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Hot pumpkin cheesecake eating contest planned

Fans of cheesecake and pumpkin will want to head to North Hills later this month.

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Kathy Hanrahan
RALEIGH, N.C. — Fans of cheesecake and pumpkin will want to head to North Hills later this month.
41Hundred at the Renaissance Hotel will be holding its first Hot Pumpkin Cheesecake Eating Contest on Oct. 21. The event falls on National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. (There is truly a day for everything.)

The person who eats the most hot pumpkin cheesecake in 10 minutes will receive a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant, a gift certificate from North Hills and have their photo mounted on the wall of the restaurant.

To sign up for the contest, email Kristen Baughman at kristen@tabletopmediagroup.com.

41Hundred's Hot Pumpkin Cheescake

If you haven't had 41Hundred's hot cheesecake, you are missing out. It is a secret recipe that only executive chef Dean Thompson knows.

"The hot cheesecake recipe was given to me by the previous chef," Thompson said. "It was a recipe handed down to him and he was not allowed to give it out until that chef died."

After the previous chef moved on to a corporate position, he shared the recipe with Thompson.

"I hold that kind of near and dear to my heart. It was a very important thing to him that I do not pass it along to anybody until he is gone. I’m the only one who knows it. I make it whenever we need it, early in the morning so nobody sees it," Thompson said.

Out and About has tasted the cheesecake and it is delicious!

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