Aetna and Bobby Flay to Crown Healthiest Chef at the Aetna Healthy Food FightSM Contest Finale
December 01 2011 - 11:02AM
Business Wire
With the holiday season underway, many people will be looking
for ways to eat healthy while enjoying holiday festivities and
avoiding the unhealthy eating options available at almost every
family gathering and office party. Later this week, Aetna (NYSE:
AET) will be recognizing the value of creating nutritious and
delicious meals by crowning the winner of The Aetna Healthy Food
Fight contest.
The final event of the national cooking contest will take place
on Friday, December 2 at ABC Studios in Times Square. Bobby Flay
will be one of the judges at this event, which will feature the
four winners of The Aetna Healthy Food Fight regional semi-final
cook-offs preparing their award-winning dishes and competing for
the grand prize of $10,000 worth of groceries from Recipe.com.
“The Aetna Healthy Food Fight contest has not only been a great
nationwide competition, it has also helped encourage tens of
thousands of people to incorporate healthy cooking and eating into
their everyday lives,” said Bobby Flay, critically acclaimed
chef/restaurateur, cookbook author and TV personality. “I am
looking forward to serving as a judge for the finale and helping
Aetna and a panel of expert judges determine the healthiest chef
and winner of The Aetna Healthy Food Fight.”
In addition to announcing the winner of the national cooking
contest, Aetna will also recognize the “fan favorite” who received
the most votes through The Healthy Food Fight website. The “fan
favorite” will then have the opportunity to donate $10,000 to a
charity that incorporates healthy cooking and nutrition into their
overall mission.
While the competition will be taking place inside ABC Studios,
people walking through Times Square will have an opportunity to
participate in the finale also. Five individuals who text “HEALTHY’
to 90822 between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm on the day of the finale will
be chosen by random drawing and allowed into the finale to meet
Bobby Flay. The winners will be notified shortly after the contest
ends and will have the chance to bring a guest to meet Bobby Flay
before the event concludes at 2 pm.
In addition, people in the area can have their photo taken and
featured on the ABC “Super Sign” outside of ABC Studios.
The Finalists
The finalists for The Aetna Healthy Food Fight finale are:
- Mary Edwards from Long Beach,
California, who won the regional semi-final at the Los Angeles
County Fair with a Salmon Pozole recipe. If Edwards is named
the “fan favorite,” she will be donating the money to GrowingGreat,
a grassroots nonprofit that inspires children and adults to adopt
healthy eating habits through innovative, parent-led school garden
and nutrition education programs.
- Lindsey Cook from Dallas, Texas, who
won the regional semi-final at the State Fair of Texas with
a Quinoa Stuffed Bell Pepper recipe. If Cook is named the “fan
favorite,” she will be donating the money to Deep Ellum Urban
Garden, a project run and supported by the Deep Ellum Community
Association and the Deep Ellum Foundation. The groups’ mission is
to help Dallas residents grow food for themselves, increase their
healthy activity, get to know their neighbors, learn from each
other, and create a productive and beautiful common.
- Merry Graham from Newhall, California,
who won the regional semi-final at the Taste of Atlanta with
a Black Bean and Sweet Potato Porridge with Jicama Pico de
Gallo recipe. If Graham is named the “fan favorite,” she will be
donating the money to the Whole Kids Foundation, whose mission is
to improve children's nutrition and wellness with the goal of
ending the childhood obesity epidemic.
- Rob Tu from Solon, Ohio, who won the
regional semi-final at the Peddler’s Village Apple Festival in
Lahaska, Pennsylvania with a Pan-Seared Salmon with Vegetable
Couscous, Mango Salsa and Tomato Salad recipe. If Tu is named the
“fan favorite,” he will be donating the money to the American
Diabetes Association, which works to prevent and cure diabetes and
to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes, including
providing nutritional tips and information.
About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care
benefits companies, serving approximately 36.3 million people with
information and resources to help them make better informed
decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of
traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance
products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental,
behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical
management capabilities and health care management services for
Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals,
college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans,
governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and
expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.
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