick a winner, will be Keith Kazmark, Mayor of
Woodland Park, Steve Jenkins, Fairway’s cheese monger, Terry Krongold (yours truly!), from Jersey
Bites.com,
Leia Gaccione, Chef de Cuisine for Bobby Flay's restaurant Mesa
Grill,
and Sara Monica Gaona from SmallChickBigDeals.com.
The winning firehouse will
receive bragging rights as the best Passaic County Fire Department grilling
team and a $500 gift card to the store. More importantly, the first place
firehouse will select the charity of its choice to benefit from a Fairway
Market “Shopping Night,” in which 25% of sales will go to that charity.
This event is a fundraiser for
the Woodland Park 100th centennial
event in May 2014, which Fairway Market is sponsoring. To help with the
fundraising, food will be available for $5.00.
The event will
feature samples of the firefighters’ fare and food from Fairway vendors, along
with the music of The American Bombshells, giveaways, and face-painting for
kids.
“Firefighters
are famous for being terrific cooks and are justifiably proud of the firehouse
cuisine they create,” said Bill Sanford, president of Fairway Market. “We
really enjoy shining the spotlight on them and their grilling expertise and
giving the community a chance to meet and greet these local heroes. Plus, it is
all done for a good cause, making the event so meaningful and important.”
Come support these
brave firefighters in their quest to be the best BBQ firehouse team in Passaic
County!
Sunday,
August 25 (rain or shine)
12 noon
Fairway Market
1510 Rt 46 West
Woodland Park, NJ
07424
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