Truck & Mortar Throwdown

5 teams of 2 chefs each battle for the title of Champion of the Truck and Mortar Throw-down! All to benefit local kids!

The "Secret Ingredients" are pork and honey, and each team of two chefs has to come up with 2 dishes, one sweet, and one savory to impress the celebrity judges and you. What will they come up with?

$45 includes 10 samples of delicious food (2 by each team), one beer and one coffee, and delicious holiday appetizers served by Whole Foods. Great tunes by DJ Jazzcat and the event will be MC'd by Mark S. Allen from Good Day Sacramento! Celebrity judges include Chris Macias (Sacramento Bee), Bethany Crouch (Fox40), and Chef Patrick Mulvaney.

The five Chef teams are:
1. Oliver Ridgeway/Grange and Robert Ramos/ Coast to Coast Sandwiches

2. Mike Thiemann/ Ella's and Chando/Chando’s Taco’s

3. Brian Mizner/Hook and Ladder and Donell Hendrix/Simply Southern Foods

4. Billy Ngo/Kru Restaurant and Davin Vculek/Krush Burger

5. Pedro Depina/Ettore’s and Andrew "Drewski"/Drewski’s Hot Rod Kitchen


Proceeds will go to the California Fire Foundation (The California Fire Foundation organizes special funds to provide emergency assistance and support to families and kids of fallen firefighters) and the Toys for Tots Foundation ( The mission of Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is to assist the U. S. Marine Corps in providing a tangible sign of hope to economically disadvantaged children at Christmas)