Senior students in the culinary arts and systems major raced against the clock to create three dishes that would impress the judges during the first cooking challenge in their Culinary Competition and Skills Assessment course. Serving as judges were the Williamsport Country Club's Chef Christopher R. Grove, a 2008 alumnus and part-time instructor of culinary arts, and their instructor, Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts. Using four ingredients revealed two days before macaroni, juniper berries, butternut squash and bacon plus two secret ingredients rabbit and lager revealed at the opening of the recent competition, the students split into two teams to create an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Team Heads, made up of Skylar K. Burke, of Warriors Mark; Katelyn R. Ciavardini, of Sayre; Kevin W. Pysher, of East Stroudsburg; Angela J. Snyder, of Lock Haven; and Aimee M. Stout, if Middletown, N.Y., narrowly defeated team Tails, made up of Darnell R. Bungy, of Williamsport; Rachel M. Emmons, of Washington, N.J.; Marlee M. Horchen, of Johnsonburg; Cody J. Miller, of Cogan Station; and Robert L. Robinson, of Sunbury.
Senior students in the culinary arts and systems major raced against the clock to create three dishes that would impress the judges during the first cooking challenge in their Culinary Competition and Skills Assessment course. Serving as judges were the Williamsport Country Club's Chef Christopher R. Grove, a 2008 alumnus and part-time instructor of culinary arts, and their instructor, Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts. Using four ingredients revealed two days before macaroni, juniper berries, butternut squash and bacon plus two secret ingredients rabbit and lager revealed at the opening of the recent competition, the students split into two teams to create an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Team Heads, made up of Skylar K. Burke, of Warriors Mark; Katelyn R. Ciavardini, of Sayre; Kevin W. Pysher, of East Stroudsburg; Angela J. Snyder, of Lock Haven; and Aimee M. Stout, if Middletown, N.Y., narrowly defeated team Tails, made up of Darnell R. Bungy, of Williamsport; Rachel M. Emmons, of Washington, N.J.; Marlee M. Horchen, of Johnsonburg; Cody J. Miller, of Cogan Station; and Robert L. Robinson, of Sunbury.