Food & Dining 
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sketches from chefs of plates
sketches from chefs of plates
Chef Avery Richter and Pastry Chef Ashley Small of Black Tie Co. in Portland won the 2019 breakfast cook-off with their breakfast balsamic cream puff with gruyere and smoked bacon.
Chef Tim Labonte of BlueFin (formerly Eve’s) in Portland won the 2018 breakfast cook-off with his Lobstah Hash with chervil-infused mascarpone, root vegetable and corn hash, and sunny-side-up quail egg.
Chef Brian Anderson of Congress Squared in Portland won the 2017 cook-off with his bacon, egg and cheese breakfast bao.
Chef Isaac Aldrich won the Incredible Breakfast Cook-off in 2016 with this Maine lobster breakfast taco.
Chefs Lee Skawinski and Mitchell Ryan of Vignola Cinque Terre in Portland won the cook-off in 2015 with their smoked brisket hash patties with scrambled eggs and pea shoots, Italian cheese fonduta and salsa verde.
Tim Labonte, chef at Eve's at the Garden in the Portland Harbor Hotel, won the 2014 breakfast cook-off with his bacon, egg and cheese waffle.
Jeff Landry of The Farmer's Table tied for first place in 2013 with his sweet potato corned beef hash, sunny-side up quail egg and Hollandaise sauce.
The crème brûlée French toast from the Good Table in Cape Elizabeth won the Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off the first three years of the competition and tied for first in the fourth year.
