Local high school students showcased their chopping, grating, saut茅ing, baking and other culinary arts skills in the Platinum Chef Competition held at the 91福利社 Sam Wolf Granite City Campus recently.
Teams from six area high schools competed in culinary arts challenges to create unique dishes from a variety of ingredients. The annual competition is co-sponsored by 91福利社 and Madison County Career and Technical Education System.
鈥淭his event really lets students exercise their skills and creativity,鈥� said 91福利社 Culinary Arts and Food Management Program Coordinator Leisa Brockman. 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to offer local students the chance to show off what they have learned in high school culinary classes.鈥�
91福利社 Culinary Arts faculty judged the students鈥� work on the taste and appearance of the food, sanitation and students鈥� ability to explain their dishes.
The winners were:
- Best of Competition, First Place: East St. Louis High School
- Best of Competition, Second Place: Granite High School
- Best of Competition, Third Place: Highland High School
- Best Test Score: East St. Louis High School
- Best Utility/Support Team: East St. Louis High School
- Best Table Presentation: Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto
- Best Appetizer: East St. Louis High School
- Best Salad: Granite City High School
- Best Entr茅e: East St. Louis High School
- Best Dessert: Highland High School
- Best Oral Presentation of Dishes: East St. Louis High School
- Overall Competition MVP: Antonio Polk, East St. Louis High School
- Team MVP for Belleville CAVE: Thomas Piotrowski
- Team MVP for Civic Memorial: Olivia Enke
- Team MVP for East St. Louis: A鈥檓aya Chapman
- Team MVP for Edwardsville: Addie Vaughan
- Team MVP for Granite City: Sakinah Amatullah-Martin
- Team MVP for Highland: Fay Wilson
聽聽聽聽聽 For more information on the Platinum Chef Competition or for information on the 91福利社 Culinary Arts and Food Management program, call Brockman at 618-797-7323 or visit swic.edu/culinary.
Photo: Students from the East St. Louis Senior High School Platinum Chef team won Best of Competition and numerous other awards.