{"id":97964,"date":"2020-01-28T16:19:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T21:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=97964"},"modified":"2020-01-28T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T21:19:31","slug":"bethlehem-area-vocational-technical-school-defends-title-as-souper-bowl-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=97964","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School Defends Title as Souper Bowl Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image:\u00a0Past Souper Bowl photo taken by Emily Cummins<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA &#8211; Twenty-one teams served up a tough competition at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1580306695614000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEnKHFU7BVcGHq-7I9ny-WbUtohdA\">ArtsQuest&#8217;s<\/a> 11th annual Souper Bowl, presented by Burkholder\u2019s Heating &amp; Air Conditioning. The culinary contest drew 500 attendees to the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9 in Bethlehem on Jan. 25, and for the second year in a row the culinary arts students from the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School were declared Souper Bowl champions &#8211; this year for their mouth-watering Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Soup. The 2020 culinary competition and fundraiser raised more than $20,000 for the Arts Education Fund for ArtsQuest, the nonprofit that presents Musikfest, Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem and programs at the Banana Factory Arts Center and SteelStacks.<\/p>\n<p>The first runner-up for Souper Bowl Champion was Joe\u2019s Tavern for its Almond Broccoli Chicken Soup, while Southside 313 Bar &amp; Grille took second runner-up for its Pickletini Bisque.<\/p>\n<p>The Souper Bowl Judging panel also named several category winners:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Cream-Based \u2013 <\/strong>Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School, Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Soup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Ethnic \u2013 <\/strong>Forks Mediterranean Deli, Mjadara (Lentil with rice and caramelized onions) Soup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Meat-Based \u2013 <\/strong>Estelle&#8217;s Catering, Chicken Tortilla Soup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Seafood-Based<\/strong> &#8211; Emeril&#8217;s Fish House, Corn &amp; Crab Chowder<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Vegetarian<\/strong> \u2013 Cathy&#8217;s Creative Catering and Caf\u00e9, Blueberry Pear Cobbler Soup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Original<\/strong> \u2013 The View at Morgan Hill, Beets and Cream Soup<\/p>\n<p>Judges for Souper Bowl XI were Vicki Doul\u00e9, Michael Faccinetto and Richard Liu of the ArtsQuest Circle; George Wacker of Lehigh Valley with Love Media LLC; Dave Wieder, Vice President of Burkholder\u2019s Heating &amp; Air Conditioning, and Pam Anderson, <em>New York Times<\/em> best-selling cookbook author and Director of Copper House Events.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to MacIntosh Services for supporting this year\u2019s contest. Souper Bowl XII is set for Jan. 30, 2021. Tickets for the event will go on sale later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/enlight10.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}