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10th Annual Chicken
Soup Cook-Off

Jan. 26, Temple Shir Shalom,
West Bloomfi
eld

PHOTOS COURTESY
TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM

1. Ben Wine enjoys his chicken noodle soup sample. He was
among about 500 people attending the annual chicken soup
contest. 2. Winners of the Best Amateur Creative/Contemporary
Soup were Gabriel Reamer and Michael Reamer, flanked by
co-chairs Jan Pederson and Amy Liefer. 3. Event mascot Ian
Rosenberg of Bloomfield Hills. 4. Maya Contorer of Royal Oak
and Jake Witus of Huntington Woods serve up soup to Sophia
Guralnick of Farmington Hills. 5. Co-chairs Jan Pederson and
Amy Liefer with Best Decorated Table winners Chloe Perov,
Leah Perov, Virginie Perov, Natalie Perov and Boris Perov. 6.
Winners of the Best Amateur Chicken Noodle Soup: Miriam
and Brian Halprin, with co-chairs, Jan Pederson, left, and Amy
Liefer, right. 7. Winners of the People’
s Choice Award, Best
Matzah Ball Professional and Best Chicken Noodle Professional
are from Val’
s Deli in West Bloomfield. Co-chair Jan Pederson,
Val Izrailov, co-chair Amy Liefer, and Carey Gerchak. 8. Amateur
Matzah Ball winners David Grossman and Sari Grossman,
flanked by event co-chairs Jan Pederson and Amy Liefer.

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