{"id":978,"date":"2016-04-14T15:14:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2016-04-14T15:24:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:24:48","slug":"taste-of-inverness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"Taste of Inverness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 9, 2016 at The Taste of Inverness charity event for Boys &#038; Girls!  I was honored to be asked to judge at this fabulous event!<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_971\" style=\"width: 4138px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-ready-to-judge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-971\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-ready-to-judge.jpg\" alt=\"We are ready to taste and judge\" width=\"4128\" height=\"2322\" class=\"size-full wp-image-971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-ready-to-judge.jpg 4128w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-ready-to-judge-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-ready-to-judge-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-ready-to-judge-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4128px) 100vw, 4128px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are ready to taste and judge<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThis event had 23 vendors, a large tent full of art a band on a beautiful Lake.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-event-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of Inverness event\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-event-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-event-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-event-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-event-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-event-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness event 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-event-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-event-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-event-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-vendors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-vendors-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of Inverness vendors\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-vendors-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-vendors-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-vendors-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>41 entries 10 categories, from Ethnic foods to BBQ, to Fine dining, to food truck catering, to pizza, to dessert you name it we tasted them all.  Fabulous food well deserved recognitions and well the city of Inverness is a tight community with super friendly people!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-ethnic-dish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-ethnic-dish-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness ethnic dish\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-ethnic-dish-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-ethnic-dish-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-ethnic-dish-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness food truck catering\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/taste-of-Inverness-judging-seriously.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/taste-of-Inverness-judging-seriously.jpg\" alt=\"taste of Inverness judging seriously\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/taste-of-Inverness-judging-seriously.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/taste-of-Inverness-judging-seriously-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-fine-dining.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-fine-dining-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of Inverness fine dining\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-fine-dining-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-fine-dining-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-fine-dining-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-fine-dining-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-fine-dining-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness fine dining 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-fine-dining-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-fine-dining-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-fine-dining-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-bar-food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-bar-food-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness bar food\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-bar-food-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-bar-food-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-bar-food-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness food truck catering 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-food-truck-catering-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-dessert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-dessert-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taste of inverness dessert\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-dessert-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-dessert-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-inverness-dessert-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to judge again next year!  If you are local please go to this event it&#8217;s well worth it and tons of fun for a good cause.  Got to love it..<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-certificate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-certificate-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"taste of Inverness certificate\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-certificate-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-certificate-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/taste-of-Inverness-certificate-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of Awards for best dishes..<\/p>\n<p>2016 Taste of Inverness Judges Scores<br \/>\nOut of 90 possible points<\/p>\n<p>Ethnic<br \/>\n\u2022\tLa Cantina de Mexico: 69<br \/>\n\u2022\tFox Den: 65<\/p>\n<p>Seafood<br \/>\n\u2022\tArbor Trails Seasonal Food Truck: 78<br \/>\n\u2022\tFox Den: 75<\/p>\n<p>Catering \/ Foodservice<br \/>\n\u2022\tBlazin&#8217; 7s: 64<br \/>\n\u2022\tInverness Club Apt: 59<\/p>\n<p>Fine Dining<br \/>\n\u2022\tMcLeod House Bistro: 85<br \/>\n\u2022\tChefs of Napoli: 72 <\/p>\n<p>Pizza<br \/>\n\u2022\tPapa Johns: 78<br \/>\n\u2022\tDomino&#8217;s: 74<br \/>\n\u2022\tChefs of Napoli: 49<\/p>\n<p>Sandwich<br \/>\n\u2022\tIce Cream DR: 79<br \/>\n\u2022\tSonny&#8217;s: 72<br \/>\n\u2022\tGreen Valley: 66<br \/>\n\u2022\tJoe&#8217;s Family: 66<br \/>\n\u2022\tPine Street Pub: 60<br \/>\n\u2022\tOlive Garden: 59<br \/>\n\u2022\tBrooklyn Deli: 59<br \/>\n\u2022\tSubway: 40<\/p>\n<p>Barbecue<br \/>\n\u2022\tBlazin 7s: 89<br \/>\n\u2022\tArbor Trails: 88<br \/>\n\u2022\tIce Cream DR: 71<br \/>\n\u2022\tSonny&#8217;s BBQ: 60<\/p>\n<p>Casual Dining<br \/>\n\u2022\tBlazin 7s: 83<br \/>\n\u2022\tIce Cream DR: 76<br \/>\n\u2022\tPine Street: 66<br \/>\n\u2022\tOlive Garden: 59<br \/>\n\u2022\tBrooklyn Deli: 50<br \/>\n\u2022\tLa Cantina: no entry<\/p>\n<p>Appetizer<br \/>\n\u2022\tChefs of Napoli: 87<br \/>\n\u2022\tMcLeod House: 86<br \/>\n\u2022\tBig Lukes Taco Truck: 71<br \/>\n\u2022\tDomino&#8217;s: 53<br \/>\n\u2022\tInverness Club Apt: 47<br \/>\n\u2022\tSonny&#8217;s: 68<\/p>\n<p>Dessert<br \/>\n\u2022\tMcleod House: 90<br \/>\n\u2022\tNicole House of Cakes: 88<br \/>\n\u2022\tLynn&#8217;s Ice Cream: 86<br \/>\n\u2022\tPine Street: 84<br \/>\n\u2022\tJoe&#8217;s: 66<br \/>\n\u2022\tKooky&#8217;s by Connie: 60<br \/>\n\u2022\tLa Cantina: 58<\/p>\n<p>Meet Our Event Partners<br \/>\nNews Releases<br \/>\nEvent Vendors<br \/>\nSt Patricks Festival<br \/>\nInverness Big Bass Classic<br \/>\nTaste of Inverness<br \/>\nPatriotic Evening<br \/>\nGreat American Cooter Festival<br \/>\nFestival of the Arts<br \/>\nInverness Grand Prix<br \/>\nDecember Holiday Festivities<br \/>\nFriday Night Thunder<br \/>\nReport a Concern<br \/>\nStay Notified<br \/>\nOnline Bill Pay<br \/>\nContact Us<br \/>\ntopbkgNewHP<br \/>\nCity of Inverness | 212 W. 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