The Florida Mini EggHead Fest was held at the Tuckaway Shores Resort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh75O9HYmz4
Greetings Eggheads,
The body and brain have recovered enough, so I wanted to post some thank you’s and acknowledgments for all the support and help in making this one of the best Eggfest ever. It all started with a phone call in May of 2009 with PBM (Mike). 
We kicked around the idea of organizing the Florida eggfest after hearing that Tania had called it quits and was not planning on doing another fest. (after 7 years, I can’t blame her) So after 10 months, hundreds of phone man hours, thousands of emails, the Sunshine State Eggfest 2010 has come and gone. Everyone who had a hand in putting this fest together is happy and sad at the same time. Happy that it is over, and sad that we all have to wait until next year. My sincere and humble thanks goes out to Mike. Poot designed and put hundreds of hours just in the web site alone. He and Sabrina sacrificed more than a few weekends to organize registration and stuff the envelopes. Julie, Neil, Kay and Jim drove hundreds of miles to attend meetings, offer guidance and did tons of grunt work. Pat who made lots of contacts, was our eyes and ears in Melbourne. Michelle organized the first ever Ceramic Iron Chef Competition and worked very hard with The Green Turtle Market and their Chef. To the army of helpers, Sponsors and volunteers that helped with registration, setup, door prizes and ideas. (In no order) Todd, Kim, Ginny, Doug, Marc, Susane and Teresa, Brian, Anne, Dell, Mickey, Ted, Jacqui, Tom P, Clay, Dan, Al, Tom, Wayne, Ron, Rob V, Candace, Tom Z, Brenda M. (I hope I didn’t forget anyone) This fest could not have been done without the help of these fine folks.
I have uploaded 164 pics that I collected from others and put them in two slide shows below for your enjoyment.
The Sunshine State Eggfest 2010 Official cookbook has been posted. Please go the the cookbook page on the link below.
Hope to see you at next year’s fest!
www.sunshinestateeggfest.com
See you in March 2011!
Eggtober-fest 2009
LC and I made the pilgrimage to the BGE headquarters for the 12th annual Eggtoberfest Oct 16th and 17th 2009. We left Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the 14th with 84 degrees and sunshine only to land in Atlanta, Ga in 51 degrees and gray rainy skies. We picked up the rental and set out to Buckhead, Ga stopping along the way at the Super H, asian market. OMG, what a place. It even had a food court that we just had to have lunch in. This aint your mall food court. This is the real deal. If you want a hot dog, pizza, or hambuger, you are in the wrong place. We got checked in to our room and got ready to go to Rod's (Fidel) house to help celebrate his "burf-day".
There must have been 50 or more eggheads. I met so many eggheads that I have "talked" with on the forum, but have never met. A special Bubba and LC KUDOs, go out to Kim and Ginny for the taxi service, the help, and kindness that they showed us. The next day we drove down to the host hotel and got checked in. Later that night we took the shuttle to the meet and greet and continued to meet new and familar Eggheads way to many to list. What a spread they put out inside the warehouse. BGE as far as the eye could see stacked all the way up to the roof. The next day a few of us got up at 0530 and went over and set up. Mike, Gene, Neil, and I pick out a nice dry area under some trees to set up. It only took about 45 minutes and we were done. In the EZ-up that we were under had 2 BGEs and 7 cooks. Mike and Sabrina, Neil and Julie, Anna, and LC and myself. We all had a blast cooking, drinking, and meeting fellow eggheads. Below is a slide show of the fun. Enjoy....
The Host Resort is located at:
1441 S. Miramar Avenue
Indialantic, FL 32903
Toll Free: 1-800-820-1441
Local: 1-321-723-3355
What a blast. LC and I got there Thursday, one day prior to the fest. We were joined by Egret, Lady Egret, RichardFL and FlPoolman. We quickly set up the BGE easy-ups, tables, and Eggs. Thursday started with the arrival of most of the other Eggheads and setting up continued. Dan from Pinch-a Penny, was our Egg vendor and ended up selling a few eggs and lots of lump. The amount of food that was cooked was WAY over the top. Most everyone had to bring back food. We just didn't have enough folks to feed. We even invited the rest of the resort to enjoy in the good eats (sorry Alton). I must say, this was a eating, drinking, and drinking-eating fest. We even had "The Naked Egger" make an appearence. I hope you enjoy the slide show below:
Culinary Combat
May 16, 2009
Ocala, Fl
www.culinarycombat.com
LC teamed up with Master Chef David St. John-Grubb (MC) to take on two challengers for the Title of Culinary Combat Champion. This was a benefit for Kimberly Cottage for abused Children. LC and MC have never worked together so this was a first for both of them. The competition was Iron Chef style and the secret ingredient was Wild Florida Boar. Their decision not to use the boar in the desert probally cost them winning 1st place. They all had fun rasing much needed funds for the kids at Kimberly Cottage. VERY SPECIAL KUDOs go out to Al and Erin Rosas from Rosas Farms. www.rosasfarms.com They showed us what southern hospitality is all about. Chef Rosas, aka "The Organic Chef", has a web site that is dedicated to organic, sustainable, and locally grown foods. www.organicchefmonthly.com Below are slides show of the event and Rosa Farms.
Deul on The Decks, Atlanta, Ga 4/18/09
LC and I received a phone call from Jodi at the Big Green Egg informing us that we had been selected at random, to represent the Eggheads on the eggheadforum.com. After a brief discussion, we call Jodi back and gave her our commitment to attend. So airfare, car rental, and hotel arrangements were made and plans set into motion. Michelle and I must have changed our menu a hundred times before we choose Rack of Lamb with a Guva glaze, Chipolte Buttered grilled Sweet Corn, and assorted grilled veggies. We had a blast preparing and competing in this "Atlanta's Best" grill down and learned a valuable lesson. "Don't fish in someone else's pond and expect to catch their prize bass". It seems the finalist were employees of the owners/judges. Our thanks go out to Jodi and her staff from the Big Green Egg. They went out of their way to help us and were very friendly. Below is a slide show of the event. Special thanks go out to Rod, Doug, Phil, and Steve.
