BETHLEHEM, Pa. — ArtsQuest’s annual Souper Bowl, in which area restaurants compete to create the best bouillons and superior stews, will return for a 16th year, it was announced.
The event will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 1 in Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks.
It will be preceded by a VIP session at noon that will offer early access for the first tastes of the soups, and a drink ticket good for any Yuengling beer, Franklin Hills wine or soft drink.
Tickets are $43 each ($17 for ages 12 and younger) until Jan. 25, when the prices goes to $54.50 for adults. VIP tickets are $70.50 until Jan. 24, when the price goes to $80.50. Ages 2 and younger do not require a ticket. Tickets are available on the ArtsQuest website or at the ArtsQuest Center box office at 101 Founders Way.ArtsQuest
Tickets are $43 each ($17 for ages 12 and younger) until Jan. 25, when the prices goes to $54.50 for adults. VIP tickets are $70.50 until Jan. 24, when the price goes to $80.50.
Child tickets are the same for general admission and VIP, and will stay at $17.
There are a limited number of tickets available for children; ages 2 and younger do not require a ticket.
Ticketsare available on the ArtsQuest website or at the ArtsQuest Center box office at 101 Founders Way.
At Souper Bowl, restaurants and caterers from throughout the region will compete in the categories of cream-based, meat-based, most unique, seafood-based, vegan and judges’ favorite and people’s choice.
Attendees will be able to vote for their favorite to help determine the winner of the people’s choice.
The list of participating restaurants will be released soon, according to an ArtsQuest release. In previous years, 10 restaurants competed.
Applications for participants still are being accepted on the ArtsQuest website.
Last year's Souper Bowl
Last year's entries included flavors from across the globe: Indian-inspired tomato tikka masala, West Asian Mujaddara, Irish colcannon soup and Latin American sancocho.
Last year's big winner was ArtsQuest's own Palette and Pour, which took home both the people's and judges’ choice awards for its tapioca and purple sweet potato soup topped with mango and dried banana chips.
It also won for its chorizo crab chowder in the best seafood-based category.
Molly’s Irish Grille took home the prize for best cream-based soup with its cheesy chicken chowder.
NCC Culinary Arts won best vegan soup with its tomato tikka masala. And La Maya’s tortilla soup was named the best meat-based creation.
