Participating in the chef-media competition at last year's Colorado Restaurant Association Pikes Peak Chapter Hospitality Expo at The Broadmoor (1 Lake Ave., ppcra.org), I had the honor of helping win Best Overall Champion de Cuisine with TAPAteria's chefs. I'll be cooking with one of them again (who's now with Conscious Table) from noon to 3 today at this 17th annual event, whose $30 tickets benefit the United Way, ProStart and the Pikes Peak Community Foundation. Watch us and nine other teams sweat, Iron Chef-style, in between sampling from more than 50 local food and drink houses. I may lose, but you simply can't. — Matthew Schniper