Winners of the 2006 Western North Carolina Girl Scouts Cookie Cook-Off Announced

Asheville , NC – April 21, 2006 – Desserts were eaten. The public has spoken. The ballots have been counted. And winners are announced in the 2006 WNC Girl Scout Cookie Cook-Off — with the Everett Street Diner ( Bryson City ) as the number one vote getter for best dessert! One winner in each of 4 areas of Western North Carolina will receive a special First Place plaque and have been invited to attend the Girl Scout Annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 29. The four winners are:

  • Area 1 ( Asheville & Buncombe County )
    • Trillium Restaurant at 4 Old Eastwood Village (Hwy 74A) in Asheville (54 votes)
  • Area 2 (Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties)
    • The Ugly Mug on Asheville Highway in Hendersonville (23 votes)
  • Area 3 (Avery, Madison , McDowell, Mitchell and Yancey counties)
    • Mona’s Starlight Cyber Café on Main Street in Banner Elk (65 votes)
  • Area 4 (Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson , Macon and Swain Counties )
    • Everett Street Diner on Everett Street in Bryson City (115 votes)

In addition, the Grovewood Café on Grovewood Street in Asheville received Special Mention for having sold the most Girl Scout Cookie Dessert creations at 297!

Thirty-four restaurants and bakeries throughout the 15 counties of Western North Carolina created a unique dessert based on one of eight varieties of Girl Scout cookies and then sold the dessert in their eatery for part or all of a month from February 24 through March 20, 2006 . A portion of the proceeds from each dessert sale is being donated to Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina Pisgah Council. To date, over $2,500 in donations has been received from the participating restaurants and the Council hopes to top the $3,000 mark.
Gwen Hughes, co-chair of the Cookie Cook-Off Committee stated, “Many of the individuals who completed a ballot in favor of their favorite dessert reported trying desserts at 3 or more establishments. One individual sampled 6 different desserts! We thank this individual for her zealous appreciation of Girl Scout Cookies, but wish to note that the Council assumes no responsibility for weight gain resulting from over-sampling!”

Sim Cross, co-chair of the committee, reported that he estimates “over 2,000 desserts were sold during the 2006 Girl Scout Cookie Cook-Off. We are asking participating restaurants to submit their dessert recipe to the Council for inclusion in a Cookie Cook-Off Cookbook that will be available in time for the 2007 Cookie Cook-Off.”

“We’d like to offer special thanks to our friends at Adventures in Advertising/Biltmore Marketing, Gould Killian CPA Group, Rhett Grotzinger, Morrow Insurance, Roberts & Stevens Attorneys at Law, and Spaceplan Architecture, for their generous sponsorship of the 2006 Cookie Cook-Off, “ said Molly Keeney, CEO of Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina Pisgah Council.

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Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina Pisgah Council serves 15 counties and exists to build girls of confidence, courage and character, who make the world a better place. F or more information and story ideas contact Susie Mamola.