Photos: Local chefs from Aspen Snowmass compete at Chair 9 in a cooking contest to celebrate the upcoming Australia Day

• Chef Chris Mathie or "Gerber" from Ajax Tavern explains his shrimp dish to Melissa Wisenbaker and Dirk Braun at the Little Nell's Chair 9 restaurant on Tuesday. Chair 9 hosted an Australian Celebrity Chef Cookoff with chefs from 6 different Aspen Snowmass locations competing and Australian Celebrity Chef and restauranteur Max Moran. Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
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• Kori Sutton, the sous chef at The St. Regis, prepares her shrimp dish at the Australian Celebrity Chef Cookoff at Chair 9 on Tuesday. Chefs from 6 different Aspen Snowmass locations were competing and Australian Celebrity Chef and restauranteur Max Moran. Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
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• A shrimp dish created by one of the Aspen Snowmass chefs for the Australian Celebrity Chef Cookoff on Tuesday at Chair 9. Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
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• Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran, right, coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
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• A shrimp dish created by one of the Aspen Snowmass chefs for the Australian Celebrity Chef Cookoff on Tuesday at Chair 9. Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
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• Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran, right, marks the scores for each chef's shrimp dish while his daughter Amelia also tries each prawn dish by his side. Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
  Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times |

  

• Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
  Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times |

  

• Chef Chris Mathie or "Gerber" from Ajax Tavern has a laugh with food columnist Amanda Rae Busch at the Little Nell's Chair 9 restaurant on Tuesday. Chair 9 hosted an Australian Celebrity Chef Cookoff with chefs from 6 different Aspen Snowmass locations competing and Australian Celebrity Chef and restauranteur Max Moran. Australian Celebrity Chef Matt Moran coronated Nate King of Cache Cache the winner of the 2017 Australian Celebrity Chef Cooking Contest for his most flavorful take on “Shrimp on the Barbie,” this year’s theme. The invite-only event was hosted by The Little Nell, Aspen Skiing Company and Residences at The Little Nell, inviting chefs from the Aspen Snowmass area to take part in a friendly competition.
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