Triangle chefs can now apply to compete in this year’s Fire in the Triangle cooking competition.

The single-elimination, Iron-Chef style competition will be held at 1705 Prime in North Raleigh from July 8-Aug. 19. Chefs have to apply by June 1 to being among the competitors. The chefs who will be competing will be announced June 24. For the application, go to goo.gl/MSdwh.

Fire in the Triangle is one of six culinary competitions held across the state and organized by the state agriculture department’s Got To Be N.C. campaign. The winners of each regional competition will compete in a final cook-off in Raleigh in November.

The public will not be able to make reservations to dine at one of the Triangle competition’s meals until mid-June. For more information and to eventually book a reservation, go to competitiondining.com.

If you missed dining at the recent Fire in the Triangle competition, you can still taste the winning dishes of Weathervane chef Ryan Payne.

Payne will be offering his winning menu from Battle Cheese from Aug. 16-18, and the menu from the competition's final, Battle Grits and Chocolate, from Aug. 23-25. Call 919-929-9466 for a reservation at the Chapel Hill restaurant inside Southern Season.

Payne survived three rounds to get to the finals. He beat chef Chris Harris of Raleigh's Fork and Barrel in "Battle Country Ham." He bested chef Scott James of Raleigh's Midtown Grille in "Battle Angus Beef." He won "Battle Cheese" against chef Adam Rose of Chapel Hill's Il Palio. Then Payne won in the finals against Herons chef de cuisine John Childers in a battle involving grits and chocolate. He walked away with $2,000 and a red chef's jacket declaring him the winner.

This was the first year for Iron Chef-style competition that originated in Blowing Rock to come to the Triangle. It pitted 16 chefs against each other in various ingredient battles. Diners and judges helped choose the winner after each six-course meal.

Tickets are still available for the Fire in the Triad competition, which starts Monday in Greensboro. For more information and tickets, go HERE.