Ossining Chef's Shrimp Recipe Wins Grand Prize in Neighborhood Restaurant Contest

Beylka Krupp of Wobble Café in Ossining, NY is the Grand Prize Winner in the first annual Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest.

Celebrity Chef Amanda Freitag made the announcement today at General Mills’ headquarters in Minneapolis where the three finalists gathered to meet and participate in a day of celebration and inspiration.

As the Grand Prize winner of Neighborhood to the Nation Recipe Contest, Krupp receives a $50,000 prize package ($40,000 cash plus $10,000 for a local charity of her choice) for her Shrimp Etouffee recipe, which is one of the specialty dishes she serves at Wobble Café—a family-friendly, neighborhood eatery known for its brunches, baked goods and soups.

• Her winning recipe includes a delicious Cajun-spiced shrimp stew that blends tomato, garlic, onion, cream and Cajun spices and herbs served with rice and jalapeno-cheese cornbread.

The two runners-up in the Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest each receive $10,000. They are DeDe Johnson of Johnson’s Farm Restaurant in Orange, Mass., for her Yogurt Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake; and Donal Clark of Miller’s Seawall Grill in Galveston, Texas, whose recipe was an ultra-decadent Pecan Chocolate Ganache Brownie Cake.

“All three of the finalists are winners for how they bring the spirit of ‘Neighborhood to Nation’ to life, from their award-winning recipes that showcase their local flavor to how each of these individuals contribute to their local community without expecting anything in return,” said Danielle Benson, associate channel manager for General Mills Foodservice. “Grand Prize Winner Beylka Krupp’s recipe for Shrimp Etouffee particularly wowed our judges who were impressed with her use of a General Mills product to create a truly signature dish to differentiate her menu.”

To qualify for the Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest, restaurants from around the country submitted an original breakfast, entrée or dessert recipe using at least one ingredient from General Mills’ list of eligible products. Open to foodservice operators, chefs and line cooks at independent family dining establishments, the annual contest puts neighborhood restaurants’ dishes in the national spotlight.

Neighborhood to Nation was created to inspire culinary creativity among independent restaurants, giving operators an opportunity to experiment with high quality and consistent products from General Mills Foodservice as well as exclusive access to trend information, insights and ideas to help them differentiate their menus and delight their diners. For more information on Neighborhood to Nation and the finalists, please visit www.NeighborhoodtoNation.com.

PHOTOS/General Mills

Accepting the grand prize; Pictured L to R are Bethany Quam, Vice President, President of General Mills Convenience & Foodservice; Andrea Matra and Beylka Krupp of Wobble Cafe; and Bruce Allen, Vice President of the Foodservice Operating Unit for General Mills Convenience & Foodservice

Beylka Krupp serving her winning dish--Shrimp Etouffe--to employees at General Mills today