After winning the “Tampa Bay Food Fight” title in 2025, a team of chefs from St. Petersburg will try to repeat on home turf this week. Allelo’s Nick Ocando captains a side featuring some of the most creative minds in the ‘Burg including Tim Lentsch from Juno and the Peacock, plus Chris Astrip of the Black Pearl in Dunedin.
Leading Team Tampa in 2026 is Taro Larrea from the new Sapphire supper club who’ll have cooks like Felicia Lacalle of Quiote Tequilaria and Noble Crust’s Fernando Sanchez at his side.
They’ll be judged by a five-person panel that includes celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian and his daughter, Anna, during this sampling event and party. Proceeds from the evening go towards Metropolitan Ministries Hunger Relief Network…