Super Bowl food preparations

Updated: Sunday, 01 Feb 2009, 4:27 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 31 Jan 2009, 8:07 PM EST

TAMPA, Fla. (NBC/NC) - About 70-thousand hungry football fans will pack Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida tomorrow for the Super Bowl, and somebody has to do the cooking.

Talk about game day jitters. When it comes to the food there's just one team, 30 chefs, 300 cooks and the head coach.

Chef Ron Krivosik, Levy Restaurants, is a veteran three Super Bowls, 7 Kentucky Derby's, his game day pressure getting it just right for 72-thouands fans.

The spread for Super Bowl 43  features a touch of Florida, including alligator sausage. With a dash of Tampa's Caribbean flavors."We have some Cuban braised short ribs, some jerk chicken wings," said Chef Ron.

Chef Ron says they'll be cooking about 2,500 pounds of shrimp, 107 thousand pieces of chicken, and about 55,000 hot dogs.

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