Dean Dupuis Wins Celebrity Showdown

With a series of southern dishes, Oakland Chef Dean Dupuis took home top honors and $5,000 in the Gilroy Garlic Festival’s Garlic Showdown on Sunday.

In the Iron Chef-style event, four competitors, all professional chefs, created dishes based off of a mystery ingredient. This year, the ingredients were Romanesco broccoli and Silva sausage.

Dupuis, from Oakland’s Pican Restaurant, received $5,000 for his first-place finish. 

“Do I actually take that check?” joked Dupuis when presented with the giant prize.