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Select Registry's Inn-Credible Breakfast Cook-Off

This year, Select Registry sponsored its first-ever "Inn-Credible Breakfast Cook-Off" - A national culinary competition, designed to recognize the best "Inn" breakfast in North America. The competition was created as a marketing and media outreach tool and to celebrate and recognize the best culinary talent and creativity of our members, who—whether they are full-service or bed and breakfast, large or small, urban or country—share "inn-credible" hospitality and wonderful breakfast offerings for their guests.

Watch a 4-minute video highlighting the Inn-Credible Breakfast Cook-Off competition.

More than 100 breakfast recipes were submitted by innkeepers from throughout the Select Registry membership, and five finalists were chosen to compete at the Select Registry Annual Meeting, on May 7, 2007. The finalist teams, which consisted of the innkeeper and/or chef from the member properties, competed for the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

Though each recipe was unique and original, the one ingredient in common was Eggland's Best eggs. "We are thrilled to be part of Select Registry's 'Inn-Credible Breakfast Cook-Off,' said Charles T. Lanktree, president and CEO of Eggland's Best, Inc. "The great taste and superb nutritional attributes of our eggs truly make a difference in breakfast recipes and for any occasion that calls for eggs."

Competition entries were judged and chosen by an esteemed judges panel with superlative culinary backgrounds on the following criteria: Flavors, taste, creativity and presentation.

Finalists include:

Gold Medal Winner*
Smoked Mountain Trout Cakes

Submitted by Michael Attkinson and Michele Briggs at the Inn on Church Street in Hendersonville, NC
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Silver Medal Winner
Smoked Salmon Crepe Purse with Cream Cheese Dill Mousse and Fennel Oil
Submitted by Peter O'Keefe and Jordan Rich of the Casa Laguna Inn & Spa in Laguna Beach, CA
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Bronze Medal Winner
AM Meets PM

Submitted by Eric H. Andersen at the Inn on the Twenty in Jordan, ON
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Peach French Toast Panini with Prosciutto Di Parma
Submitted by Rosemary Chiariello of the Gateways Inn & La Terrazza Restaurant in Lenox, MA
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Italian Open-Faced Omelet Sandwich
Submitted by Dion Block at The Goldmoor Inn in Galena, IL
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* Michael Attkinson and Michele Briggs at the Inn on Church Street in Hendersonville, NC, took the gold with their Smoked Mountain Trout Cakes recipe, and were a awarded the Grand Prize, a C3 Turbochef oven.

Winners for Best Inn Breakfast "Side Dish" Announced

Select Registry: Distinguished Inns of North America has announced the winners of the side dish category ("Select Recognition") of it's first-ever culinary competition, "The Inn-Credible Breakfast Cook-Off," designed to recognize the best "Inn" breakfast in America. The following are among the short list of winners out of dozens of entries for the "Select Recognition" category in this competition.

The Select Recognition category was designed to recognize the best original recipes for a side dish or beverage, such as baked goods, fruit dishes or smoothies.

Winners include, in no particular order:

Cinnamon Rolls
Submitted by Canyon Villa Bed and Breakfast Inn in Sedona, AZ
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Guiltless Almond Cheesecake
Submitted by Fox 'N' Hound Bed and Breakfast in Saratoga Springs, NY
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Hickory Dickory Bosc
Submitted by Hawthorne Inn in Concord, MA
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Tropical Fruit & Granola Parfait with Mango Yogurt
Submitted by Herr Tavern & Publick House in Gettysburg, PA
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Birdseed Multi-Grain Bread
Submitted by The Settlers Inn in Hawley, PA
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