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Are you proud of the salsa you make in your restaurant? Then put your salsa recipe to the test and enter the el Restaurante Sassiest Salsa Contest sponsored by Sammic!
Entering the contest is easy, and the prizes make it totally worth it: The creator of the first place recipe will receive a Sammic XM-52 Immersion Blender, the ultimate tool for mixing salsa! And the top three winners will get a cash prize: $750, $500 and $250, respectively. To top it off, all of the winning recipes will be used in our Recipe of the Week email program and be published in the Nov/Dec edition of el Restaurante.
To enter the contest, click here and complete the form. The deadline is August 30, 2025. Your recipe needs to be an original creation, and remember that we’ll publish the winners, so don’t send us a recipe that you’re trying to keep secret. The recipes will be judged by experienced chefs and the winners will be announced in September.
Last year’s winners were particularly innovative. First place was Salsa Macha Negra by Chef Nick Belloni at Comedor in Austin. It is a powerful combination of chiles, seeds and garlic that pairs especially well with grilled vegetables. The second place winner was Salsa Medianoche by Justin Ward, director of culinary for Mad Dogs Restaurant Group, the parent of Casa Catrina in San Antonio. Ward’s recipe is loaded with chiles and garlic, offset by a bit of piloncillo and two cups of Negro Modelo beer. Third place was claimed by Passion Fruit Salsa Verde with Cotija by Darryl Holliday, executive director of the Arkansas Food Innovation Center at Market Center of the Ozarks. His recipe is distinguished by the addition of passionfruit and cotija. Click here to read about last year’s winners.
“We know how important great salsa is to a Mexican restaurant, and we are happy to continue supporting a contest that encourages chefs to create new salsa recipes,” says Neal Pearlman, sales director, North America, for Sammic, which also sponsored the contest in 2024. “And we know that Sammic immersion blenders are an essential tool for restaurants making their own salsa, so offering them as prizes for this contest made sense.”
To enter the contest, click here and complete the form. Good luck!
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