The SOUPer Bowl Committee of the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce turned this premiere foodie event into a safe and fun contest – in people’s homes! SOUPer Bowl XVI took place on February 4, 2023.
Local restaurants donated their best soups to the event. But instead of a large gathering, people went to the Chamber’s website, pwcoc.org, and signed up to be a taster. The soup reservations were sold out for the third year in a row! On SOUPer Bowl Saturday, each person who signed up went to the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, drove to the kitchen door and was given a reusable tote bag full of 6-ounce portions of the soups to take home. They then heated and tasted the soups and voted online for their favorites. Kids voted for their favorite soup, too, to determine the Kids Choice.
The votes were tallied and this year the SOUPer Bowl Champs are:
People’s Choice: Wild Honey for their Chicken Gumbo with Steamed Rice Soup
Kids’ Choice: Sullivan’s Quay for their Potato Leek Soup
All the community-spirited restaurants received raves from the tasters for their delicious, tasty soups and they are sure to be selling a lot of them in the coming weeks. The others are:
Ayhan’s Mediterranean Marketplace
Ayhan’s Shish Kebab
Cactus Café
Carlo’s Pizza
Finn MacCool’s
Margarita’s Café
Port Washington Diner
Toscanini
Yummy Gyro
Chamber president Debbie Greco Cohen said they are very grateful to the sponsors who support our community and make this event possible. They are:
COMMISSIONERS – Bayside Tax & Wealth, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, DMB Matrimonial & Family Law, Northern Boulevard Collision and Paul’s Auto Repair
HEAD COACHES- Alexis Siegel & Amy Rosenberg – The A Team at Douglas Elliman RE, Anton Community Newspapers, Blank Slate Media, Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington, Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, Phyllis Realmuto – Daniel Gale Sotheby’s and PW College Consulting
ASSISTANT COACHES – Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, Dawn Serignese – Daniel Gale Sotheby’s, Helen Keller National Center, Joy Products, Lorber Hoffman RE Group–Your Key to Real Estate, N2 Design + Architecture, Paumanok-Port Washington Lodge No. 855, Masons, Port Jewish Center, SDK Heiberger LLP, Wagner House Warriors Aktion Club
FANS – Bendix Engineering, Daniel D. Donatelli, Esq., Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, County Legislator, Dr. & Mrs. W.R. Haagenson, Elaine Phillips County Comptroller, Gan Shalom Nursery School at RSNS, Gina Sillitti State Assembly Member, Jeffrey Stone, Douglas Elliman RE, Jennifer DeSena Town Supervisor, John Lalena, Kathy Levinson – Douglas Elliman RE, Law Office of Kenneth S. Magida, Lisa Donatelli, LRES, CBR, Douglas Elliman RE, Mariann Dalimonte Town Council Member, Mark Lampl – Executive Transition Coaching, My Spectrum School, P.C.M.D., Inc., Phillips General Insurance Agency, Port Washington Adult Activities Center, Port Washington Calendar, Project HELP Long Island, Reyes Brothers Remodeling, Smusht, Sound Private Wealth, Strategic Planning & Communications, The Nicholas Center and Twin Pines
