NEW ALBANY —
Southern Indiana experienced its own version of Iron Chef at Prosser School of Technology as high school students showed off their culinary techniques at the regional Skills USA competition.
Students from three Indiana schools, including Prosser, competed in three different areas: cooking, baking and front-of-house service on Saturday. Students were judged by professionals based on industrywide criteria established by the American Culinary Institute, such as plating, flavor and personal appearance of the chef.
Chef Lonnie Donahue, culinary teacher at Prosser, said Skills USA helps students by educating them and giving them options.
For the cooking round of the regional competition, students were given a recipe in advance and had three hours to make it. For the baking round, competitors had to make a yeast dough that they made into three different rolls, peanut butter cookies, a crumble apple pie, corn muffins and decorate a cake. Competitors in the front-of-house round were judged on how they served and treated their customers and how they presented themselves.
Kristina Washington, a junior from New Albany High School, competed in her first Skills USA competition in the cooking round. She said cooking is an outlet for her.
“It’s a stress-reliever and something to do,” Washington said.
Charlie Edwards, who works for Sam’s Club, was a judge at the competition and has been involved in the restaurant industry since he was a child, working at the family business in Clarksville during the 1970s — Mama Lou’s Pie Kitchen. Edwards is passionate about Skills USA since his father was the one who started the competition in Louisville in 1989. The competition grew to the national level and moved to Kansas City, Mo.
Edwards said Skills USA is so helpful to students and the community because students are better educated and prepared for the work force. He said Prosser offers great professional training in many industries and is a vital part of the community.
“Southern Indiana should be proud [of Prosser],” Edwards said.
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A group of Prosser students participated in the baking round of the Skills USA competition hosted by the school on Saturday where they had to make a yeast dough into three different types of rolls, peanut butter cookies, a crumble apple pie, corn muffins and decorate a cake. Photo by Amanda French
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Kristina Washington, a junior from New Albany High School, competed in her first Skills USA competition in the cooking round Saturday. Photo by Amanda French
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A group of Prosser students also participated in the front of house or food and beverage round of the Skills USA competition Saturday. Photo by Amanda French
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