The Black Forest Chew-Chew Gastro Truck is a winner again ñ- this time on a nationally televised stage.The Black Forest-based food truck, which specializes in international street food, has earned the People’s Choice Award for two years in a row at the Small Business Week food truck cook-off in Colorado Springs. Now it has been crowned the champion of “Food Truck Fan Fight,” which aired last month on Food Network.The victory came on the show’s pilot episode. “We hope the show gets picked up as a series,” said Chew-Chew owner Deanna Johnson, who was profiled in the June issue of The New Falcon Herald.The first round was filmed at Stanley Marketplace in Denver. Johnson and her “all girl” team took on four other food trucks and emerged as one of two finalists, thanks to their signature bulgogi steak tacos. Filming of the second round, in Breckenridge, was suspended when Johnson’s husband, Dodd, tragically died in a freak accident back at home. That was in January. Filming was rescheduled for March in Denver.That second and final round took place during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, where the Chew-Chew and the other finalist, J Street Food Truck of Denver, had to come up with a new dish featuring beer. An Irish street taco ó named the Ragin’ O’Hagan after Chew-Chew manager Sarah Wynn’s grandmother ó propelled the Black Forest team to victory. They won “bragging rights, of course,” and a huge, 3 1/2-foot-tall trophy that, once engraved, will be carried around on the truck, Johnson said.To follow the food truck’s further culinary adventures ó and learn where to get that award-winning food ó visit https://www.facebook.com/bfchewchew/.
