Julian Brown, Jr., of Rochester was the Grand Prize Winner of a $5,000 Arrow Kitchen makeover! Visit the Contest tab at the top of the page to view all recipes entered in our contest.  And here's a look at the tasty competition from October 13, 2009, at the New York Wine & Culinary Center of Canandaigua.


Gretchen Spencer keeping a watchful eye on her parsnip puree and sautee of radishes and snowpeas.






Jenna Black is cooking her Apple Pride Chicken, made with locally produced apple cider vinegar- a true NYS culinary creation!






Jessica Keen's Roasted Chicken with Grape Walnut Sauce wa sa serious contender.






Kevin Fisher's station smelled incredibly tempting with his simmer pot of risotto.











Julian Brown, Jr.'s seafood dish really may have been, as he claimed, the best in Rochester!










Many thanks go to the New York Wine & Culinary Center for the use of their impeccably appointed Viking Instructional kitchen facility.







These judges had their work cut out for them.  Tough decisions! 
Our thanks to the esteemed panel consisting of Vincent Mastrosimone, Jr.- Arrow Kitchens, Carlo Peretti- Exec. Chef- New York Wine & Culinary Center,
Jeff Christiano- Chef Instructor- New York Wine & Culinary Center, Stephanie Ide- Dick Ide Honda, and Louis Buonno- Owner/Operator- McDonalds.






Congratulations to all of our contestants who claimed a Hell's Kitchen Prize package!