{"id":35317,"date":"2022-08-21T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=35317"},"modified":"2022-08-21T16:36:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:36:48","slug":"batavia-sauce-competition-at-first-annual-italian-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/batavia-sauce-competition-at-first-annual-italian-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Sauce Competition at first annual Italian Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sauce-contest-mp4.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><strong><em>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<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>at the first Italian Festival held on Saturday in the City of Batavia on Jackson\/School and Center streets.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-attachment-id=\"35320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/batavia-sauce-competition-at-first-annual-italian-festival\/received_464699925329879\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?fit=1472%2C828&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1472,828\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"received_464699925329879\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?resize=900%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/received_464699925329879.jpeg?w=1472&amp;ssl=1 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption><em style=\"\"><span><b>Papa Prinzi&#8217;s sauce was chosen as the first-place winner, Jay Gsell&#8217;s entry came in sec<\/b><\/span><b>ond, (right<\/b><\/em><strong><em>), and Lucie Ann Lafferty Griffis&#8217; entry came in third place (provided photo)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"35330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/batavia-sauce-competition-at-first-annual-italian-festival\/20220820_171721-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1288%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1288,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G991U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661015841&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0023&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20220820_171721-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?fit=515%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1.jpg?resize=515%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?resize=515%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?resize=151%2C300&amp;ssl=1 151w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1527&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?resize=773%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 773w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1030%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?resize=75%2C150&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171721-1-scaled.jpg?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"811\" data-attachment-id=\"35331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/batavia-sauce-competition-at-first-annual-italian-festival\/20220820_171740\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?fit=2146%2C1935&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2146,1935\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G991U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661015860&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0078&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20220820_171740\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?fit=900%2C811&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=900%2C811&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=1024%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=300%2C271&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=768%2C692&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=1536%2C1385&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=2048%2C1847&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?resize=150%2C135&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220820_171740.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption><em style=\"\"><span><b>Gsell says it was his first time competing in a sauce compe<\/b><\/span><b>tition after making his family&#8217;s recipe &#8220;gravy&#8221; 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His sauce has a meat base.  <\/b><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/batavia-sauce-competition-at-first-annual-italian-festival\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-9bD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12993,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/batavia-salute-to-38-years-the-pot-of-sauce-is-empty-the-home-fries-are-gone\/","url_meta":{"origin":35317,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Salute to 38 years, the pot of sauce is empty, the home fries are gone","author":"aka","date":"December 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A little before 2 o'clock New Year's Eve 2019, the \"We are closed\" sign went up on the front door at Salvania's on Jackson street. 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