{"id":36473,"date":"2014-05-22T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=36473"},"modified":"2014-05-22T07:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T21:00:45","slug":"songsongs-spam-taco-wins-1st-place-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/songsongs-spam-taco-wins-1st-place-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Songsong\u2019s SPAM Taco wins 1st place in cook-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-36473 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/songsongs-spam-taco-wins-1st-place-cook\/spam_cook-off-4762\/'>spam_cook-off-4762<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36477'>\n\t\t\t\tThe winners: From left, Andrew Jon Songsong, first place; Jim Rayphand, second place; and Jean Ballesteros, third place. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/songsongs-spam-taco-wins-1st-place-cook\/spam_cook-off-530\/'>spam_cook-off-530<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36478'>\n\t\t\t\tMax Kretzers, left, resident manager of D&amp;Q Saipan, has his picture taken with SPAM Cook-off judges, from second left, Jake Villanueva, executive chef, Naked Fish Bar \u2018n Grill; Clarence Tenorio, vice president, Joeten Enterprises; and Mark Ratliff, general manager, Kanoa Resort. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/songsongs-spam-taco-wins-1st-place-cook\/spam_cook-off-4732-2\/'>spam_cook-off-4732<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36479'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the crowd sample the entries. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/songsongs-spam-taco-wins-1st-place-cook\/spam_cook-off-4719\/'>spam_cook-off-4719<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36475'>\n\t\t\t\tThe three judges check out the different entries. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>D&amp;Q hosted a SPAM cook-off last Saturday in collaboration with Joeten Susupe, which is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Jon Songsong won first place in the competition with his SPAM Taco creation, besting nine other contestants. He brought home $650 cash, lunch for two at Isla Caf\u00e9, Kanoa Resort, and a case of assorted SPAM.<\/p>\n<p>In second place was Jim Rayphand, with his SPAMANA Muffin, while third place went to Jean Ballesteros with her creation, which she dubbed SPAMTONS. 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