Cacique and Chef Aarón Sánchez launch Go Auténtico Mexican Cook-off Challenge.

Your own original Mexican recipe can win you praise from a noted Food Network star, the chance to be featured on national television and an all-expense paid trip to Napa Valley, California for a five-day Culinary Boot Camp Vacation at the Culinary Institute of America.

Cacique and Food Network Celebrity Chef Aarón Sánchez, will be launching its first-ever Go Auténtico Mexican Cook-Off Challenge on September 16 for the Mexican Independence Day Bicentennial – a great day of national pride in Mexican history because it commemorates Mexico’s independence from Spanish rule in 1910 and is celebrated by Mexicans all over the world.

The Go Auténtico Mexican Cook-Off Challenge gives amateur chefs and food enthusiasts an opportunity to create their own original Mexican dish using Cacique’s authentic Hispanic products for a chance to compete in a final-four cook-off that will be filmed, and broadcast over national television in February in a series of short vignettes.

“Don’t substitute authenticity. Cooking is all about using your ingredients to their fullest potential,” says Food Network Celebrity Chef Aarón Sánchez. “Growing up, my family used authentic, high-quality ingredients such as Cacique’s all-natural Queso Fresco in our kitchen. Its fresh, milky flavor and crumbly texture adds delicious creaminess to create traditional and Latin fusion dishes, and now you can too. We are pleased to offer consumers the chance to create their own unique Mexican dishes using Cacique’s authentic Hispanic products for the chance to win the opportunity to pursue their culinary dream.”