FIRST PLACE
Team iHeart Media
Team iHeart Media
Bourbon
Street
Engine 10 Ladder 10, Manhattan
Ardyn
Ladder 119, Brooklyn
Pig
Beach
American Cut Steakhouse
Engine 314, Queens
The Rainbow
Room
Engine 92,
The Bronx
Kirstin Cole is a reporter and anchor for the PIX 11 Morning News. The four-time Emmy Award Winner rejoined the station in 2011, having worked there during the original launch of the morning news in 2000-2001. In between, she was the consumer investigative reporter and anchor at WCBS-TV for ten years and substituted as an anchor on the CBS Morning News.
Dan Mannarino is the morning anchor for the PIX11 Morning news weekdays from 6am to 9am. The twelve-time Emmy Award winner has been at PIX11 for nine years and is thrilled to be joining the panel of judges for the Iron Skillet cookoff. Dan is an avid food lover and amateur chef in his own kitchen. He is a co-founding director of the Circle Up Foundation, supporting the developmentally delayed community and has been a volunteer for Camp New Day for eighteen years.
After a successful 11-year career in the Big Leagues, Jim Leyritz has channeled his passion and commitment for helping others into raising money and awareness for numerous charitable organizations. With a deep-rooted connection to New York, Jim is involved in myriad of causes and particularly enjoys working with charities dedicated to helping children and at-risk youth.
He can currently be seen in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway where he is standby for Genie, Babkak and the Sultan. He is from Nashville, TN. Favorite credits include Tour: Dreamgirls and Sister Act. Regional: Shrek and Tarzan at Arizona Broadway Theatre, Hairspray at ACCC and many others. Bachelor of Music (Belmont University). When not in Aladdin Deonté can be found in concerts throughout the city. Deonté released is debut solo Album “Love, Essential (Live in New York)” January 2019 and is available everywhere music is sold.
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Former offensive guard of the Washington Redskins (1986-87), Thomas Huff, will be returning as a judge of the Iron Skillet® Cook Off. A graduate of Kean University in New Jersey, he is currently a business partner with BSB Construction and MAPEI Americas. He is a member of the NFL Alumni Association, and is a well-known NFL Players Association Guest Speaker (1986-2017). His days on the offensive line taught him that nothing can get in your way when victory hangs in the balance.
Master Mixologist Davina Thomasula will be shaking up Tito’s Handmade Vodka signature Iron Skillet Cook Off cocktail “Mule it Over”
Davina Thomasula is a classically trained chef, awarding-winning mixologist, and creator of Forknplate.com.
Chef Vincenzo Garofalo of Senso Unico serves up Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout Tiramisu as this years exclusive dessert!
Chef Garofalo mastered the art of cooking in Italy and further developed his talent at Sirio Ristorante in The Pierre Hotel and Le Cirque. He has cooked for celebrities such as Andrea Bocelli and legendary Chef Gualtiero Marchesi.