Iron Horse Cook-Off

Nevada Northern Railway host’s the inaugural Iron Horse Cookery Cook-Off. The railway invites cooks to step back in history for this culinary event, preparing hearty meals the same way the earliest engineers did.

A competitor in the Nevada Northern Railway Cookery-Cook-Off

Teams of up to four cooks wearing authentic clothes from 100 years ago will prepare three meals in 45-minute rounds. The second-place team will receive a $75 cash prize and the team in first-place will be awarded a $150 cash prize. One cook will be the event’s grand champion named the Iron Horse Cookery Master Chef and will be awarded a $250 cash prize. The Schedule of Events is as follows:

Saturday, August 31, 2019
10:00 am to 4:00 pm – Check-In and explore the NNRY Yard and Depot
Orientation: – 4:30 Excursion Train, Car No. 9
Contestants will be given an Iron Horse Cookery Cook-Off orientation during the 4:30 train ride.
Sunday, September 1. 2019
7:30 to 8:30 am – Check-In and Set-Up
9:30 to 12:30 – Bacon Sampling on Locomotive 93
9:00 to 11:15 – Round 1: Teams 1A, 1B, and 1C
11:30 to 1:45 – Round 2: Teams 2A, 2B, and 2C
1:00 to 2:30 – Excursion Train
3:00 to 4:00 – Bacon Sampling on Locomotive 93
2:00 to 4:15 – Round 3: Teams 3A, 3B, and 3C
4:30 to 6:45 – Round 4: Teams 4A, 4B, and 4A
4:30 to 6:00 – Excursion Train
7:00 pm – Awards Ceremony

For more information, to participate on a team or attend the event as a spectator visit NNRY.com.