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High School Culinary Invitational
 

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3rd Annual Institute for the Culinary ARts
High School Culinary Invitational

Sponsored by
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2008 ICA High School Culinary Invitational Awards

  • National Pork Producers Awards – “The Other White Meat”
    • Best Center of Plate Award - $1000 to school

      • Plattsmouth Blue Devils: “Prosciutto Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Granny Smith Apple Gastrique”

    • Most Creative Use of Pork Award- $500 to school

      • Bellevue Purple Cobra’s: “Pan Roasted Stuffed Pork Belly with Apple Shallot Sauce”

  • Beef Council
    •  “Best of Beef” Award - $100 gift cards – “What’s for Dinner – Beef!”

      • Milford: Two Men and the Spice: “Grilled Tenderloin with Red Pepper and Onion Marmalade”

  • Best Team Spirit
    • Sponsored by MUD ~ 4 - $500 scholarships to the school

      • Milford – Two Men and the Spice

  • Most Professional Behavior
    • Sponsored by the Ron Sailors Scholarship Fund ~  4 - $500 scholarships to the school

      • Gross Catholic: Tomato Ole

    • Bellevue University - 3 Credit Hours

      •  Gross Catholic: Tomato Ole

  • Best Starter Plate
    • Sponsored by Sgt Peffer ~  $250 scholarship to the school

      • Bellevue East:Nouvelle Chefs “Pan Roasted Tomato Soup”

  • Best Entrée Plate
    • Sponsored by Sgt Peffer  ~ $250 scholarship to the school

      • Plattsmouth: Blue Devils “Prosciutto Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Granny Smith Apple Gastrique”

  • Best Dessert Plate
    • Sponsored by Sarcam/Passport Restaurant  ~  $250 scholarship to the school

      • Omaha Career Center: Team Galusha “Moro Orange Mousse”

  • 2nd place team for Knowledge Bowl
    • MCC awards a scholarship for 9 credit hours – per student

      • Milford: Three Men and the Spice

  • 1st place team for Knowledge Bowl
    • MCC awards a scholarship for 15 credit hours – per student

      • Benson: Rustic Charm

  • 2nd place team for Management Case Study
    • MCC awards a scholarship for 9 credit hours – per student

      • Benson: Rustic Charm

  • 1st place teams for Management Case Study
    • MCC awards a scholarship for 15 credit hours – per student

      • Omaha Career Center: 3 Guys and a Girl

  • 2nd Place Culinary Competition
    • MCC awards a scholarship for 9 credit hours – per student

      • Papillion La Vista, PL Infusion

  • 1st Place Culinary Competition
    • MCC awards a scholarship for 9 credit hours – per student

      • Omaha Career Center, La Moderne

Gold Medal

  • Omaha Career Center – La Moderne

 

Silver Medals

  • Bellevue East - Purple Cobra’s
  • Omaha Burke – Gourmet Girls
  • Milford – The Hot Tamales
  • Omaha North – The Real Deal
  • Papillion La Vista South – Team Mc Lovin’
  • Plattsmouth – Blue Devils
  • Benson – Southern Chefs
  • Bellevue East – Nouvelle Chefs
  • Omaha Career Center - OCC Legends
  • Fremont – Team Fremont
  • Papillion La Vista – PL Infusion
  • Milford – Two Men and the Spice
  • Omaha Career Center – Team Galusha
  • Bellevue East – En Fuego
  • Papillion La Vista South – Savage Chefs
  • Omaha Northwest – Iron Huskies

Bronze Medals

  • Omaha South – The Packers Chefs
  • Omaha Bryan – Bryan Baking Bears
  • Millard South – Patriots
  • Benson - Rustic Charm
  • Gross Catholic - Tomato Ole
  • Omaha North - Viking Ship
  • Ralston – The Gourmands

About the institute for the culinary arts High School Culinary Invitational

The Institute for the Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College is proud to announce the ICA High School Culinary Invitational to be held February 29 & March 1, 2008 at the Fort Omaha Campus.

