| Winners
of the Healthy Heritage Recipe Contest
Across
the country, 7th and 8th graders cooked up AWESOME dishes
for the 3rd Annual Healthy Heritage Recipe Contest.
Johnson
& Wales University and Healthy Kids Challenge have announced
the winners for the 3rd Annual National Middle School Healthy
Heritage Recipe Contest! Help us celebrate the creativity
of these 7th and 8th graders, and join us next year for what
promises to be a super 4th annual contest!
The Healthy
Heritage Recipe Contest
• Encourages young chefs of
tomorrow to showcase their culinary creativity
• Promotes healthy eating habits
• Promotes nutritionally well-balanced
food preparation
• Focuses on heritage
This year’s
contestants shared their learning experience with siblings,
parents, and teachers as they selected and prepared the recipe,
and wrote a 250-word essay to enter the contest. Prizes for
the 4 national winners included Johnson & Wales partial
scholarships and a special prize package. In addition, the
winners and their schools received an onsite event filled
with healthy fun! These 4 future culinary professionals became
a “Chef for a Day” when they prepared their recipe
with a Johnson & Wales chef. They tested the recipes,
improved the nutritional content, time savings and cost! It
was an AWESOME experience with chefs from one of the nation’s
leading culinary schools.
The
winners are:
Click
on each winner’s name to see an excerpt of their essay
and award winning recipe!
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| Tropical
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Pineapple Ginger Vinaigrette
by Amelia N. DeArgio |
Amelia
N. DeArgio, an 8th grader at Azalea Gardens Middle
School, Norfolk, VA chose Tropical Grilled Chicken Caesar
Salad with Pineapple Ginger Vinaigrette as her entry.
Rebecca DiRosa was her teacher.
Michelle’le
C. Gonzalez, entered a Puerto Rican shrimp entree,
Sweetness of the Sea. Lorna Suite was her 7th grade
teacher at Palm Springs Middle School, Hialeah, FL.
Zach
Schulz, an 8th grader at Margarita Middle School,
Temecula, CA entered the Schulz Family Potato and Ham
Casserole. His teacher was Dawn Maceyka.
Christian
R. Williams, selected an entry of Green Mountain
Maple Muffins. Christian was in Sue O’Brien’s
8th grade class at B.F.A. Fairfax Middle School, Fairfax,
VT.
Congratulations
to the 4 National Winners!
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| Sweetness
of the Sea by Michelle'le C. Gonzalez |
|
Michelle’le
C. Gonzalez with J&W chef Colin P. Roche |
| “The
most rewarding prize is knowing that young kids along
with their families are getting involved with better eating
habits”. – Michelle’le C. Gonzalez |
Middle
School Students, keep cooking up those AWESOME Healthy Heritage
Recipes! The Fourth Annual Healthy Heritage Recipe Contest
will begin next fall! Check our website then for entry details.
| September
1, 2005 |
Announcement
of contest on our website |
| March
24, 2006 |
Entry
deadline |
| April
14, 2006 |
Winners
announced |
| May
2006 |
Chef
for a Day events for national winners held |
Thanks
to everyone for the AWESOME entries. We look forward to your
entries next year!!
For additional information contact:
Vickie L. James, RD, LD, Healthy Kids Challenge Director
vickie@healthykidschallenge.com
1-888-259-6287
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