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WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs.12 Bones Smokehouse

Issue: 
April 2012
Photographs by: 
Camilla Calnan
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
Chef Chad Gibson, center, with his 12 Bones team
Seared strip, grilled ramps, potato puree, and red wine jus by Fig Bistro
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs.12 Bones Smokehouse
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
Chef Gibson of 12 Bones Smokehouse plates sweet onion-bourbon gelato with apple-smoked bacon brittle
Chef Thomas Ward, right, with his Fig Bistro team
The Fig team plates butter-poached shrimp with spring onion confit, Tasso ham, and polenta
12 Bones' sunflower and sweet onion encrusted haddock with ricotta gnocchi, carmelized roasted spring onion, and ramp vin-blanc
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
Kimberly Walker and Katie Hild tally the scores
Team Fig Bistro during round 3 of the WNC Chefs Challenge
Butter-poached shrimp, spring onion confit, tasso ham, and polenta by Fig Bistro
Jed Drew, James Fisher, Jason Dailey, and Katie Hild from WNC Magazine
Team Fig Bistro during round 3 of the WNC Chefs Challenge
Team 12 Bones during round 3 of the WNC Chefs Challenge
Asparagus salad, pickled ramps, crispy salami, and flatbread crouton by Fig Bistro
Team 12 Bones during round 3 of the WNC Chefs Challenge
Chef Ward congratulates Chef Gibson (right)
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
Chef Gibson of 12 Bones Smokehouse sends potatoes into the oven.
Tommy Ward, right, with his Fig Bistro team
Grilled ramp and fingerling potato salad with hard-boiled egg and shitake, country ham, and sherry vinaigrette by 12 Bones Smokehouse
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
Asheville Wine and Food Festival founder Bob Bowles takes questions from diners
Chef Gibson answer diners questions after the meal.
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
WNC Chefs Challenge Round 3: Fig Bistro vs. 12 Bones Smokehouse
A diner checks out the aroma of a ramp