Iron Tiger Throwdown

The Iron Tiger Throwdown, the Fristfest Culinary competition featuring ultimate chicken wings, was contested recently at the Frist Campus Center. Six teams of two representing the residential dining halls and the Frist Campus Center dining venues competed for two prestigious awards: the Iron Tiger Culinary Cup and the People's Choice Award. Judging the competition were a trio of Tom's; Tom Myers from Frist and University Scheduling, Tom Parker from Mail Services and Tom Quirk from Development Events in the Office of Development. Each judge had the arduous task of sampling six Ultimate Wing recipes.

Stu Orefice, Director of Dining Services and Chef Rob Harbison provided blow by blow commentary as the event unfolded.. At competition’s end the highly coveted Iron Tiger Culinary Cup was awarded to Emily Capunpon and James Sims of Team Butler/Wilson Dining. The judges’ favorite recipe, Sticky Hot Wings, was prepared with a pomegranate hotsauce, finished with banana slices tossed in sauce and accompanied by a cool carrot celery slaw.

The People’s Choice Award went to Chad Rovner and Valeria Sykes from Team Rockefeller/Mathey Dining. Their recipe for Zesty-Tangy-Sweet-Wings was voted crowd favorite by fans viewing the event from the gallery. Made with housemade hot sauce and local honey, this ultimate wing recipe was accompanied with jimica slaw.