August 28-29, 2010
Austin, TX
Trish and Brian hosted a belated birthday celebration for Brian with an Iron Chef theme. Brian borrowed my Elvis cape to host the cooking showdown, where three teams chosen on the spot vied to create the best dish using the supplied ingredients and the super-secret ingredient ... pork!
Team Jim & Anita/John (they had to tagteam attending the party), Team Leigh & Dipu, and Team Craig & Tom faced off, having 90 minutes to create a pork dish from scratch. When all was said and done, two teams tied, and Brian awarded the tiebreaker to ... Team Leigh & Dipu! (I give all credit to Leigh; I mostly followed his instructions).
Because I was in the competition, Virginia took charge of my camera during the contest.