2011 judging soup categories:

TRADITIONAL SOUP CATEGORY: (MATZAH BALL, CHICKEN NOODLE, ETC.)

1ST PLACE: KENNY AND ZIGGY’S DELI
2ND PLACE: CLEBURNE CAFETERIA
3RD PLACE (TIED): NEW YORK BAGEL & DELI AND MARK’S RESTAURANT

CREATIVE SOUP CATEGORY: (POBLANO CREAM SOUP, CHICKEN CURRY, ETC.)

1ST PLACE: NAPOLI
2ND PLACE: FIREHOUSE SUBS (BROCCOLI & CHEESE SOUP)
3RD PLACE: LE MISTRAL

INTERNATIONAL SOUP CATEGORY: (ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP, JAPANESE MISO, ETC.)

1ST PLACE: CHEF L J WILEY
2ND PLACE: POST OAK GRILL
3RD PLACE (TIED): CHELSEA GRILL, ESCALANTES, AND AUTIE PASTO’S

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

BENJY’S

SHOWMANSHIP & PRESENTATION (TABLE DECORATION, SPIRIT, ETC.)

BUCA DI BEPPO

FEATURING TOP HOUSTON RESTAURANTS:

Ambassdor Chinese • Auntie Pasto’s • Benjy’s

Branch Water Tavern • Buca di Beppo • C Fu Yang • Carmelo’s

Catalan • Chef L J Wiley • Chelsea Grill • Cleburne Cafeteria

Crapito’s • Daily Review • Edloe Street Café • El Meson

Fadi’s • Gugliani’s • Houston City Club • Hungry’s

Jenni’s Noodle House • Kenny & Ziggy’s Deli • Le Mistral

Mark’s • Mockingbird Bistro • Napoli

New York Bagel Shop and Deli • Onion Creek Cafe • Pesce

Pico’s • Prima Pasta • Ruggles • *17 • Thai Siam

The Barbed Rose • The Big Mamou • The Downtown Club

CELEBRITY JUDGES INCLUDE:

Cleverley Stone • Ken Hoffman • Teresa Byrne-Dodge

Roseann Rogers • Ziggy Gruber • Michael Garfield

JP Pritchard • Susan Kahn • Haran Levy • Linda Walter

Pam Kutner • Rabbi Pam Silk • Cantor Vadim Tunitsky