BATAVIA/Sauce Competition at first annual Italian Festival

VIDEO-Senior Chef Don Antinore(left) talks about how the sauce entrees were judged. Also pictured, Judges Jay Steinbrenner(middle) and Paul Figlow (right). Seven entries were taste tested at the first Italian Festival held on Saturday in the City of Batavia on Jackson/School and Center streets.
Papa Prinzi’s sauce was chosen as the first-place winner, Jay Gsell’s entry came in second, (right), and Lucie Ann Lafferty Griffis’ entry came in third place (provided photo)
Gsell says it was his first time competing in a sauce competition after making his family’s recipe “gravy” for 45 years. His sauce has a meat base.

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