Colorado Farm to Fork competition produces mouth-watering winners

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Chef Klaus Krebs and Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, with their Best in Show tomato salad dish.

One of the most talked about events at the Capitol has become the Colorado Farm to Fork cooking competition, where the Colorado Agriculture Council teams up with the American Culinary Federation Colorado Chefs Association to celebrate Colorado Agriculture Day with amazing dishes.

Here are the winners of this year’s event:

Best All Around
MozzarAngela Salad, with Chef Klaus Krebs, Michelle Persusek with Western Dairy Association and Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo.

First place
Lamb with Red Pepper Aioli, Chef Bob Halloway, Bonnie Brown with Colorado Wool Growers Association, Sen. Mary Hodge, D-Brighton.

Second place
Braised Short Ribs, Chef Jason Morse, Terry Frankhauser with Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar

Third place
Colorado Potato and Green Chilies Au Gratin, Chef Chris Puter, Jim Ehrlich with Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, Sen. Larry Crowder, R-Alamosa, and Rep. Ed Vigil, D-Fort Garland.

Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post

Colorado ag czar John Salazar serves up some of his award-winning beef short ribs to Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia.