010425 Greensboro Chef Wins National Pork Cook-Off

Raleigh, NC - Chef Scott Pisula, Executive Chef for the Greensboro Country Club, won top prize in the National Taste of Elegance in Washington DC. Top prize was $5,000 in cash and an expense paid trip to Ironstone Vineyards in California. Chef Pisula competed with chefs from across the U.S. at the Renaissance Hotel.

The Taste of Elegance is a culinary competition for professional chefs designed to inspire innovative and exciting ways to menu pork. Sponsored by the National Pork Producers Council, it began in 1987. The North Carolina Pork Council has sponsored a state cook-off since it's inception. In the past 14 years, over 500 chefs nationwide have participated.

Chef Pisula won the North Carolina Taste of Elegance competition on March 18th in Wilmington, N.C. He competed with six chefs from across the state. His winning recipe, “Smoked Polynesian Spare Rib Chop” won him $1,000 and a chance to compete in the National Taste of Elegance.

Chef Pisula is the second North Carolina chef to win top prize in the past two years. Last year's winner, Chef John Hofland, Executive Chef of the Eseelo Lodge in Linville, NC, was a judge for this year's cook-off.

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