Four students from greater Greer schools are finalists for Euphoria’s Healthy Lunchtime Throwdown.
The finalists, age, school and their recipes:
Brian Timmons gets a special salute from GreerToday.com and HereInGreer for winning a nationwide Fuddruckers contest – Fudd’s Choice.
Timmons, director of catering for Fuddruckers Upstate, submitted a burger to be selected as a new menu item. Timmons submitted his recipe, the sriracha pimento cheese and bacon burger, and was selected as the top winner.
Former Columbia Blue Marlin Chef Brian Dukes has been named the Director of Culinary for Fatz Southern Kitchen.
Dukes will be based in the chain’s Taylors headquarters and direct culinary operations in its 45 locations across the Southeast. Dukes, from Knoxville, Tenn., graduated Johnson and Wales University and holds strong family ties to South Carolina. His career has taken him to the San Juan Islands, Virginia, the Pacific Northwest and New York City, where he worked in the kitchen of Alain Ducasse.
The Teavana retail store at Haywood Mall will be closing.
Starbucks announced it will shutter all 379 Teavana retail stores over the coming year, with most being closed by spring 2018.
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