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The 2025 NCRLA Chef Showdown: It’s A Wrap!

Nine years. That’s how long I’ve been the executive producer of the NCRLA Chef Showdown, and you’d think by now I’d be immune to the

Ready, Set, Savor: 2025 NCRLA Chef Showdown Grand Finale

If you’ve ever wanted to taste your way across North Carolina in one delicious evening, this is your golden ticket. The 2025 NCRLA Chef Showdown

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Meet the 2025 NCRLA Chef Showdown Semifinalists

These past two weeks have been an NCRLA Chef Showdown whirlwind. Let’s catch up on all the fun! After five preliminary rounds of culinary competition

Wake Tech Hosts Triangle Prelim of the 2025 Chef Showdown

The NCRLA 2025 Chef Showdown rolled into North Carolina’s capital city with the same flavor-packed energy we’ve seen across the state. Hosted in the gorgeous

Beachy Keen: Chef Showdown competes at The Crystal Coast

The tides weren’t the only things rising in Morehead City this week, so was the culinary talent, plate after impressive plate, at the third preliminary

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