Exhibits & Attractions

The Taste Cooks!

The Taste Cooks Stage

Watch local chefs showcase their skills and compete in mystery ingredient cook offs!

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The Taste Cooks!, hosted by Chef Thierry Rautureau, aka 'The Chef in The Hat', and award-winning KIRO radio personality, Rachel Belle bring fun & excitement to a live stage featuring a selection of the area's best chefs and food enthusiasts over all three days of The Taste Northwest.

Mystery Ingredient Chef Battles

Who will be named The Taste Cooks! Master? Chefs will go head-to-head in a mystery ingredient chef battle! For the battle, chefs will be given 3 mystery ingredients, a small pantry of basic cooking staples and only 20 minutes to make their dish. Each chef will present their final entree to a judging panel selected from the audience, who, after tasting the dish, ...
Fri, Jul 1
Chef Battle - Brittany Bardeleben vs Emme Collins
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Chef Battle - Ivan Carrillo vs Lora Dubois
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Chef Battle - Joelicia Perry vs Jacqulyn Howard
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Chef Battle - Justin Lee vs Shawn Tibbitts
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sat, Jul 2
Chef Battle - Angel Navarro vs Blake Lord-Wittig
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Chef Battle - Jon Maley vs Saffron Hodgson
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Chef Battle - Mike Goodell vs Jan Parker
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Chef Battle - Michone Silvera vs Dwane Butler
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Chef Battle - Hudson Slater vs David Boyd
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sun, Jul 3
Chef Battle - Pranee Halvorsen vs Diana Mullin
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Chef Battle - Aura Mae vs Eliza Rodriquez
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Chef Battle - Shawn Tibbitts vs Abraham Moreno
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Chef Battle - John Swetz vs Chantel Jackson
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Chef Battle - Jan Parker vs Rufino Cordero
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM