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2012 ILBBQF  : June 29-July 1st  Mark your Calendars !!

Peter Sidwell

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:30

Click on photo above to get images of the 2011 ILBBQF

(Click Here for Schedule)

World Champion Pit Master Myron Mixon, a Georgia native, is one of the most decorated BBQ competitors in the world and is thechief cook of Jack’s Old South BBQ Team. An eight-time Memphis In May Team of the Year winner, Mixon has amassed more 180 grand championships, 11 national championships and over 30 state champion titles.

Mixon has recently starred in the hit reality show "BBQ Pit Masters” on the TLC Network and also "The Ultimate BBQ Showdown" on CBS. In addition to cooking competitively, Mixon operates Jack’s Old South cooking school in Unadilla, Georgia and markets barbecue sauces andrubs along with his signature line of BBQ smokers available at www.jacksoldsouth.com.

Myron will be on hand Friday, July 1, from 6-7:30 PM at the Courtyard Marriott, Route 73 in Lake Placid. He will meet and greet the public and also sign his new cookbook "Smokin’ with Myron Mixon", which has been recently featured on both Good Morning America and TheToday Show.

A cooking demo featuring Myron will be held at the BBQ Festival on Saturday, July 2, at 2:00 PM with a meet and greet immediately afterward.

Peter Sidwell has been a chef for 17 years, graduating from Beverley College in Yorkshire, before going on to work in several of the very best hotels in York and learning his trade. He then went on to travel around Europe enjoying cooking his way around the continent.  The bright lights of the big city were tempting for a while, but having furthered his training on the London restaurant scene, he decided that he’d like to get back to his roots to work on a passion of his; baking. Peter joined a local bakery near York for several years, refining his skills and learning how to make great bread and work with pastry. He followed that by moving into corporate catering for an international bank, where his remit included cooking for their private functions, training other chefs and creating food offerings in all sorts of places. Finally, having spent more time in a business suit than in his chef’s whites, he decided to go it alone; a life changing decision and the beginning of Good Taste!

In 2007 Peter started writing “Simply Good Taste”, his first book.  He published it himself and sold over 4000 copies in the first year. Following that success Simon & Schuster snapped the book up and they released “Simply Good Taste” on a national level in April 2009.  Peter followed up the first book with a bespoke bread machine cookery book “Simply Good Bread” for Panasonic and Carr’s flour. This was a great marketing success for Panasonic and he  is now working on three new books set for publication over the next 2 years; SIMPLY GOOD: PASTA; SIMPLY GOOD: BREAD and SIMPLY GOOD: FAMILY FOOD as well as an E book for the iPhone and iPad.

LAKES ON A PLATE Peter’s first TV series is currently being filmed by Liberty Bell and is set for broadcast on Channel 4 from 6th September 2010.

Sidwell is now in pre-production for his second TV series. He is coming specifically to Lake Placid to be a celebrity judge at the event for the I Love BBQ Junior World Championships.

Krusher Stunt Team

2:00pm: Krusher Stunt Team training on the oval http://www.jaggerco.com/anglais/main_ang.htm

Presented by Jaggerco http://www.jaggerco.com/anglais/main_ang.htm

The I Love Barbeque  & Music Festival (ILBBQF) is just $6 per person/per day, while admission for children under 10 is free. The $6 includes entry in to the event, live music, the Krusher Stunt Team show, participation and sampling in the Top chef competition, which includes a 45 minute cooking demonstration and food sampling) plus the opportunity meet the barbeque competitors . All proceeds from the ILBBQF benefit the Shipman Youth Center of Lake Placid, a not for profit organization.

2011 Categories:

High Peaks Ford Midnight Grilling Bash (Click here for rules and info)
Beef Steak - Chicken - Fatty - Pizza - Overall
KCBS (Click here for rules  and info)
Brisket- Chicken- Pork - Ribs - Overall
ILBJWC (Click here for rules and info)
Chicken - Ribs - Steak- Dessert - Overall
ILBJWC - Youth Division  (Click here for rules and info)
Chicken - Ribs - Steak- Dessert - Overall
Desperados Barbecue and Hot Sauce Competition (Click here for rules and info)

The Best Ribs on the East  - (Click here for rules and info)
In memory of Mike Grudzinskas - Who we will miss forever.
The Best Ribs on the East, open for general public only on July 3rd from 1:00-3:00 pm. Purchase 2 rib for $3 from as many barbecue teams as possible, enjoy andlater choose the winner (People's Choice Award). Fantastic show "Do Not miss out to Pig out"