The ICA Invitational will showcase the culinary and academic talents of the high school students with in a 100 mile radius. The Invitational will be supported by the students and faculty of Metropolitan Community College and leaders in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry.

The highlight of the ICA Invitational will be area's best young people participating in a team competition format in two contests: a Culinary Skills Competition and Hospitality Knowledge Bowl. Any high school team will be eligible to qualify for this exciting competition. Your school does not need to be affiliated with any program to participate. The competition will help prepare students for other professional culinary competitions, such as ProStart and Skills USA. Student teams can compete locally at the ICA Invitational and continue through the state and national levels of competition.

The philosophy of the Invitational is:

  • Provide a format for high school Culinary Arts students to prepare for state and national competitions
  • Recognize students for excellence and team participation
  • Involve the industry in directly evaluating student performance
  • Showcase to the outstanding Culinary Arts Program at Metropolitan Community College which trains students in relevant skills preparing them for careers in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry.

ICA Student Mentor Program

The student mentor program has been developed to support the participating high school teams in the culinary skills competition.  The students will report to a faculty member of the Institute for the Culinary Arts, at Metropolitan Community College.  Scheduled training and mentoring for the ICA mentor students will be conducted weekly, and will be a forum for communicating and answering questions regarding the teams’ development.

Mentor Handbook

2008 ICA Student Mentors

Bellevue East Courntey Slack & Lance Ritzman
Millard South Jennifer Bartholomew
Omaha Benson Kimbler Harrold
Omaha Bryan James Ostrander
Omaha Burke Amy Cohee-Hatfield
Omaha Career Center Mario Ochoa & Lauren Melhus
Omaha North Amy Timko & Dave Brown
Omaha Northwest Julie Annin & Michael Cavalieri
Omaha South Garrett Hendrickson
Papillion LaVista Randall Smallridge
Papillion LaVista South Becky Strong & Rocky Rocha
Plattsmouth Stephanie Bloom
Ralston Thomas Elam & Ananth Nagarajan

 

Location, calendar and Agenda

ICA High School Culinary Invitational

Where: Fort Omaha Campus, Building 10, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
When:  Friday, February 29, 2008: 3-5 pm Knife Skills
            Friday, February 29, 2008:  6 pm – 8 pm – Hospitality Knowledge Bowl
            Saturday, March 1, 2008: 9 am–7 pm – Culinary Skills Competition
            Saturday, March 1, 2008: 10 am – 3 pm – Culinary Demonstrations & Exhibitions

Event Calendar

DATE
LOCATION

ACTIVITY
WHO
November 15, 2007 Fort Omaha Campus
Building 10
Room 110 		Teacher information meeting All High School teachers, MCC Culinary Mentors, Event Coordinators & Invitational Mentor Coordinator
November 30, 2007
Friday		 Return to:
A-Z Concierges
P.O. Box 540513 Omaha, NE 68154 or email to: jzuk@mccneb.edu 		Intent to Participate and Request for MCC Student Mentor Due All High School Teams wishing to participate

January 11, 2008
Friday

 Return to:
A-Z Concierges
P.O. Box 540513 Omaha, NE 68154 or email to: jzuk@mccneb.edu 		Registration information due for all teams that wish to participate in the Culinary Invitational
Optional Pre-qualificaton information due 		All High School Teams wishing to participate

February 1, 2008
Friday

Mailed back to teacher/mentor indicated on registration form (OPTIONAL - only if submitted with pre-registration) Pre-qualification information returned to all teachers, for their respective teams Competition officials

February 29, 2008
Friday 
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe

Registration
Scheduled Check In

All Teams & Sponsors/Teachers   Mandatory

February 29, 2008
Friday 
2:30 pm

MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe

Pre-Competition meetings for Hospitality Knowledge Bowl & Culinary Competition

All Teams & Sponsors/Teachers   Mandatory

February 29, 2008  
Friday
3 - 5 pm

MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe

ICA Hospitality Knowledge Bowl All Registered Teams Open to Public
February 29, 2008
Friday 
5 - 6 pm 		MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe Welcome Party All Teams & Sponsors/Teachers  

