Student Winging Westward for World Food Championships

Culinary arts and systems student Jessica N. Felton left Williamsport Regional Airport at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday to compete in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas. Felton earned a Golden Ticket to the event (presented to the college by championships host Chef Ben Vaughn) via a faculty-judged cooking contest against five other students. She will compete in the opening round of the World Seafood Championship on Friday against up to 50 other competitors, who have qualified by winning such prestigious contests as the Great American Seafood Cookoff. The opening round’s top scorers will move on to the World Seafood Championship Top Ten Round on Sunday, with the first-place winner competing for $100,000 against the winners of eight other World Food Championships categories on Tuesday, Nov. 18.