KENNETT SQUARE — The following are the results of various events, contests and competitions from this past weekend’s Mushroom Festival, released Tuesday.
Official Results from the 29th Annual Mushroom Festival:
National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship
First Place Overall: Molly Schuyler with 11.5 pounds of fried mushrooms in 8 minutes, a new World Record!
Second Place Overall: Dave Brunelli with 8 pounds of fried mushrooms in 8 minutes.
Third Place Overall: Kevin Ambs with 5.5 pounds of fried mushrooms in 8 minutes.
Top Amateur Male: R. Edward Delacruz with 5.25 pounds of fried mushrooms in 8 minutes.
Top Amateur Female: Alexandra DelCollowith 2.25 pounds of mushrooms in 8 minutes.
Mushroom Judging: Menu Mate – Best of Show
2014 Soup and Wine Event:
Best Mushroom Soup in the Brandywine Valley: The Desmond Hotel
Best Red Wine: Galer Wineries
Best White Wine: Flickerwood
2014 Amateur Mushroom Appetizer Cook-Off:
Kathleen Harman, of Abbottsown, Pa. – Mushroom Taquitos
Mushroom Run/Walk
Overall Male First Place Results: Angel Rodriguez in 17:54
Overall Female First Results: Betsy Stewart in 21:38
Painted Mushroom Silent Auction Top Three Bids:
The Magic of the Mushroom by Margot Taylor, Molly Sanger, and Jacqueline Davis
A Swirl in the Sea by Mindy Kempista
Underwater by Kelinda Ganow
Painted Mushroom Online Viewers Choice Contest
First Place: A Swirl in the Sea, sponsored by Kennett Design
Second Place: Sunflowers, sponsored by The Woodlands at Phillips
Third Place: We are Family, sponsored by The Market at Liberty Place
Results of the Cute-As-A-Button contest will not be available until next week. It takes a long time to count all the “votes.”
