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Michigan Teens Cook with Culinary Rock Stars

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Teen chefs from the culinary arts program at Lenawee Intermediate School District Tech Center in Adrian, Mich., teamed up to cook with a trio of the nation’s top chefs in Chicago recently at the National Restaurant Association’s annual food show. Students cooked with chefs Rick Bayless, Stephanie Izard and David Burke, using ingredients and materials they sourced from vendors at the event and cooked on site – all in just 90 minutes.

“It was a great experience,” senior Luke Pawson told Erik Gable of the Daily Telegram. “We walked around, talked to a lot of the vendors, got our names out there and tried to make contacts with people and networked a lot.”

LISD Tech Center students, from left, Luke Pawson, Nicole Williams, Britton-Deerfield, Sarah Griffin, Krista Davis and Brooke Cady recently attended the annual National Restaurant Association show in Chicago. (Photo by LAD STRAYER, The Daily Telegram)

LISD Tech Center students, from left, Luke Pawson, Nicole Williams, Sarah Griffin, Krista Davis and Brooke Cady recently attended the annual National Restaurant Association show in Chicago. (Photo by LAD STRAYER, The Daily Telegram)

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Tags: chefs, culinary arts, FCS, food business, high school, restaurants, student chefs | Posted in Chicago, Features, Illinois, Main Dish: News of the Day, Michigan, Student Chefs

Carrots Make the Meal for Florida Iron Chef Teens

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The secret ingredient was carrots when teams of teenagers from Riverview and Durant high schools manned their kitchen stations recently for an Iron Chef-style competition at The Rolling Pin Kitchen Emporium in Brandon, Fla. Carrot pesto, carrot risotto, carrot bread pudding – one by one the dishes made their way to judges, along with favorites such as tuna tartare, kimchi, steak, asparagus and more. On the line was Tampa-area bragging rights, as well as $1200 worth of cookware for the winning school’s kitchen.

Riverview High teens captured first place and some kitchenware the school’s kitchen. Both schools netted a percentage of the day’s sales at the kitchen emporium.

Tampa-area teams from Riverview and Durant high schools recently battled it out in an iron chef-style contest in Fla. (Photo by ANDY JONES, The Tampa Tribune)

Tampa-area teams from Riverview and Durant high schools recently battled it out in an Iron Chef-style contest in Florida. (Photo by ANDY JONES, The Tampa Tribune)

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Tags: carrots, contests, culinary arts, high school, news, student chefs | Posted in Contests, Features, Florida, Main Dish: News of the Day, Student Chefs, Tampa

Riverview High Teen Takes on Tuna Tartare

Martin Gendron, 17, garnishes Riverview High's Iron Chef tuna tartare appetizer in Fla. (Photo by ANDY JONES, Tampa Tribune)

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Tags: carrots, contests, culinary arts, FCS, fish, high school, pix, student chefs | Posted in Contests, Flix-n-Pix, Florida, Pix, Student Chefs

Culinary Institute Chefs Teach Maryland Teens

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Some special guests stopped by the tables in culinary classes at a high school in Maryland recently. Turns out the guests were there to cook, not to eat. At the Center of Applied Technology North, in Severn, Md., master chefs from the Culinary Institute of America visited to share techniques and tips they’ve learned over the course of their careers. As a bonus, teens got to eat the curriculum.

“I love food in general. I do have a passion for it, and I love putting a smile on people’s faces when they see what I can do with food,” Jemischa Albo, a senior at the trade school, told WBAL TV in between bites.

Chef Arnym Solomon of the Culinary Institute of America teaches high school students during a recent visit to the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md. (Photo by WBAL-TV)

Master Chef Arnym Solomon of the Culinary Institute of America teaches high school students during a recent visit to the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn, Md. (Photo by WBAL-TV)

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Tags: chefs, Cooking Schools, culinary arts, high school, news, student chefs | Posted in Baltimore, Cooking Schools, Features, Main Dish: News of the Day, Maryland, Student Chefs

Food Shuttle Trains N.C. Teens to Tend Farm

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Every Tuesday and Saturday, 16 students from Raleigh, N.C., area high schools spend a few hours learning to plant, grow and cook sustainable foods. Their classroom is the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle farm, which helps urban kids nurture the land as well as their neighbors in need. The Young Farmer Training Program provides its teenaged apprentices with a weekly paycheck, fresh produce, farming know-how for a lifetime and the chance to cook for the hungry. Besides working their own farm, the teens visit other local farms to see how they work and, sometimes, to pick surplus crops to cook for the Food Shuttle’s other programs.

Young Farmer Training Program apprentices harvesting spring lettuce at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle's farm in Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by TRAVIS LONG, News & Observer)

Young Farmer Training Program apprentices harvest spring lettuce recently at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle's farm in Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by TRAVIS LONG, News & Observer)

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Tags: community garden, farm, farm to table, farmers market, food business, high school, hunger, job skills, news, sustainable, teen farmers | Posted in Features, Main Dish: News of the Day, North Carolina, Raleigh, Teens and Gardens