Winners Announced for 2015 Tomato Trek 8.17.15

 

After an exciting summer filled with amazing heirloom tomato dishes, a winner has been announced for the 2015 Tomato Trek. Chef Brannon Florie of The Granary’s dish was the overall winner of this year’s competition: Geechie Boy tomatoes, watermelon radish, Daikon radish, breakfast radish, English cucumber, pickled red onion, house mozzarella, house basil, baby arugula, white balsamic, and Watermelon, Heirloom Tomatoes, Radish, Pickled Red Onion, Basil-Arugula-Mint pest, Goats Milk Feta. The dish was selected by compiling votes from a panel of judges and online votes. Florie received a special trophy to acknowledge the honor, along with 100lbs of tomatoes.

The 2015 fan vote was presented Chef Aaron Lemieux of Michael’s on the Alley who received the most online votes for his dish: Smoked Tomato, Tomato consommé  braised farro, roof top garden basil, Rosemary & green onion flowers. Lemieux received 50lbs for the win!

The participants for the amateur competition all received gift certificates to The Veggie Bin or Boone Hall Farms for their participation, and one lucky winner was selected to receive $100 gift card to The Granary just for taking a photo and tagging it with #tomatottrek.

A big thanks to everyone’s support and we look forward to another great trek in 2016!