The 2024 Sensational Sausage Culinary Competition

Colorado Pork Producers Council, in partnership with the country’s premiere culinary school, the Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, proudly present the winners of the 2024 Sensational Sausage Culinary Competition:

First Place – Charles Cherry with an Apple Gruyere Jalapeño Sausage

Second Place – Gregory Symins with a Hatch Christmas Sausage

Third Place – Janice Smith with a Sweet, Salty & Spicy Sausage

The competition was open to all active Escoffier students across the country in October and November of 2024. Contestants had the opportunity to compete virtually by submitting a personal one-of-a-kind pork sausage recipe. The top 3 winners above receive a cash prize and the first-place winner, Chef Charles Cherry, will have his winning recipe featured at H3SHER BBQ Co. located in Parkway Food Hall in Longmont, Colorado.