March 1, 2008
Saturday
9 am - 6 pm

MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe

ICA Culinary Competition 

Team schedule TBD
Open to Public

March 1, 2008
Saturday
10 am – 3 pm

MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe

Culinary Demonstrations & Exhibitions Open to Public
March 1, 2008 Saturday
6 - 7 pm 		MCC Fort Omaha Campus
 Awards Banquet All Teams & Sponsors/Teachers 

March 1, 2008 Saturday
7 - 8 pm

MCC Fort Omaha Campus Building 10 - Cafe

Awards & Recognitions Open to Public

What Occurs During the Competition?

The ICA Invitational is composed of two contests, the Culinary Skills Competition and The Hospitality Knowledge Bowl.

Teams participating in the Culinary Skills Competition demonstrate their creative abilities and culinary skills through the preparation of a three-course meal in 60 minutes. Their performance during the practical session is observed and rated by judges from leading post-secondary colleges and universities, local chefs and restaurateurs.

Teams Participating in the Hospitality Knowledge Bowl demonstrate their knowledge of the restaurant and food service industry by a competing in a question and answer "Jeopardy" style event.

Culinary Competition Rules

Culinary Rating Form

Knowledge bowl rules

Management Case Study Rules

Management Rating Form

Registration and Pre-Qualification

Registration and Pre-Qualification Purpose:

  • The ICA Invitational will be able to accommodate a total of 24 teams, due to physical limitations of the competition site.  If more than 24 teams submit pre-registration request, the pre-qualification may be used as an elimination platform.
  • The benefit of submitting information regarding the teams’ plan for competition 3 weeks prior to the competition are:  
    • the “paper work” of the competition will be complete, thus allowing the team to concentrate on their culinary skills, team work, timing and presentation of their selected menu
    • to mentor teams and allow them to make suggested changes that would improve their opportunity to meet or exceed all standards in the competition

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Registration and Pre-Qualification Procedure:

  • Teams will submit, on the forms below, their desire to participate in the Culinary Arts Invitational - Pre-Registration.  Team members can be changed after submission.  Team members do not have to be from the same high school, however, they must be sponsored by a high school teacher or industry mentor.
  • There will be a minimal registration fee of $25 per team.  This will help confirm commitment to participation in the Culinary Arts Invitational and cover some dministrative costs.  The registration fee of $25 is non-refundable, unless there are more than 24 teams pre-registered and teams are eliminated through the pre-qualification process.  Checks should be made payable to: ICA Invitational
  • Registration information Required: Registration form, Dish Requirement Form and check for $25
  • Pre-Qualification information OPTIONAL: Menu Template,  Recipe Template, and Menu Cost Template. These must be submitted on the official templates linked to this document.  No hand written entries will be accepted. 
  • Registration and Pre-Qualification(optional) information must be postmarked, emailed or hard copy received by January 11, 2008 to the competition coordinator, Joellen Zuk (jzuk@mccneb.edu) or P.O. Box 540513  Omaha, NE 68154. 
  • Pre-qualification information (OPTIONAL, only if submitted) will be returned to all teams by February 1, 2008, thus allowing 3 weeks to adjust and fine tune their entries and prepare for the invitational.

INTENT TO PARTICIPATE - DUE NOVEMBER 30, 2007

This form acknowledges the Intent to Participate in the Invitational.  This form also allows each school to request a MCC Institute for the Culinary Arts student to help prepare and mentor the teams in the process of; menu planning, production, plate presentation and sanitation.  This is unique to the ICA High School Invitational, and was praised by the high school teachers last year.

Registration forms - due January 11, 2008

Registration Form     Dish Requirement Form