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| Pizza chef Riven won third place. Photos by Persephone Bolero-Trenton |
By Persephone Bolero-Trenton
AMAZON — The Jungle Bastards held a pizza-making contest in their Red Coast suburb Wednesday. Riven, who was crowned Carnival Queen in February, took third place in the contest.
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| Riven deftly rolls dough |
The event was led by Tony, as he’s known, who is said to be a trained pizza chef and connoisseur of all things Italian.
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Riven carefully applies pizza sauce
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"I mean, my pizza might not look the prettiest, but I'm sure it's the tastiest,” Riven declared.
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| Riven sprinkles cheese with a practiced hand. |
Riven displayed her culinary skills, starting with the kneading of the dough. After rolling it into a wider shape, she deftly spun it between her fingers, stretching it out without tearing.
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| Chef Tony compliments Riven's skills. |
She then applied the sauce in even circles, using a calm and precise technique, which suggested she was well practiced in the art of pizza making.
She sprinkled the cheese with a light touch, her fingers seeming to catch each grated piece to guide it into an even layer on the pizza.
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| Riven sizes up the competition. |
Between sprinkles, she would lift her eyes to size up the competition with a confident gaze. “I’m about to make this real dangerous,” she averred.
The pizza chef then layered pepperoni, which melted away into cheese while it baked. Riven watched the process with a keen eye, measuring the bubble of the crust as it turned golden brown.
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| Riven shuffles out the pepperoni like a boss. |
Then, she slid the peel like glass under her creation and dropped it on a silver tray.
“Yeah… that’s it right there,” she said as the pizza cooled. She was subsequently judged to be the third-place winner in the event.
Savannah Vielle took first, and Beauty Batriani took second.
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| Riven, right, stands with the winners on the podium. |
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