If you like ice cream, you’ll appreciate the Ice Cream Churn-a-ment, a friendly competition sponsored by the Dairy Farmers of Oregon. This year’s event is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. July 12 at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. The event is free to the public.
Six chefs and their teams will compete in the event, while dairy lovers of all ages can sample some of the 22 million gallons of ice cream produced in Oregon every year.Lochmead Farms, Umpqua Dairy and Sunshine Dairy Foods will provide free ice cream samples and New Seasons Market will prepare free ice cream floats, while supplies last.
The chefs will work in teams using wooden, hand-crank ice cream churns.The judges will select two winners. One award will be given for best taste, the other to the team that hand cranks its ice cream the fastest.
The chefs are Jason French of Ned Ludd; Clare Gordon of Ava Gene’s; Sarah Pliner, Jasper Shen and Kat Whitehead of Aviary; Alissa Rozos of St. Jack; Chad Draizin of 50 Licks; and Johanna Ware of Smallwares. PD
—From Dairy Farmers of Oregon news release
