Jerk Chicken with Sauce, Cabbage, Rice and Peas from Taste of Jamaica, which won second place at the NC Food Truck State Championship in Randleman on June 19.
Devil noodles and Crazy Fire noodles from Drunken Noodles, which won first place at the NC Food Truck State Championship.
A salad wrapped in raw plantain from Taste of Jamaica, which won second place in the NC Food Truck State Championship.
Pastrami Sub, Fried Cauliflower with Tahini Sauce and Radish Salad, from Ghassan’s, which took third place in the NC Food Truck State Championship.
Homemade chili garlic oil from Drunken Noodles, which won first place in the NC State Food Truck Championship.
A Winston-Salem food truck took second place on Saturday, June 19 at the annual NC Food Truck State Championship held in Randleman.
The town of Randleman sponsors the competition as part of a municipal festival every June – but canceled last year due to the coronavirus.
Taste of Jamaica took second with their plate of jerk chicken with cabbage, rice and peas, as well as a creative cold salad wrapped in a raw plantain banana. Taste of Jamaica is owned by Sonia Beckford, originally from Jamaica, who lives in Winston-Salem.
The first place went to the food truck Drunken Noodles, based in Durham. Drunken Noodles, which sells authentic Thai food, won two fiery dishes – “devil” noodles and “crazy fire” noodles – incorporating their homemade chili garlic oil.
Ghassan’s – the food-truck arm of Ghassan’s Fresh Mediterranean Eats restaurant in Greensboro – took third place with fried cauliflower in tahini sauce, a radish salad and a pastrami-based pastrami sub made by Freirich Foods in Salisbury.
Food journalist Michael Hastings was one of the contest judges, along with food writers Heidi Billotto, Carl Wilson and John Batchelor; Alexa Modderno, potter and co-owner of The General Wine and Brew at Seagrove; and Vanessa Beaver Williams, a veteran restaurateur and native of Randleman.
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