The fun continued after “lunch” (it’s hard to call it lunch when you have literally been eating ALL DAY LONG), with The First Ever Abeles & Heymann Best Dressed Hot Dog Decorating Competition!!! It was incredibly fun to cheer on my dear foodie friends while they created their masterpieces!!! Here’s what happened:
Abeles & Heymann Sponsored the Event
The announcement board
Getting ready for the event!
Naomi Nachman has fun with the contestants Malkie Hirsch, Esti Berkowitz and Melinda Strauss
Malkie Hirsch, mugging for the camera a bit…Love it!
Hard at work making their hot dog creations…
Malkie Hirsch’s dog
Esti Berkowitz’s creative dog…
Melinda Strauss’ flavorful entry…
The judges are cutting into the dogs!
A&H’s CEO Seth Leavitt ready to announce the winner with the incredibly awesome Hot Dog Trophy!!! (I want a Hot Dog Trophy!!!)
And the winner is Melinda Strauss of Kitchen Tested!!! Woot!!!
Courtesy of Abeles & Heymann:
The A&H Best Dressed Hot Dog Contest at Kosherfest 2017 was a wonderful success! Thank you to our MC Nachum Segal, Judges Busy In Brooklyn, @greatkosherrestaurants, Tales of an Overtime Cook, and our innovative contestants PrimeTime Parenting, @kitchentested, @fogelseatforfree, The Kitch, and @kissthekoshercook. Congratulations to our winner Kitchen Tested Fan Page! Melinda’s recipe included California Gourmet smoked mini chocolate chips, Mendel’s rabbi-q sweet and tangy bbq sauce and Mendel’s rabbi-q steak seasoning, Gus’s Pickles and French fried onions.
All the contestants & judges
And the winner is….Melinda Strauss!!!!! With A&H’s CEO Seth Leavitt
And now…back to the show!
Winner of the Kosher Everyday Award for Best Incredible Yogurt is Norman’s Caramel Cream Dessert Yogurt. I have NEVER had yogurt like this!!!
Lots of flavors…
Check out this creamy, caramelly, decadent dessert yogurt. It’s SO rich and smooth I’m only going to have a bite or two…just to taste….
NOT!
Look at me…posing with the Norman’s Yogurt Guy! Can you tell he’s smiling???
How cute – Yiddish Crackers!
Honey Smoked Fish Company – Really good Smoked Salmon in different flavors…
You seriously have never had a date like these…
Check out the size of these melt in your mouth dates…
To give you a better perspective on how big these dates actually are!!!
Setton Farms pistachio snacks. Sweet and one of my favorite grab and go healthy snacks!
Me and Levana Kircshenbaum with her awesome snacks and meal replacements.
This is the real deal…I wait 6 hours after eating this to eat meat…totally worth it!!!
Fini Candy Display…can you see the candy in the bins? If you ask they will fill a bag for you. Gummies for everyone!!!
My bag!! (I got a second one on Wednesday 😀 )
Almahdi Sweets – Incredible Baklava and other pastries. They gave out cute little sample boxes to take home!
So many different varieties!
The brand spankin’ new Mikee sauces…
Bees Water – I don’t really think there are any bees inside…at least there weren’t when I tasted it!!!
New sauces from Oxygen!
Fabulous New Shalom Tea in different interesting flavors. Not only did they taste good, but the bags are really pretty too!
The Tea…
The bags…
More Flavors!
Winner of the Kosher Everyday Award for Outstanding Chocolate Chips goes to California Gourmet! Here I am with my dear friend and company owner Chani Schusterman!
OK…who’s big idea was it to have delicious chocolate at Kosherfest???? How’s a girl to resist????
Healthy…really healthy!
B’Gan Breaded Broccoli…now we need to come up with a gluten-free version…
Or L’Shabbat gave me two of these Shabbat lamps (with me giving the value of one to tzedakah). They are sitting on our night tables and I can honestly say that these are the BEST SHABBAT LAMPS EVER!!!! They also have a lot more Shabbat related products. Stay tuned…this is a company I want to work with!!!
Marzipan Rugelach…nuff said…
Spicify: Winner of the Kosher Everyday Award for Best Healthiest Soup Base! I’ve already ordered it on Amazon!
Because we all need more Oxigen in our water.
Now Treo Organic Birch Water Infusion is really good, with very little sugar. I especially liked the blueberry flavor again, and again, and again!
It’s Ice Cream.
King Zak came out with a whole new line of serving ware and dishes. They are functional and extremely attractive.
I’m feeling the need to have a simcha so I can use the fun King Zak plates!
It’s Me and the Gluten Free Artisan, Miryam Schloss, with really good gluten free oat challah! And it’s already baked, so you don’t have to make it from scratch!!!! Hooray!
Jasmine Mexican Strips – I’m really looking forward to when these come to Chicago! Dinner…the easy and delicious way!
Jasmine Vegan Shwarma – it really tastes like…well Shwarma!
The stash I got for Dear Son whose favorite candy is…Pesek Zman!
Off to dinner…stay tuned for Day 2 of Kosherfest 2017- Wednesday, November 15.
Here are links to the other Kosherfest 2017 pages:
Tuesday November 14th @ Kosherfest 2017 Part 1
Wednesday November 15th @ Kosherfest 2017 Part 1 (Coming soon)
Wednesday November 15th @ Kosherfest 2017 Part 2 (Coming soon)