The Cook’s Cabin Lowveld’s spicy wing challenge brought heat in various digestible forms to this town on National Women’s Day.
The event was hosted at Phat Boys Beer House. Locals brought along family and friends to watch the contestants compete, eating various levels of hot wings with locally produced sauces.
According to the organiser of the challenge and founder of Cook’s Cabin Lowveld, Gavin McMurray, the event was about promoting local products and businesses, and also bringing local people together on a public holiday. “All products used were produced locally, and I am encouraging the public to support local products. By supporting local businesses, it helps grow the local economy and creates employment,” he said.
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He also said the turnout was beyond his expectations, as the place was packed to capacity.
August, being Women’s Month, saw the females represented by Marietjie Blair, the only woman among the 16 contestants. Despite not winning, she showed that women can be equal contestants in any competition.
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To win, contestants had to eat wings with four different hot sauces ranging from mild to super hot; Mild, Double Burn, The Ghost Reaper and Butlah Assassin. Contestants had to finish every level of hot chilly wings to move to the second round, finally ending with the top four.
The first prize went to Stuart Graves, who received R1 000 cash and a Cook’s Cabin hamper. Quintin Hattingh took second place and won a hamper from Jissie Sussie. The third prize went to James van Dyke and the fourth to Jaco Swart, who also received hampers from Jissie Sussie.
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