Webb City students win first place at Nevada Culinary Classic

Culinary students representing Webb City High School recently competed in the Nevada Culinary Classic and won first place.

In preparation, instructor Amber Hunt says her ProStart I students have been converting recipes, determining appropriate cooking methods and knife cuts for inspection, modifying recipes, costing recipes, and creating a menu.

During the competition, she says the hardest part was, “We only had two butane burners and 60 minutes to create two identical three-course meals. The judges said our main entrée was perfectly executed and the best thing they ate all day!”

The judges’ favorite main entrée was pan seared pork chop with apple pan sauce, garlic chive mashed potatoes, and bacon-onion braised brussel sprouts. Shepherd’s salad was the appetizer. And the dessert was cinnamon sugar fry bread with a berry chantilly cream.

This is the second year for culinary classes at the high school, which were made possible by construction of a commercial kitchen as part of the last addition to the campus.