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Photo by: Lora Schraft, Staff Photographer
Roxanne Chan reacts after it is announced she is the Cook-Off winner with her chai steeped chicken breasts with oriental aioli, vegetables vinaigrette and spiced black rice, Saturday afternoon. Chan is greeted by second place winner Dianne Sparrow, left, and Veronica Callaghan. This is Chan eleventh year competing in the contest.
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Roxanne Chan's dish of chai steeped chicken breasts with oriental aioli, vegetables vinaigrette and spiced black rice won the Cook-Off contest.
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Michelle Ichijama, from Seattle, Washington, gets a bite of contestant Keke Schermerhorn's roasted garlic gnocchi from host Guy 'Guido' Fieri during the Cook-Off Saturday.
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Cook-Off contestant Roxanne Chan cuts the chicken for her dish during the contest Saturday.
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Cook-Off contestant Roxanne Chan crushes garlic for her dish during the contest Saturday.
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Members of the crowd take a closer look at the Cook-Off dishes during the contest Saturday.
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Cook-Off host Guy 'Guido' Fieri laughs as Frank Lima 'The Great Morgani,' from Santa Cruz, plays his 26 pound accordian during the Cook-Off Saturday. Lima has been playing for the past 56 years.
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Elise Dumont, 9, gets help from her mom Judy, both from Danville, during the garlic braiding Saturday afternoon.
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Cherise Gowan, 2007 Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen, dances with her court to Shaboom Saturday afternoon.
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Jay Eggleston does a trick during the Got Milk? Gravity Tour Saturday afternoon.
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Dee Quinet from the band Shaboom points his microphone to the crowd so they can sing 'Teenager in Love' on the Amphitheater stage Saturday afternoon.
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Gary Akino gets a spray of water from his friend Adrian Nobia as they dance to Shaboom in the Amphitheater Saturday afternoon.
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Jared Gamn and his sister Alli dance to Shaboom Saturday afternoon.
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Members of 'Garlic City Harmony', from left to right, Ron Kock, George Carson, Mike Allen, Jay Yothers entertain the crowd as they sing 'Bye, Bye Love' in a misting tent on the Ranch Side of Christmas Hill Park Saturday afternoon.
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Anne Kellenberger, from Walnut, California, keeps cool under the Garlic Festival Guide as she watches her husband Michael braid garlic Saturday afternoon.
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From left to right, Kodai Mizuno, 4, Yuka Goto, 10, and Riko Mizunno, 7, from Santa Clara, look closely at a clove of garlic at the Garlic Grove Saturday afternoon.
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Pyro chef David Joynt, shows off the shrimp scampi for customers during the 2007 Garlic Festival in Gilroy on Saturday.
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Espie Hinojos from Salinas, gets down at Shaboom's concert during the 2007 Garlic Festival in Gilroy on Saturday.
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Jason Kim from San Leandro, enjoys Combo plate #2, a trio of stir-fry, a sausage sandwich, and garlic mushrooms during the 2007 Garlic Festival in Gilroy on Saturday.
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Junior Lualhati, 7, from San Francisco, dons a punk hairstyle on the Children's Stage during the 2007 Garlic Festival in Gilroy on Saturday.
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To cool off his daughter, Steve Guevara of Morgan Hill, sprays cold water
on Mia, 3, on a hot day at the 2007 Garlic Festival in Gilroy on Saturday.
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Toni Gar, 26, shares a tender moment with Brad Nunes, 24, from Gilroy
at the 2007 Gilroy Garlic Festival on Saturday. The couple met seven months ago at SFSU.
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Dave Curry, Maryellen Curry, Judy Albert, and Charlie Albert from Los Angeles, dance to the music of Shaboom at the 2007 Garlic Festival on Saturday. They have all been coming to the Garlic Festival for over twenty years.
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Mr. Garlic has his picture taken with a family during the Garlic Festival.
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Garlic Festival Queen Cherise Gowan squeezes lemon into calamari as she and her court help cook calamari in Gourmet Alley.
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Kab Benefield gives a demonstration for Kitchen Craft during the Garlic Festival.
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Barry Kaufman sings Sesame Street while he plays the mandolin for Prema Parks and Mackenzie Conway as they walk through the Garlic Festival.
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Dave and Laura Russell from Orange County laugh at sculptures for sale in the arts and crafts section of the festival.
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Alfredo Vasquez snips bulbs of garlic as he competes in the garlic topping competition that he eventually won.
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Luke Fletcher and Lindsay Meek do the hand jive to Shaboom on Saturday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
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Honoring a living local legend
