Three culinary arts students from
Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology won the 2011 Cooking Up Change National Healthy Cooking Contest in Washington D.C. The three-member team defeated four other groups from Chicago, Denver, St. Louis, Winston-Salem and Washington D.C.
The winning team members are Alexus Baldwin, Leoniqua Jackson and Denver Singletary. Congratulations also goes to Judy Schmidt, Peterson's Culinary Instructor and Chartwells Food Service for their dedication and hard work in guiding and mentoring the students in this process.
The Cooking Up Change competition challenged culinary arts students from around the country to create a nutritious menu item that could be prepared in six steps or less using widely available ingredients. Before each menu item was approved for the competition, students had to submit their recipes for a nutritional review. Teams from the winning cities won first-place in their local competition before going on to Washington D.C. to compete nationally.
The winning recipe from Peterson’s culinary team was Caribbean-inspired beef rib salad with Moroccan rice and a sweet potato corn bread muffin.
The goal of the Cooking up Change competition is to engage students and the broader community in a dialogue about changing the future of school food so that all children have access to lunches as nutritious and appealing as those created in the contest.
All finalists received a cookware set. In addition, the winning team from Peterson received a trophy, a gift certificate to a culinary supply store and an all-expense paid dinner to a local fine-dining restaurant.
Duval County Public Schools operates 172 schools and serves approximately 123,000 students. The school district is committed to providing high quality educational opportunities that will inspire all students to acquire and use the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a global economy, and culturally diverse world.
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