Boston-based chef and cookbook author Wheeler del Torro worked on pot of vegetarian sweet potato and black truffle sloppy joes during a chef battle with hip-hop artist and Yo Gabba Gabba! contributor Biz Markie at 3 Scoops Cafe in Brighton on Jan. 26. The event aimed to raise money for the ice cream shop.

Markie got a taste of the competition: Vegetarian sweet potato and black truffle sloppy joes during a chef battle with del Torro.

A pot of vegetarian sweet potato and black truffle sloppy joes prepared by del Torro bubbled on the range.

Del Torro worked while 3 Scoops owner Rayna Verbeck passed out crostini with white bean spread, cantalope, apricot, plumb, black truffle, and muhammara appetizers during the chef battle.

Biz Markie worked up a Butternut Squash “Hip Hop” Stir Fry.

Biz Markie got a hand dishing up his Butternut Squash “Hip Hop” Stir Fry from contest judge Malia Lazu, director of the Future Boston Alliance.

Assorted crostini with white bean spread, cantalope, apricot, plumb, black truffle, and muhammara wereprepared by del Torro.

Biz Markie posed with Joselin Mane of Boston.

From left, Nina Robinson, of Jamaica Plain, Tayla Sokoll, of Brookline, and Cara Crab-Burnham, of Medford, tasted the offerings.

Michelle Carpenter (left), of Medford, and Christine Radice, of Brighton, spoke before the battle.

Contest judges and participants, from left, Rick Littrell, of the American Marketing Association’s Boston chapter; Leah Mennies, food editor with Boston Magazine; Biz Markie; Lazu; and del Torro smiled during the battle.

Contest judges, from left, Mennies, Lazu, and Littrell tasted Biz Markie’s Butternut Squash ”Hip Hop” Stir Fry.

Biz Markie worked the mic and the stove top.