Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce Announced Great Westport Salad Contest

 The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce a new event for the Town and its residents, the Great Westport Salad Contest. This event is a follow up to the highly successful and embraced Pizza, Burger, Soup and Sandwich Contests run the last four years. 

On Monday March 1st at Noon, First Selectwoman Jen Tooker will proclaim the month of March as Westport Salad Month.  This announcement and the kick off of the event will take place at Granola Bar.  

The contest, to take place throughout the month of March, will have 20 salad making restaurants, delis and markets compete in eight different categories to be crowned Best Salad Maker in Westport. Judging will be done by the residents of the Town by voting on-line for each category. Furthermore, by voting, each participant is entered into a drawing to win a free salad from one of the eight winning restaurants. Over 5000 votes were cast in total during the last four contests. 

"This is a fun way for our community to interact, support our local restaurants, delis and markets and best of all get to eat lots of delicious salads," said Matthew Mandell, Executive Director of the Chamber about his newest event. "It's all about creating experiences and this will be a positive for everyone; businesses, residents and of course the Town as a whole.”  

The 22 competitors from across the town are:  A & S Fine Foods, Calise’s, Capuli, Don Memo, Granola Bar, Joe’s Pizza, Kawa Ni, La Plage, Manna Toast, Match Burger Lobster, Mystic Market, Organic Krush, Pane e Bene, Parker Mansion, Planet Pizza, Rizzuto’s, Romanacci, Spotted Horse, The Boathouse, The Whelk, Tutti’s and Winfield Street Deli. 

The eight categories are: Best Cobb Salad, Best Chef Salad, Best Caesar Salad, Best Deli Salad, Best Mediterranean Salad, Best Make Your Own Salad, Best Unique Salad and Best Greens Salad. 

Each Restaurant, Deli or Market can enter up to four categories, but can only win two at most.  

Residents have a month, beginning on March 1 and ending on March 31, to visit all the venues, enjoy the offerings, then go to the Chamber's Salad Contest web page to vote via cell phone or PC. As the community participates throughout the month the social media hash tag #greatwestportsalad may used in posts. The more pictures of people eating salad the better. 

Sponsoring the event again is Westport law firm Berchem Moses PC. "We are pleased to sponsor this event.  Not only is the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce an outstanding organization, but there is nothing better than a good salad," noted Berchem Moses PC Westport managing partner, Ira Bloom. "I hope to sample them all during the month."  

The winning restaurants, delis or markets, to be announced in April, will receive a plaque to commemorate their achievement. For more information and to access the voting pages, go to www.westportwestonchamber.com/salad .