NEW YORK _ Suffolk County Police Officer Brett Engmann came to Atria Senior Living in Bay Shore hoping a chorizo-stuffed poblano pepper would be good enough to win his second consecutive cooking crown in the fourth annual event.
He was up against Atria's national culinary specialist, Montez Crawford, who prepared a chorizo and pimento cheese-stuffed sweet pepper that he served with a chimichurri marinated chicken breast atop a bed of balsamic, thyme grilled peppers.
Atria's Bay Shore location began hosting a yearly cook-off in July 2016. Executive director Joanne Albanese said many of their locations, in 27 states and Canada, host culinary showdowns each July in celebration of National Culinary Arts month.
