Paula Deen & Bobby Deen

Miami Beach, FL – February 21, 2012 – Paula Deen and her two sons, Jamie & Bobby Deen kicked off South Beach Food & Wine Festival 2013 by hosting Moët Hennessy’s The Q. More than 40 of the top BBQ chefs from across the country grilled chicken, ribs, brisket and pork butts from Omaha Steaks with smoky side dishes. These fabulous BBQ dishes were paired with cocktail creations from the Moët Hennessy portfolio featuring Belvedere Vodka, Hennessy VS Cognac, Grand Marnier Liqueur and 10 Cane Rum.

Winners during the evening included Chef Todd English, who took home The Omaha Steaks Award for Culinary Excellence, and Chef Jonathan Waxman, who was crowned the Kingsford Charcoal King of Q. Judges Rocco DiSpirito, Pat & Gina Neely, and Omaha Steaks’ Todd Simon selected English’s steamed bun of hoisin glazed short rib and roasted 5 spice tenderloin with sweet and sour cucumber slaw, and Omaha Steaks has provided a $1,000 scholarship in English’s name to FIU. Chef Waxman impressed Kingsford Charcoal judges Aarón Sánchez and Marc Murphy with his whole roasted NY strip steak with tomato, arugula and salsa picante.

Bobby Deen, Paula Deen, & Moët Hennessy’s The Q Participating Chefs

Robert Irvine, Bobby Deen, Al Roker, Paula Deen, Jim Clerkin, & Lee Schrager

Al Roker, Michael Moran, Tim Love, & Jonathan Waxman

Robert Irvine & Al Roker

Al Roker & Paula Deen

Al Roker, Paula Deen, & Bobby Deen

Lee Schrager, Al Roker, Paula Deen, & Bobby Deen

Michael Groover & Paula Deen

Robert Irvine

Myron Mixon

Hedy Goldsmith

Edward Lee

Tim Love

Duskie Estes & John Stewart

Seamus Mullen

George Hirsch

Joe Realmuto

Kent Rathburn

April Bloomfield

Art Smith & Robert Irvine

Robert Irvine

Stephan Pyles

Mark Zeitouni

Paula DaSilva

John Rivers

Chris Lilly

Herb Karlitz, Marc Murphy, & Aaron Sanchez

Aaron Sanchez, Elizabeth Karmel, & Marc Murphy

Elizabeth Karmel

Peter Vauthy

Allen Susser

Myron Mixon

Rocco Dispirito, Todd Simon, Gina & Pat Neely, & Sunny Anderson

Natalie Morales & Savannah Guthrie

Juwan & Jenine Howard

Ana Quincoces

Ana Quincoces & Art Smith

Sunny Anderson, Michael Groover, Paula Deen, & Robert Irvine

Paula Deen & Robert Irvine

Al Roker

Natalie Morales & Savannah Guthrie

Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie, & Art Smith

Harold Dieterle

Jonathan Waxman

George Farge

Benjamin Ford

Al Roker

Geoffrey Zakarian & Margaret Zakarian

Geoffrey Zakarian

Paula Deen & Geoffrey Zakarian

Bobby Deen, Paula Deen, & Geoffrey Zakarian

Geoffrey Zakarian & Todd English

Jonathan Barnett

Hans Seitz & Kevin Kehoe

Yannis Janssens

David Funaro & Juwan Howard

David Funaro, Paula Deen, & Todd Simon

Ingrid Hoffman, Robert Irvine, & Al Roker

David Funaro & Robert Irvine

Robert Irvine

Paula Deen & Pat Neely

Chris Lilly, Todd English, Paula Deen, Gina & Pat Neely

Paula Deen

Michael Groover, Paula Deen, & Bobby Deen

Paula Deen, Todd Simon, & Bobby Deen

Jonathan Waxman & Paula Deen

Jonathan Waxman, Paula Deen, Todd Simon, Todd English, & Bobby Deen

Jonathan Waxman, Paula Deen, & Todd English

Jonathan Waxman