(NAFB.com) – Competition is open for restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area to sign up for the inaugural #100kporkchop competition. The event will identify the area’s best pork chop and award the winner with a $100,000 cash prize. Additionally, pork producers will donate $100,000 worth of pork products to food banks in the Capital Beltway area. “Pork is one of the most versatile and affordable meats on the market, and we hope to showcase that through this fun, albeit highly competitive challenge,” says Roy Lee Lindsey of the Virginia Pork Council, one of the sponsoring organizations. Once registration closes on June 17, the #100kporkchopchallenge runs in two phases. From June 19 to July 3, the public can visit participating restaurants and vote in the People’s Pork Chop Awards for their favorite chop. The top vote-getters move on to a competition in July. For more information on the challenge, go to #100kporkchopchallenge.com.