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1st Place Culinary- Minneota



2nd Place- Fondant Category

This was one event you couldn't leave hungry.  There was grilled pineapple, pork and popcorn paella, cake pops, grilled pizza, chocolate, and dishes from southeast Asia just to name a few of the samplings for the 200  high school students who participated in the 8th annual Culinary Skills Challenge.  This year's event was held at Southwest Minnesota State University on April 12.

High School students could compete in a variety of cooking and design competitions as well as participate in several interactive breakout sessions led by local food connoisseurs.  Click here to view more photos from the event.

Here's a list of this year's winners:

Culinary

1st place- Brandon Ashback, Natalie Prescher, Cal Swedzinski, David Cayetano- Minneota
2nd Place- Matthew Poppema, Diana Phrom, Javier Vasquez, Danny Rodriguez- Worthington
3rd Place- Travis King, Alex Schwing, Michael Torkelson- RTR

Baking Science
1st Place- Larissa Denney & Sai Akaraboonsawat, RTR
2nd Place- Ryan Hanson, Ortonville
3rd Place- Dylan Oye & Ian Wentzel, Pipestone

Food Art-
1st Place- Anthony Tran, Worthington
2nd Place- Zachery Debates, Pipestone
3rd Place- Faviola Cid, Pipestone

Menu Design
1st Place- Janae Minett & Destiny Fredricks, RTR
2nd Place- Amanda Peterson, RTR
3rd Place- Lexi Fenske & Silvia Zanini, Fulda

Knife Skills
1st place- Selena Cardenas, Worthington

Cake Decorating- Icing Category
1st Place- Marina Guzman, Worthington
2nd Place- Aaron Lalim, YME
3rd Place-Morgan Skyberg, Pipestone

Cake Decorating- Cupcake Category
1st Place- Spenser Meadows, Fairmont
2nd Place- Lori Anhalt, Shakopee
3rd Place- Naomi Krause, Tracy

Cake Decorating- Fondant Category
1st Place- Tayla Sysvath, Pipestone
2nd Place- Thipphapone Keovilay, Worthington
3rd Place- Karlie Griebel, Pipestone

Place Setting
1st Place- Austin Schelhass, Pipestone
2nd Place- Angelica Martin, Pipestone
3rd Place- Laura Mitlying, Marshall