Contestants Announced for OISD Student Chef Competition on February 12th

In last year's competition, Kaya Osborn prepared her winning Spiced Blackberry Zucchini Cake recipe

The students are prepped and ready to go and the stage is set for the OISD Student Chef Competition presented by the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program on Saturday, February 12 with the first group starting at 9:30 a.m. and the second group starting at noon.  Awards will be presented around 2 p.m. It will be held in the Home Ec room behind the school cafeteria.

Students competing for a $200 Grand Prize and other great prizes and gifts will be:

• Sayde Larson preparing Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps,
• Millie Kau and Arla Sutton teaming up to prepare Salad Noodle Rolls,
• Birdie Greening and Zora Leck teaming up to cook their Breakfast Casserole,
• Wylie Kau presenting his version of Mini Shell Pasta with Creamy Smoked Bacon and Pea Sauce,
• William Coe making Banana Nut Graham Muffins,
• Keenan O’Brien preparing White Bean Chicken Chili,
• Hailey Crowe whipping up a Breakfast Sundae,
• Ray Doss’s unique creation of Southern Sliders,
• Another team, Claire O’Neill and Kathryn Tidwell making Eggplant Tapa with Mojo de Cilantro.

We wish to thank our wonderful community sponsors for supporting this great event:  Rose’s Bakery Cafe, Inn at Ship Bay, Angel’s Food Catering, Red Rabbit Farm, The Reed Family, Doe Bay Resort and Cafe, Orcas Hotel, and Stoltz Kau Architects.

Judging the presentations will be:

• Sara Morgan from the Orcas School District office,
• Food Service Director Debbie Guilford,
• Orcas School Board President Janet Brownell,
• our student judge and last year’s Grand Prize winner Nile Reed,
• Chef Jacob Angel.

Chef Zach Holley will be our official Student Chef Coach, and our stellar Master of Ceremonies for the entire event will again be Kyle Freeman, interviewing the contestants as they cook and giving his mix-by-bake observations for the audience.

Everyone is invited to come watch all during the day, cheer your favorite budding chef to victory and have the opportunity to taste each wonderful recipe after it has been presented and judged.  Admission is free.