Welcome to EduKitchen, a student cooking competition celebrating 150 years of cooking and culture in Colorado.
When student chefs entered the DSA kitchen, they placed their personal belongings in lockers and dawned custom chef hats and aprons.
Safety first! Before students began cooking, they washed their hands.
The nine student chefs were tasked with making three recipes from the DPS Community Cookbook. Elementary chefs prepared a Green Chile and Cheese Cornbread. Middle school chefs prepared Caramelized Peach Pancakes. High school chefs prepared Tocabe's Three Sister Salad.
Student chefs began reading their recipes and preparing their dishes with adult supervision.
Chop chop! Students were time limited with how long they had to cut and cook their dishes.
Precision is key. Students measured their ingredients with care.
If attendees were to steal a glance into the kitchen, they would see the student chefs hard at work.
While the student chefs were cooking, event attendees listened to guest speakers, explored the stories behind the three recipes and played trivia.
After an hour and fifteen minutes of cooking, the student chefs were ready to present their dishes to the event judges.
As the event judges sampled the student dishes, Chef Ben described the significance of the three recipes to attendees.
After snacking and discussing, the judges ranked the dishes. Together, they compared notes and determined which chefs would be the winners of EduKitchen.
Stay tuned to see which student chefs were crowned the WINNERS! Episode 2 of EduKitchen will be released on November 6. In the meantime, watch Episode 1 here.